In the past twenty years hundreds of infants and young children have died after being left in vehicles, usually by accident. When turning the vehicle off, drivers of the K5 are reminded to check the back seat if they opened the rear door before starting out. The S60 doesn’t offer a back seat reminder.
The Kia K5 has a standard driver’s side knee airbag mounted low on the dashboard. The knee airbag helps prevent the driver from sliding under the seatbelts or the main frontal airbag; this keeps the driver better positioned during a collision for maximum protection. A knee airbag also helps keep the legs from striking the dashboard, preventing knee and leg injuries in the case of a serious frontal collision. The S60 doesn’t offer knee airbags.
Both the K5 and the S60 have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, front wheel drive, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, rearview cameras, driver alert monitors, available all wheel drive, blind spot warning systems, around view monitors and rear cross-path warning.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does 35 MPH front crash tests on new vehicles. In this test, results indicate that the Kia K5 is safer than the Volvo S60:
|
K5 |
S60 |
|
Driver |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
Neck Injury Risk |
21% |
25.7% |
Neck Stress |
180 lbs. |
189 lbs. |
Neck Compression |
21 lbs. |
63 lbs. |
Leg Forces (l/r) |
444/276 lbs. |
395/518 lbs. |
|
Passenger |
|
STARS |
4 Stars |
4 Stars |
Chest Compression |
.5 inches |
.7 inches |
Neck Compression |
58 lbs. |
114 lbs. |
Leg Forces (l/r) |
20/31 lbs. |
360/533 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does side impact tests on new vehicles. In this test, which crashes the vehicle into a flat barrier at 38.5 MPH and into a post at 20 MPH, results indicate that the Kia K5 is safer than the Volvo S60:
|
K5 |
S60 |
|
Front Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
Abdominal Force |
190 G’s |
194 G’s |
|
Rear Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
202 |
271 |
|
Into Pole |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
297 |
319 |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.