Six Models Across the Honda Lineup are Named IIHS Top Safety Picks
The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) has just awarded six Honda models as IIHS Top Safety picks for 2022, with five achieving the pinnacle TOP SAFETY PICK+ (TSP+) rating. The awarded vehicles for Honda were:
Honda 2022 IIHS Award Winners:
2022 Honda Civic Hatchback (TSP+)
2022 Honda CR-V (TSP), when equipped with specific headlights
Contributing to the top ratings, each of the six models achieved the highest possible rating of "GOOD" in all six IIHS crashworthiness tests. In addition, all feature Honda Sensing® driver-assistive and safety technology as standard equipment, earning "SUPERIOR" ratings for vehicle-to-vehicle frontal crash prevention.
Honda Sensing® is now available or standard on every Honda model, with millions of Canadians driving Honda’s featuring these comprehensive suites of safety and driver-assistive technologies, which now include Collision Mitigation Braking System™ (CMBS™) with Pedestrian Detection; Forward Collision Warning; Road Departure Mitigation (RDM) incorporating Lane Departure Warning (LDW); Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS); and Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC).
All Honda vehicles also benefit from Honda's proprietary Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure, designed to protect occupants in a wide variety of frontal collisions, along with advanced supplemental restraint systems, such as pre-tensioning front seatbelts, and front, side, knee and side-curtain airbags.
How Do Vehicles Qualify to be a Top Safety Pick?
To earn the 2022 TSP award, a vehicle must earn "GOOD" crashworthiness ratings in all test modes, including in the challenging passenger-side small overlap test. A top-rated vehicle must also offer front crash prevention that earns an "ADVANCED" or "SUPERIOR" rating in both vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian testing, as well as "GOOD" or "ACCEPTABLE" ratings for available headlights though TSP+ rated vehicles must achieve the same "GOOD" or "ACCEPTABLE" rating for their standard headlights. Separately, every Honda model that has been fully evaluated in the NHTSA's 2022 model year NCAP testing has received a 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score.
