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Honda Fit
Pedestrian injury-reducing body, designed to absorb impacts to the head and legs

At Honda, we are working to develop car bodies that helps to reduce pedestrian injury in the event of an accident. Not only do our bodies help reduce injuries to the head, where fatal injuries are most likely to occur, but also in the legs as well. In addition to an impact-absorbing hood, hood hinges, and wiper pivots, the bumper is also designed to absorb the force of an impact.


Interior designed to protect occupant's heads in a collision

Impact absorbing materials in the side of the cabin's roof and pillars help reduce head injuries by alleviating the shock to occupant's heads in the event of a collision.


Front seats newly designed to reduce whiplash

The head and body are subject to differing amounts of force in a collision, causing undue strain on the neck. The Honda Fit's front seats combine a seatback designed to allow the body to sink back on impact with a headrest set at the optimum angle, thus minimizing strain on the neck.

Further advancements in G-Force Control Technology: A new energy absorbing structure featuring an 'arch-type' side frame.

To create a shorter nose and reduce weight while ensuring a high level of crash safety, the Honda Fit employs an 'arch-type' frame in its front section. The sturdy frame extends straight back from the front, then gently arches down past the lower portion of the dashboard before straightening out once again to join with the front floor cross-member. This configuration effectively disperses the energy of a collision by increasing the distance between the two bends to avoid creating weak points. Compared to a conventioanl side frame, which is secured at the lower dashboard to force it to crumple, the arch-shaped frame itself absorbs most of the impact energy in its gentle curve, for efficient energy absorption in a short distance. At the same time, the 'arch-type' side frame does not structurally extend into the cabin, so its intrusion into the cabin area during a collision is significantly reduced. What's more, the thick-plate, high-rigidity front floor cross-member is joined to the centre pillar with zero offset, resulting in extremely efficient energy absorption in a side impact. Efficient energy absorption is also attained in the case of a rear collision by minimizing kick-up in the side sill and rear side frame.

Other safety features, for further peace of mind

  • Dual front SRS airbag sysytem
  • 3-point, load limiter-equipped, pretensioner ELR seatbelts
  • ABS with EBD (Electronic Brake-force Distribution system) (optionally)
  • Brake assist
    • Safety

    Collision safety performance

    Honda is working to improve safety performance through its original G-Force Control Technology-safety performance in both full-frontal and offset-frontal collision, proven in vehicle-to-vehicle crash testing involving vehicles of different weights. Other safety features, including a body designed to minimize injury to pedestrians in the event of an accident, ensure that the Honda Fit attains the highest level of safety performance in the world.

     

    Honda's original G-Force Control Technology reduces the level of occupant injury, while securing a strong survival cell-both important aspects of collision safety (according to in-house resting).

    Because the human aspect of the safety challenge is our first concern, Honda's approach places priority on minimizing injury to vehicle occupants in an accident. Our original G-Force Control Technology enables us to combine minimized occupant injury with minimum cabin deformation, meeting the requirements for both the high impact absorption required in a full-frontal collision, and the strong survival cell required in an offset-frontal impact. The Honda Fit's new collision-safety-designed body meets the world's highest standard in crash safety, protecting occupants in a full-frontal collision of up to 55km/h, and an offset-frontal collision of up to 64km/h. It also withstands a side impact of up to 55km/h, and a rear impact of up to 50km/h.


    Vehicle-to-vehicle crash testing in accordance with independently established standards (according to in-house testing).

    As part of its research into real-world crash safety, Honda carries out its own vehicle-to-vehicle crash testing involving a "50% front offset collision with a 2-ton class vehicle, both vehicles travelling at 50km/h"-our own independent standards established based on analyses of crash data. These standards are especially challenging for a small-size car, but the Honda Fit's high-efficiency energy absorption and sturdy body constuction ensure that it surpasses even these rigorous test criteria.