Euro NCAP Crash Test Results

Test results and safety ratings

Saab 9-5 1998

. , 4 door saloon

Test Date: Mar 2000

	Crash Star Rating
	Front-impact score Side-impact score Seat belt reminder Total score	13 (81.0%) 18 (100.0%) - 31
	Pedestrian Star Rating
	Pedestrian-test score	12 (33.0%)

Compare with other cars in the Executive Car category

Of the Executive cars tested in 2000, the 9-5 provided the best protection for the driver and passenger in the frontal impact. It also gained full marks for its performance in the side-impact test, meaning that the car easily passes new legislation taking effect from October. The Saab-brand child restraints used for the tests were rear facing, but in the side impact recorded unusually high chest accelerations, indicating a risk of injury was present. The 9-5's pedestrian protection rated as average, but there was a high risk of serious injury to their lower limbs. Following the introduction of the pole test in 2000, Saab commissioned this test to prove that the head-protecting airbag that has been fitted as standard safety equipment on the 9-5 since its introduction during August 1997, will pass the requirements demanded. This it has done, proving that the car remains the safest that Euro NCAP has yet tested. The head-protecting device is a seat-mounted thorax airbag that has an upper chamber designed to improve protection for the driver's and front passenger's heads.