Crash Test: Ford Explorer vs. Ford Focus
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The folks at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash test a 2000 Ford Focus by T-boning it with a 1996 Ford Explorer at 31 miles per hour. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Wow, the explorer really put things in focus
That’s not even funny
I like the fact what you can just drive the Explorer home meanwhile the focus driver needs to be airlifted to the hospital and the car has to be towed to a yard
@@BigpurrEli well side impact is a weak point but either way it’s bad for focus driver
Im so glad side airbags exist now...
not even a side airbags could save you from that, back then theres were too, i have a 1999 focus GHIA with all airebags including side ones, but as you see in the video if the chasis bends towards inside you are probably dead or seriously injured.
Ideally, you don't ever want to be hit like that, regardless of what car and especially by something large when you're in something small. This is worst case scenario. It's also why when crossing a four-lane even if with a green light, I always look both ways before going.
Can't count how many time I've sat at a green and have people behind me honking only for seconds later to find out why I didn't go immediately.
man that explorer really did "explore" into that focus
It looks like I'm going to have to watch out for Explores when I'm driving my Focus.
Rule 1: wear a helmet while crossing intersection in Ford Focus
Bdot 559 Unless it has the optional combination head/torso airbag.
@@rileysmith9843 even then wear a helmet or send it to the scrapyard and get safer car
Just got tboned in an 05 ZX4 wish I had known this rule 2 months ago 🤕🤷
The side impacts bars are too weak to absorb the energy. Even helmets and football gear can’t stop that.
Driver of the Focus would be very lucky to have survived that. Head slamming right on the Explorer's hood.
I think I just fell more in love with my 96 ford explorer...
The cars from that crash are still on display at the IIHS Vehicle Research Center in Ruckersville, VA. I have photos of them from Aug. 5, 2008.
show us
Focus is safer than any other car of this age.
HELL NO!!!
HOW ARE YOU SO STUPID??
The Volvo 850 was safer than the Ford Focus at the time. Both have acceptable construction, but 850 injuries are lower than the Focus. Also the 850 has SIPS, side airbags and curtain airbags.
November 14, 2022 9:45PM
That is a very cool crash test of a 1996 ford explorer side impacting a 2000 ford focus.
Damn...but that was really before side air bags and side curtain air bags became more commonplace, back then the Focus probably didn't have them, and it also doesn't look like it's got those side intrusion door beams.
They need to do all crash tests like this
So glad I'm no longer driving a 2001 focus. The driver would be so dead.
Or injured
Yes unfortunately a combination of a weak side structure B pillar and lack of side airbags would almost guarantee this to be a fatal accident due to the fact that the head is not protected. IIHS are the ones who put automakers to shame and exposed their flawed designs all of this is credit to IIHS they have saved millions of lives and continue to press hard on automakers today if you look at a car from about 1996 from when they first started doing their offset testing and a car today 2020 it is astronomical the amount of safety and engineering that is even in a mainstream car today thank you IIHS
if you look at a car from about 1996 and a car today 2020,
heck yeah! There's 2 different "safe" levels , safe for going thru town and safe for highways!!
What complicates the matter is the difference in height (and weight) between the 2 cars - the explorer is approximately twice the mass of the focus, and the bumper is at the driver's shoulder level (which is about the weakest part of the door, excluding the glass area).
Reverse the collision (make it the focus T-boning the explorer), and I'm sure the explorer occupants would be fine, for exactly the same reasons I've listed above.
any injuries ...what type of car?
Damn this almost happened to me this morning it was like scary ....the other car was a 08 Pajero and he broke the red light going about 90kph but swerved to avoid hitting us
were the air bags did they took them out or shut them off or what
The Ford Focus was made in England, around 96, then the US got it around 98-99.
If I'm not mistaken.
I read about it in GT2 when the game was new lol.
@undertake782 go ahead man extremely reliable truck im keeping my stock what do you plan to do to it?
what year is your first generation explorer? i barely see the originals anymore.. and after seeing this video, i out my focus on craiglist.. i think it's time to buy me a SUV
@dcukic Remote places like where i live, the DOT doesnt remove snow. they go for the most used highways and go down. I have had my Blazer out in a foot of snow and getting to town and the roads completely clear. If town is clear they dont cancel work, school, or any other services. We have to have 4wd.
My friend works at a scrap yard and he played with a truck and a focus. He drove the truck at 40 mph into the focus and the drivers door actually touched the glove box. The car was f"" after the accident.
MAAAAN I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT!
if only i had a few thousand to spare, dang it.
agreed, i think side impacts are where the problem is at. a lot of the tests i see, there is enough intrusion at a 30 mph test to move the seat and the steering wheel over. even jeep grand cherokees and trailblazers have that issue.
