NHTSA Front Crash Test History - Honda Accord (sedan)

All tests done at 35 mph into a flat wall.
"Limit" for a likely serious injury is 1,000 HIC and/or 60 Chest G's.
Last fraction is driver/passenger stars by 1979-2010 NHTSA standards,
for instance 4/5 = 4 stars driver, 5 stars passenger

1982 - D: HIC 500, Chest 47 G - P: 403 HIC, Chest 29 G - Test 06/17/82 - No airbag - 4/5
1986 - D: HIC 909, Chest 39 G - P: 712 HIC, Chest 33 G - Test 02/24/86 - No airbag - 4/4
1991 - D: HIC 750, Chest 50 G - P: 378 HIC, Chest 40 G - Test 12/13/90 - No airbag - 4/5
1992 - D: HIC 501, Chest 51 G - P: 558 HIC, Chest 45 G - Test 02/18/92 - Driver airbag - 4/5
1993 - D: HIC 554, Chest 48 G - P: 798 HIC, Chest 48 G - Test 02/09/93 - Dual airbag - 4/4
1994 - D: HIC 618, Chest 53 G - P: 935 HIC, Chest 51 G - Test 03/01/94 - Dual airbag - 4/3
1998 - D: HIC 631, Chest 49 G - P: 596 HIC, Chest 52 G - Test 11/11/97 - Dual airbag - 4/4
2000 - D: HIC 605, Chest 55 G - P: 487 HIC, Chest 51 G - Test 09/02/99 - Dual airbag - 4/4
2001 - D: HIC 256, Chest 44 G - P: 722 HIC, Chest 47 G - Test 02/07/01 - Dual airbag - 5/4
2003 - D: HIC 245, Chest 41 G - P: 334 HIC, Chest 39 G - Test 02/11/03 - Dual airbag - 5/5
2008 - D: HIC 221, Chest 34 G - P: 258 HIC, Chest 35 G - Test 10/18/07 - 6 airbags - 5/5

The Accord was launched in 1976, but it wasn't until the second generation (1982) that the vehicle was crash tested. Judging by the very poor performances of the late '70s Civics and Preludes, it's likely that the 1976-81 Accord would be a poor performer. That said, the record we do have starts in 1982.

The 1982-85 Accord's crash test performance is excellent, with injury measures that best most cars twenty years younger, and is the best result for the Accord until 2003.

From there, the performance backslides into the 4-star range with the 1986-89 generation.

The next generation of Accord (1990-93) was tested three times - in '91 with no airbag, in '92 with a driver bag, and in '93 with dual bags. All got 4 stars for the driver; interestingly, the '91 and '92 got 5 stars for the passenger, while the '93, with a passenger airbag, got 4 stars.

The 1994-97 generation was a setback on performance; the driver maintained 4 stars, while the passenger only received 3 (the only 3-star performance in the Accord's history).

Evolutionary improvement was made with the 1998-2002 generation; the driver got 4 stars on 1998-2000 models and 5 for 2001-2002, while the passenger stayed at 4 stars for the entire generation.

The 2003-2007 models finally saw the Accord score that elusive double 5 star rating.

The 2008-2010 models further improved on that excellent performance.

1982 - applies to 1982-85 models
1986 - applies to 1986-89 models
1991 - applies to 1990-91 models
1992 - applies to 1992-93 models (except 1993 SE)
1993 - applies to 1993 SE models
1994 - applies to 1994-97 models
1998 - applies to 1998-99 models
2000 - applies to 2000 models
2001 - applies to 2001-02 models
2003 - applies to 2003-07 models
2008 - applies to 2008-10 models








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