2012 Kia Optima

NHTSA Crash Test Number 9875: Photos, Videos, and Safety Context

Crash test summary
2012 KIA OPTIMAKIA logo

FMVSS 301 TEST REPORTS/PHOTOS/VIDEO

Primary finding: IMPACTOR INTO VEHICLE

This page collects the locally hosted NHTSA crash-test media for test number 9875 and connects it back to the parent vehicle research page.

ManufacturerKnown WMI(s)Media inventory
Kia Corporation5XX KNA KND 5XX KND KNA 5 videos, 24 photos, 1 report

Latest official crash-test media available: 2026 model year media · Safety ratings last refreshed: 2026 model year coverage

Crash-test video gallery

Locally hosted NHTSA crash-test videos for 2012 KIA OPTIMA with direct watch pages and video metadata.

Camera 1 · Camera View-01

0:22 · 720 x 540 · MSVIDEO · 6.5 MB

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Camera 2 · Camera View-03

0:22 · 720 x 540 · MSVIDEO · 6.5 MB

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Camera 3 · Camera View-04

0:22 · 720 x 540 · MSVIDEO · 6.5 MB

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Camera 4 · Camera View-02

0:04 · 1920 x 1080 · MSVIDEO · 1.1 MB

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Camera 5 · Real Time Panning

0:06 · 1920 x 1080 · MSVIDEO · 1.7 MB

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Crash-test photo gallery

Crash-test image set for test 9875 with direct access to the original hosted photos.

2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 1

Crash image 1 · 1200 x 1600 · 93.5 KB

2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 2

Crash image 2 · 1200 x 1600 · 118.9 KB

2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 3

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 4

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 5

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 6

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 7

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 8

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 9

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 10

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 11

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 12

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 14

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 15

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 19

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 20

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 21

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 22

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 23

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2012 KIA OPTIMA crash image 24

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Reports and related research

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