Anyone been rear ended in a mazda5?

soph's mom · Jul 13, 2013

I didn't think I would like the car but decided to look at it anyway. It's smaller than I thought I would want but it has great gas mileage and the capability of seating more people than most small vehicles along with the convenience of sliding doors. It also looks like it would be easy to load a child in the third row if one seat was down. I know cargo space is minimal but we are looking at selling several vehicles and purchasing a newer crew cab truck and possibly a 5...

I've read the thread concerning people's feelings on kids riding in the third row but I'm curious for real life data of child back there...

teekadog · Jul 13, 2013

http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.ef92c98/489

Was the first thing I found.

Mostly google just shows me posts on cso questioning the safety of the 5's 3rd row.

soph's mom · Jul 13, 2013

Thanks, yeah all I found was one YouTube video that was slowed way down with no info on speeds, etc...

SafeDad · Jul 13, 2013

The Mazda 5 is no different than most other compact or midsize vehicles with a 3rd row, in terms of crush space to the rear. Fortunately, most rear-enders are relatively low speed and only one vehicle is usually moving. Occupants are at much greater risk in a side impact, in my opinion.

soph's mom · Jul 13, 2013

CPSDarren said:
The Mazda 5 is no different than most other compact or midsize vehicles with a 3rd row, in terms of crush space to the rear. Fortunately, most rear-enders are relatively low speed and only one vehicle is usually moving. Occupants are at much greater risk in a side impact, in my opinion.

Thanks Darren, you own one correct?

We own 9 vehicles and are looking to significantly downsize and i want more current safety features... We rebuilt the top end of my volvo's engine but at over 217k miles we are waiting for the next thing to go and my grand Cherokee has about the same mileage. I really am cringing at purchasing a new vehicle but I think at the end of the model year I can walk away with one for under $20k. I'm thinking the manual trans may lengthen the life of the trans too. I know the space is going to be tighter but I don't plan on needing the third row often. Mainly for a daycare kid or two during the week and in the future maybe...

I used to move into my college rooms in my jeep wrangler so I've always been pretty good at packing. I roof box would suffice I think....

Aurezalia · Jul 13, 2013

*raises hand* I have! Third row was unoccupied, though. I'm not sure about speeds but it was fast enough to do significant damage to the car that hit me (entire front half was crumpled up badly, I'm thinking the car probably ended up being totaled). My 5 didn't have much damage.

The side panel right off the bumper ended up popping out a tiny bit, and the bumper got scratched up, but that was it. Didn't even dent it in a little bit. After seeing how it handled, I have no concerns about people sitting back there. Mazda clearly thought out how the rear end would handle crash forces. (I have a feeling it's similar to the Smartcar, where they know there's not a lot of room to work with and so don't have a huge crumple zone like larger cars do.)

soph's mom · Jul 14, 2013

Aurezalia said:
*raises hand* I have! Third row was unoccupied, though. I'm not sure about speeds but it was fast enough to do significant damage to the car that hit me (entire front half was crumpled up badly, I'm thinking the car probably ended up being totaled). My 5 didn't have much damage. The side panel right off the bumper ended up popping out a tiny bit, and the bumper got scratched up, but that was it. Didn't even dent it in a little bit. After seeing how it handled, I have no concerns about people sitting back there. Mazda clearly thought out how the rear end would handle crash forces. (I have a feeling it's similar to the Smartcar, where they know there's not a lot of room to work with and so don't have a huge crumple zone like larger cars do.)

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!

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