2020 Infiniti QX50

midsize luxury SUV / 4-door SUV

2020 Infiniti QX50 4-door SUV
2019 Infiniti QX50 shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Moderate overlap front: original test
Side: original test

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Headlights (varies by trim/option)
Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle
Standard system
Superior

Other available safety features

  • Standard blind spot detection
  • Standard lane departure warning
  • Optional lane departure prevention

Key

  • G
    Good
  • A
    Acceptable
  • M
    Marginal
  • P
    Poor
  • Superior
  • Advanced
  • Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 2019-20 models

Tested vehicle: 2019 Infiniti QX50 Essential 4-door 4wd

The Infiniti QX50 was redesigned for the 2019 model year after a one-year absence from the market. Moderate overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Nissan.

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Leg/foot, left
Leg/foot, right
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID VTF1809
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 10
Left (cm) 6
Center (cm) 15
Right (cm) 16
Brake pedal (cm) 10
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 2
Right (cm) 6
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -2
Rearward (cm) 0
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 1

Driver injury measures

Test ID VTF1809
Head
HIC-15 292
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.3
Extension bending moment (Nm) 7
Maximum Nij 0.30
Chest maximum compression (mm) 37
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 1.0
Femur force - right (kN) 1.3
Knee displacement - left (mm) 3
Knee displacement - right (mm) 2
Maximum tibia index - left 0.59
Maximum tibia index - right 0.36
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 2.8
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 1.8
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 59
Right 65

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2019-20 models

Tested vehicle: 2019 Infiniti QX50 Essential 4-door 4wd

The Infiniti QX50 was redesigned for the 2019 model year after a one-year absence from the market. Side ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Nissan.

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Driver head protection
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Rear passenger head protection
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID VTS1808
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -14.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Test ID VTS1808
Head HIC-15 159
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.4
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 42
Lateral force (kN) 1.7
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 37
Average deflection (mm) 33
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 4.86
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.61
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.2
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.2
Combined force (kN) 2.3
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.6
L-M moment (Nm) 94
A-P moment (Nm) 32

Passenger injury measures

Test ID VTS1808
Head HIC-15 90
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.4
Compression (kN) 0.6
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 25
Lateral force (kN) 1.5
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 46
Average deflection (mm) 25
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.19
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.59
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.7
Acetabulum force (kN) 0.5
Combined force (kN) 1.0
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 1.3
L-M moment (Nm) 140
A-P moment (Nm) 32

About the original side crash test

Headlights

Ratings are given for 2 different headlight variations available on this vehicle.

Trim level(s)

  • Pure trim
  • Lux trim
  • Essential trim
  • Sensory trim
Low-beam headlight typeLED projector
High-beam headlight typeLED reflector
Curve-adaptive?No
High-beam assist?Yes
Overall rating
Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:
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Low beams
On the straightaway, visibility was fair on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was inadequate in all 4 tests.

The low beams never exceeded glare limits.

High beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was fair on both right curves and inadequate on both left curves.

High-beam assist compensates for some limitations of this vehicle's low beams on the straightaway and all 4 curves.

Technical measurements for this test
Trim level(s)
  • Pure trim
  • Lux trim
  • Essential trim
  • Sensory trim
Low-beam headlight type LED projector
High-beam headlight type LED reflector
Curve-adaptive? No
High-beam assist? Yes
Overall rating
Applies to 2019-20 models
LOW BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)		 Amount glare
exceeded threshold
Straightaway right edge 79.9 m None
Straightaway left edge 51.5 m None
250m radius right curve, right edge 47.4 m None
250m radius left curve, left edge 42.2 m None
150m radius right curve, right edge 42.5 m None
150m radius left curve, left edge 38.4 m None
HIGH BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)
Straightaway right edge 153.6 m
Straightaway left edge 143.3 m
250m radius right curve, right edge 67.5 m
250m radius left curve, left edge 62.2 m
150m radius right curve, right edge 56.9 m
150m radius left curve, left edge 52.5 m

Trim level(s)

  • Essential trim equipped with ProASSIST package
  • Autograph trim
Low-beam headlight typeLED projector
High-beam headlight typeLED projector
Curve-adaptive?Yes
High-beam assist?Yes
Overall rating
Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:
car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler 0 ft 100 ft 200 ft 300 ft 400 ft 500 ft 600 ft Low beams Optimal low-beam illumination High beams Optimal high-beam illumination High-beam assist credit

Low beams
On the straightaway, visibility was inadequate on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was fair on the sharp right curve and inadequate on the gradual right and both left curves.

The low beams never exceeded glare limits.

High beams
On the straightaway, visibility was inadequate on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was good on both right curves and fair on both left curves.

High-beam assist compensates for some limitations of this vehicle's low beams on the straightaway and all 4 curves.

Technical measurements for this test
Trim level(s)
  • Essential trim equipped with ProASSIST package
  • Autograph trim
Low-beam headlight type LED projector
High-beam headlight type LED projector
Curve-adaptive? Yes
High-beam assist? Yes
Overall rating
Applies to 2019-20 models
LOW BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)		 Amount glare
exceeded threshold
Straightaway right edge 72.3 m None
Straightaway left edge 40.4 m None
250m radius right curve, right edge 54.0 m None
250m radius left curve, left edge 42.2 m None
150m radius right curve, right edge 49.5 m None
150m radius left curve, left edge 41.1 m None
HIGH BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)
Straightaway right edge 127.1 m
Straightaway left edge 120.2 m
250m radius right curve, right edge 77.7 m
250m radius left curve, left edge 73.2 m
150m radius right curve, right edge 66.0 m
150m radius left curve, left edge 58.9 m

About the headlight evaluation

Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle

System details

  • Standard Forward Emergency Braking with Pedestrian Detection
  • Standard Predictive Forward Collision Warning

Overall evaluation

Applies to 2019-23 models

Superior
Superior
  • This system meets the requirements for forward collision warning.
  • In the 12 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.

About the original front crash prevention test