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 SUVs
Top Safety Pick+
2024 Ford Explorer 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick+
2025 Honda Pilot 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024 Honda Pilot 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024 Hyundai Palisade 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024 Hyundai Santa Fe 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee L 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024 Kia EV9 4-door SUV
applies only to vehicles built after January 2024
Top Safety Pick
2024-25 Kia Sorento 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick+
2024 Kia Telluride 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2025 Mazda CX-70 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2025 Mazda CX-70 PHEV 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick+
2024 Mazda CX-90 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick+
2024 Mazda CX-90 PHEV 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024 Nissan Ariya 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick+
2024 Nissan Pathfinder 4-door SUV
applies only to vehicles built after November 2023
Top Safety Pick+
2024 Subaru Ascent 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024 Toyota Highlander 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024 Volkswagen Atlas 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport 4-door SUV
Top Safety Pick
2024 Volkswagen ID.4 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