We've rounded up the SUVs that offer a high driving position to give you the impression of being safe, but also back it up with excellent crash test ratings. Modern cars offer greater protection than ever before. As a result, many of us tend to take road safety for granted, helped in no small part by the work of Euro NCAP , which carries out dozens of crash tests on new cars every year. Since the first safety tests were launched in , thousands of new cars have been crash tested by the organisation - all being given ratings to show how safe they are.
Euro NCAP updates its test protocols every two years, so a five-star rating in means that a car has performed excellently in a tougher test than a car with a five-star result from even a couple of years ago. Yes, a five-star rating from several years back means a car is pretty safe, but you can be confident that cars with the same score in more recent tests are even tougher. Although a five-star safety rating is an important consideration when buying a family SUV , there are other things to pay attention to.
Some systems are designed to prevent a collision, while others are there to keep you safe should the worst happen. They're no good to you, though, if they're only available on the most expensive version of a model, and you've got the entry-level one. So be aware of what comes with the specific version you're looking at.
Remember, an SUV launched in is likely to be safer than one from a decade earlier, and results from previous years cannot be compared directly due to changes in the test procedure. The Mazda CX is also one of the best looking family SUVs you can buy, so you don't have to worry about all that safety making it a boring box on wheels. Here you can have your cake and eat it. And it tastes good. All versions of the CX come with multiple airbags, blind-spot monitoring with rear cross traffic alert, adaptive cruise control , autonomous emergency braking , traffic sign recognition and hill launch assistance.
We don't expect you to know what all of these do, but rest assured that the car can keep an eye out for other vehicles, help to prevent crashes and warn you about vehicles around you. Even the entry-level SE trim comes with autonomous emergency braking, hill launch assistance, two Isofix points in the second row for child seats , a third Isofix in the front, lane-keeping assistance and a tiredness recognition system. The mid-range FR models add adaptive cruise control, keyless entry and keyless go, and self parking functionality.
A rear-view camera is fitted to Xcellence models. While kit to help you park might not help that much in terms of safety, it certainly reduces your chances of bashing into things and hurting the car.
We crashed our long-term Subaru Impreza hatchback a crash mitigation comparison test. Of the four cars, the Crosstrek was the only vehicle to avoid a collision using its EyeSight Driver Assist at 45 mph. The Crosstrek Hybrid is the most expensive version of the model, and as such includes a bunch of safety features optional in lower trims. Every Crosstrek Hybrid has EyeSight Driver Assist that includes automatic emergency braking, lane-keeping assist and lane-departure warning, as well as high-beam assist, blind-spot detection, cross-traffic alert.
The Crosstrek Hybrid will also alert you if a pedestrian is walking near the vehicle if you're traveling under 20 mph. The Toyota Highlander seats up to eight passengers seven on higher trims with second-row captain's chairs , and is available with a hp V-6 or a hybrid powertrain that gets an EPA-estimated 36 mpg combined.
During vehicle-to-vehicle crash prevention tests, the Toyota Safety Sense detection system prevented collision for 12 mph and 25 mph tests. The Highlander earned a Superior rating for front crash prevention, and Good ratings across all six crash tests.
Every Highlander comes with adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist, automated emergency braking with pedestrian detection, and automatic high-beam assist. Volvo took its crash safety to new heights when it dropped 10 of its cars from feet in the air. We hope you never find yourself in such a situation, but the whole point was to highlight how safe their lineup is. The net of safety features included on every XC40 include automated emergency braking with pedestrian detection and lane-departure warning with lane-keeping assist.
Adaptive cruise control with Volvo's semi-autonomous driving mode is also available. Its front-crash mitigation systems scored a Superior rating against vehicles, and an Advanced rating when avoiding pedestrians.
Standard safety features for X60 include automated emergency braking with pedestrian detection, lane-departure warning with lane-keeping assist, and adaptive cruise control with semi-autonomous driving mode.
Like the rest of the Volvo lineup, the XC90 offers a copious standard safety features, a few of which are only available on optional packages elsewhere. The biggest standard features are forward-collision warning and automated emergency braking, blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert, lane-departure warning, and active cruise control. New Cars. Buyer's Guide. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. Car and Driver. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below.
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