@myfeeling4you yeah, but on the highway you are not doing 35.
You do 65 and then hit the brakes that brings you down (theoretically) to whatever speed.
@myfeeling4you yeah ive always wondered why they dont have the cars braking when they hit. must be harder to replicate accurately.
lol yeah i see a bunch like that its kinda overkill ... what you got factory?
have you seen their crash tests?
@menofat1 The human head is actually quite heavy and with the amount of force behind it because of the whiplash it makes for some large amounts of pressure. Velocity X Mass.
holy crap does the head dent the hood at 0:35?
you got a sound system on them?
Why didn't the airbags deploy in the explorer??????
@CrashJSTest but if the locomotive was rolling and not powering on then it would stop in a short distance. In a crash test the test cars are propelled by a cable, not by traction with it's own tyres, the cable moves the car until the required speed is reached then the car moves as if in neutral. Another good example is your fist when you punch something, put force into it and your fist moves further than anticipated, put no force into the punch and you achieve nothing.
Isn't the airbag supposed to go off?
which ford focus or explorer
When did they do this
Comparing injuries its head residue on the hood of another vehicle or hitting your head off the steering wheel...fair?
@joshuasleight True however we werent talking real world conditions. He was trying to compare a malibu vs a focus to which is better.
@jberkhimer Look closer. At 0:41 you can clearly see the Ford emblem. Also In the begining of the video when the Explorer is headed towards the Focus if you pause the video when you see the back of the suv you can even read the "Explorer" badge. If there is any doubt look at the side of the truck, which looks suspiciously like a Ranger, which is basically the pickup Explorer.
@zadenmom Gotta say those Explorers are great rigs. I myself have a 98 Mercury Mountaineer with the 5.0L V8 and AWD. Good to see these things fair pretty well in crashes.
@CrashJSTest Thats what I mean, the stresses that occur when a car is under braking as compared to when the brakes aren't applied. If a car driver was to collide, say with the rear of another car without braking and accelerating instead that driver will die without a doubt, airbag or no airbag. Crash testing is done without inertia,meaning the propelling force. A good example is a locomotive when it hits a vehicle on train tracks, it hits and keeps going, it doesn't stop,
Wow the ford explore is strong asf, looks like I’m keeping it
True this video may be dated now that it's 2010. Keep in mind though, I know many on here have seen out there how many 2nd gen Explorers are still on the road along with 1st gen Focuses. So this is still a likely situation for drivers out there.
@zadenmom do you have firestones
The 2000 Focuses were unsafe deathtraps.
The newer post-2006 models are a different story: They are very safe and reliable cars that give you piece of mind while riding in one.
its a work in progress got 2 12's with 2 2000 watt amps with a avic n1 cd dvd player
dude i know how u feel. i rolled on the highway after a tractor trailer cut me off and everytime i try to pass a tractor trailer my heart is always racing.
the suv depending on how low the car is and how low the suv is in the worst case the cars front will under ride the sid of the suv the suv will then slide up the hood in to the area of the windsheild and passenger compartment then the suv will slide off and might possibly rollover but the is is only in the worst case scenario
still good i got sony xplod head unit with 4 rockford fosgate t2500.1bd amp 6 mtx 12's 1700 watts a piece with 3sixty processor (basicly glorified crossover with diff modes) and for mid bass got 4 8" subs 1 for each door with 8 tweeters
@KingofComputing He never mentioned hitting the steering wheel and neither car had airbags. The guy in the focus hit his head on the hood of the explorer leaving paint there
actually the full-size Taurus (which basically is the same size as the Charger) gets 5 star ratings in all 4 major crash test (front driver, front passenger, side driver, side passenger), making it the safest full size car in America. the mid-size Fusion (comparable to the Dodge Avenger in size) is also class-leading in safety ratings. The compact Focus, however, is rather average in crash test ratings (though a Corolla or Civic aren't much better).
keep in mind these cars are 10 years old
@Toni7859 yes becuse the ford explorer is on a truck frame and is made of metal not plastic
exactly the hight is the key thing here. I've seen 2 identical Ford Mondeo's in a head on crash test, but one fully loaded and the other one empty (just a few inches difference.) The empty car was mutch less damaged cos it hit the other one higher.
only thing non factory on my first gen explorer is the interior is custom from the outside it looks factory except the tint
This is a 2000 Focus. at that time, even some luxury brands didn't have side airbags on all their cars. Nowadays, front and rear side airbags are standard on the Focus.
hmmm they should do a front crash a rear crash and two side crash test all at once on the car
this model year for the Focus didn't do well for side protection. The engineers at Ford have fixed it for the 2008 re-design, especially the 2 door with a top safety pick.
now the explorers have advancetrac with active roll control or something like that
that's why if you are the first car on the red light i always look both ways real quick when it turns green.
