Car and driver safest cars 2020 iihs ratings. 12 cars with the best safety ratings the safest new cars you can buy in 2020 come from honda kia lexus lincoln genesis mazda mercedes benz and subaru. Iihs tests vehicles in a series of track. The insurance institute for highway safety iihs has released its list of the safest vehicles to buy in 2020.
Iihs picks its safest cars. Advanced superior advanced or superior rating for available front crash prevention vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to pedestrian evaluations. 64 vehicles earn 2020 iihs awards thanks to state of the art safety the winning vehicles meet updated criteria that prioritize the protection of pedestrians in addition to vehicle occupants.
If rated by nhtsa they earn 4 or 5 stars overall or 4 or 5 stars in the front and side tests under the old rating scheme. G good ratings in the driver side small overlap front passenger side small overlap front moderate overlap front side roof strength and head restraint tests. The highway loss data institute hldi shares and supports this mission through scientific studies of insurance data representing the human and economic losses resulting.
It also earned the highest rating of superior for front crash prevention. Iihss pedestrian crash prevention ratings were rolled out in 2019 but were not factored into the top safety pick award criteria. The iihs announced its top safety pick and tsp award winners for 2020 based on stricter criteria than in years past.
In 2020 they will be. Vehicles on this list earn good ratings in the iihs moderate overlap front side roof strength and head restraint tests and good or acceptable ratings in the driver side small overlap front test. Iihs awards safest cars for 2020 the car connection.
An insurance industry backed nonprofit organization the iihs conducts its own series of six crash tests on 50 to 80 vehicles each year.