2024 Top Safety Picks
Vehicles that perform best in our evaluations qualify for Top Safety Pick, which has been awarded since the 2006 model year, or Top Safety Pick+, which was inaugurated in 2013.
These awards identify the best vehicle choices for safety within size categories during a given year. Larger, heavier vehicles generally afford more protection than smaller, lighter ones. Thus, a small car that qualifies for an award might not protect its occupants as well as a bigger vehicle that doesn't earn the award.
Midsize luxury SUVs
Top Safety Pick+
2024-25 Acura MDX 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024-25 Acura RDX 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024-25 Audi Q4 e-tron 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024-25 Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick+
2024 BMW X3 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick+
2025 BMW X5 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick+
2024-25 Genesis Electrified GV70 4-door SUV
applies only to vehicles built after April 2024
Top Safety Pick+
2025 Genesis GV70 4-door SUV
applies only to vehicles built after April 2024
Top Safety Pick
2024 Genesis GV70 4-door SUV
applies only to vehicles built after November 2023
Top Safety Pick+
2024-25 Genesis GV80 4-door SUV
applies only to vehicles built after August 2023
Top Safety Pick+
2024-25 Infiniti QX60 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick+
2024-25 Lexus NX 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024-25 Lexus NX Plug-In Hybrid 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024 Lexus RX 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick+
2024-25 Lincoln Nautilus 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick+
2024-25 Mercedes-Benz GLC 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick+
2024-25 Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class 4-door SUV
with optional pedestrian front crash prevention
Top Safety Pick+
2024 Tesla Model Y 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024 Tesla Model Y AWD 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick+
2024 Volvo XC90 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick+
2025 Volvo XC90 Plug-In Hybrid 4-door SUV
2024 criteria
Top Safety Pick +
- G Good ratings in the small overlap front test
- AGAcceptable or good in the updated moderate overlap front test
- G Good rating in the updated side test
- AGAcceptable or good headlights standard
- AGAcceptable or good in the pedestrian front crash prevention test
Top Safety Pick
- G Good ratings in the small overlap front test
- G Good rating in the original moderate overlap front test
- G Good rating in the updated side test
- AGAcceptable or good headlights standard
- AGAcceptable or good rating in the pedestrian front crash prevention test