@corvetteboy10 why would you drive your car trough 1 feet of snow?
where i live we have even more snow and i have car with fwd and snow tires. if there isnt toomuch snow my car can climb any hill, is stable and grips pretty good and its more confortable and much more fuelefficient.
and ofcourse we have snow cleaning service so there isnt a feet of snow on the road
so witch one is going to jail?
actually 2000 was the fist model year, look at Ford's archived website from 2000, look at wikipedia and ask any Ford person. Dealerships started selling the new model in the fall and winter of 1999.
i went to a sound system contest.. this dudes escalade was rigged with speakers, woofers and amps from front to back.. they made you put earplugs on just to stand close to it.. lol i mean i would like my whip to sound good but that's too much right there
see at 0:34, that's the benefit of curtain or head protecting side air bags.
i got a 2001 focus with no side airbags.. my friend has this same explorer too.. lol i'm gonna ride with him more often lol
@RobbyCoolful maybe if you are driving your truck through an intersection, and a guy runs a light in a focus
and what american car do you drive
@corvetteboy10 it is true we need 4x4 cars to do some hard work, but they dont need to be so massive, big and rather high. if you want to do a school run you can always use people carier or just normal saloon. they are lighter, more economic and in my expirience more confortable
@Kotik0311 it also shows that people would all be a lot safer if there wasn't huge cars like that on the road and everyone was in smaller cars.
the dummys head left a dent on the explorer,but why didn't the airbag in the explorer deploy?
i got a JVC stereo, alpine type r speakers for each door, and 2 10's with 400watt amp.. i got it for 150 from craiglist..
it's an SUV against a car, what do you expect? the Explorer doesnt even have a crumple zone, so the focus absorbs the impact, and does fairly well considering what's coming at it. The driver probably suffered a brain injury, but it it were in say, a cavalier or a neon, it would be a miracle if the driver survived.
They tend to make the new suvs with very soft front ends/front bumpers for this exact reason.
Maybe in side impacts, but not in frontal ones. The point is to make car stop more smoothly, thats why it crumples.
I have 07' ses with safety package or side airbags
how did that tin can ever go into production???
the 08-09 focus are much safer in a side impact because it comes with side impact airbags standard.
Wow, the drivers head hit the Explorers bonnet...
Ouch, and that wasn't even today's 40mph standard! I wouldn't even carry a baby in a Found On Road Dead car.
Nissan B-15 Sunny...the video of the car in my video list
I agree, for a car of this age and size it is very safe, many people think it is unsafe because it doesn't have side airbags or whatever, but this Focus is still relatively safe by today's standards. The Focus has always been a safe car, look at the Dodge Neon in comparison.. -.-
Ur sooo wrong!
There's 2 different "safe" levels , safe for going thru town and safe for highways!!
Suprised the explorer didn't roll over. (remeber the firestones?)
Yes, me too. I got a 2006, if I would've waited till 2008, I would've got the standard side airbags. Sucks.
my 2006 Focus has side and curtain airbags as standard. But then I did buy top of the range too.......Shame you have to pay extra for safety equipment.
@Punisher1915 not always they did a crash test with a minivan and a land rover and the rover lost
holy crap made a dent in the explorer's hood.
thank goodness for side airbags.
thank badness for me not owning a car with one.....
yea i don't think thats any safer there about the same maybe some updates but still a small car and going fast enough with still do damage dj-krush nice pic
the expedition would probably be safer,despite being extremely heavy it scored 5 stars in all catagories,except for rollover resistance!!
yes they did these cars that you see in this video is like what about 2000 mabey 2004 or somthin these should have them or they cant sell them
How the heck can you trade a 05 Focus for a 2011 Fusion? o.o!
im scared, u just bought a focus 2001 today!!
@KingofComputing yea but whatever27213 was commenting on how the focus had no airbags not the explorer as the explorer was really not hurt and the focus was obliterated while it was not 14 years old. So what point are you trying to make buddy?
looks like if you drive a focus you must prepare to have a face made entirely of explorer
@EdwardPack1988 well the exploder to because it has still crumple zones
@dahgutone that hood dont dent so easy either lol..... thats not good(for heads)
what no side curtain airbags darnnnnn
i like how the dummy's head smacked into the explorer's hood
i have a 99 explorer and my gf has a 02 focus! lmao!
I have an Explorer and an Impreza/9-2X.
damn the ford explorer is tough as a rock
Yeah that looks very safe 0:34
how is he supposed to drive with no hands?