For enhanced safety, the front and middle seat shoulder belts of the Chrysler Voyager are height-adjustable to accommodate a wide variety of driver and passenger heights. A better fit can prevent injuries and the increased comfort also encourages passengers to buckle up. The Honda Odyssey doesn’t offer height-adjustable middle seat belts.
Over 200 people are killed each year when backed over by motor vehicles. The Voyager offers optional Rear Park Assist with Stop that uses rear sensors to monitor and automatically apply the brakes to prevent a rear collision. The Odyssey doesn’t offer backup collision prevention brakes.
Both the Voyager and the Odyssey have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver and front passenger knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, front wheel drive, height adjustable front shoulder belts, plastic fuel tanks, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, daytime running lights, rearview cameras, available crash mitigating brakes, blind spot warning systems, rear parking sensors 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 Chrysler Voyager is safer than the Honda Odyssey:
|
Voyager |
Odyssey |
|
Driver |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
168 |
176 |
|
Passenger |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
196 |
247 |
Chest Compression |
.4 inches |
.7 inches |
Neck Injury Risk |
25% |
32% |
Neck Compression |
51 lbs. |
63 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 Chrysler Voyager is safer than the Honda Odyssey:
|
Voyager |
Odyssey |
|
Rear Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
66 |
125 |
Spine Acceleration |
54 G’s |
70 G’s |
|
Into Pole |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
293 |
369 |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
Instrumented handling tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and analysis of its dimensions indicate that the Voyager is 2% less likely to roll over than the Odyssey.