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F11￿Body.
2.￿Body.
Side￿collision￿according￿to￿US-NCAP
Side￿collision￿against￿pole￿according￿to￿US-NCAP
The￿US-NCAP￿specifications￿for￿the￿side￿collision￿against￿a￿pole￿require￿the￿vehicle￿to￿drive￿against￿a
stationary￿pole￿with￿a￿diameter￿of￿254￿mm￿in￿the￿area￿of￿the￿dummy's￿head￿at￿a￿speed￿of￿20￿mph￿(32
km/h)￿and￿an￿angle￿of￿75￿degrees.
The￿vehicle￿is￿occupied￿by￿one￿dummy￿on￿the￿driver's￿seat.
Side￿collision￿against￿pole￿according￿to￿US-NCAP
Side￿collision￿according￿to￿US-IIHS
In￿the￿US-IIHS￿side￿collision￿test￿a￿deformable￿aluminum￿honeycomb￿barrier￿simulating￿a￿bumper￿with
a￿ground￿clearance￿of￿379 mm￿collides￿against￿the￿driver's￿side￿at￿a￿speed￿of￿50￿km/h￿(31￿mph).￿The
impact￿reference￿distance￿(IRD)￿between￿the￿barrier￿and￿front￿axle￿differs￿depending￿on￿the￿wheelbase
of￿the￿vehicle.
The￿vehicle￿is￿occupied￿by￿one￿dummy￿on￿the￿driver's￿seat￿and￿one￿additional￿dummy￿behind￿the
driver's￿seat
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