A profound knowledge of the biomechanical responses of the occupants is elemental in the understanding and development of counter‐measures for injury prevention and mitigation in far‐side crashes. In far‐side crashes, vehicles rotate in clock or counter‐clockwise direction depending on the location of impact with respect to the center of gravity (CG) of the vehicle. Vehicle rotations can influence the kinematics of the occupants relative to the vehicle interior. Controlled laboratory tests are performed to mimic the biomechanical responses of the occupants in real world crashes. Frequently, these tests are performed using linear one degree of freedom (dof) sled systems utilizing standardized rigid seats without any rotational inputs. However, it is not yet understood if the 1 dof sled could reproduce occupant responses in real world far‐side crashes. Therefore, the objective of the current study was to compare the occupant kinematics from simulated real world far‐side crashes to the kinematics obtained from simulated sled tests, under similar loading conditions. The study was performed using validated whole vehicle model and whole‐body finite element (FE) human body model (HBM) developed by the Global Human Body Models Consortium (GHBMC).