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2025 Mazda CX-70

midsize SUV / 4-door SUV

2025 Mazda CX-70 4-door SUV

Crashworthiness

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

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Headlights (varies by trim/option)
Front crash prevention: pedestrian
Standard system

Seat belts & child restraints

Seat belt reminders

Other available safety features

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

Key

  • Good
  • Acceptable
  • Marginal
  • Poor

Small overlap front

The small overlap front evaluation consists of a driver-side and a passenger-side component. If the results of the two evaluations differ, then the combined small overlap rating is equal to the lower rating.

Driver-side

  • Rating applies to 2025 models

Tested vehicle: 2024 Mazda CX-90 Turbo Premium 4-door 4wd

The Mazda CX-90 was introduced for the 2024 model year. These ratings also apply to the Mazda CX-70, CX-70 PHEV and CX-90 PHEV (plug-in hybrid variant).

Overall driver-side evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Hip/thigh
Lower leg/foot
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics

Action shot taken during the driver-side small overlap frontal crash test.

The dummy's position in relation to the door frame, steering wheel, and instrument panel after the crash test indicates that the driver's survival space was maintained very well.

The frontal and side curtain airbags worked well together to keep the head from coming close to any stiff structure or outside objects that could cause injury.

The driver's space was maintained well, and risk of injuries to the dummy's legs and feet was low.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CEN2306
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm) 4
Footrest (cm) 7
Left toepan (cm) 3
Brake pedal (cm) 5
Parking brake (cm)
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) 2
Upper occupant compartment
Steering column 0
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) 4
Upper dash (cm) 3
Lower instrument panel (cm) 4

Driver injury measures

Test ID CEN2306
Head
HIC-15 68
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.8
Extension bending moment (Nm) 12
Maximum Nij 0.19
Chest maximum compression (mm) 22
Femur (kN)
Left 0.2
Right 0.2
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 1
Right 1
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.40
Right 0.34
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 1.4
Right 0.9
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 58
Right 44

Passenger-side

  • Rating applies to 2025 models

Tested vehicle: 2024 Mazda CX-90 4-door 4wd

The Mazda CX-90 was introduced for the 2024 model year. These ratings also apply to the Mazda CX-70, CX-70 PHEV and CX-90 PHEV (plug-in hybrid variant). Passenger-side small overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2024 CX-90 conducted by Mazda.

Overall passenger-side evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Passenger injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Hip/thigh
Lower leg/foot
Passenger restraints and dummy kinematics
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Hip/thigh
Lower leg/foot
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on passenger side

Test ID VTP2310
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm) 6
Footrest (cm) 11
Right toepan (cm) 7
Center toepan (cm) 2
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) 3
Upper occupant compartment
Center dash (cm) 2
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) 5
Upper dash (cm) 4
Right lower dash (cm) 4

Passenger injury measures

Test ID VTP2310
Head
HIC-15 113
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.2
Extension bending moment (Nm) 19
Maximum Nij 0.27
Chest maximum compression (mm) 20
Femur (kN)
Left 1.2
Right 1.5
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 2
Right 2
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.50
Right 0.43
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 3.1
Right 2.1
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 51
Right 58

Driver injury measures

Test ID VTP2310
Head
HIC-15 40
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.1
Extension bending moment (Nm) 10
Maximum Nij 0.20
Chest maximum compression (mm) 24
Femur (kN)
Left 0.2
Right 0.5
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 1
Right 1
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.30
Right 0.26
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 0.5
Right 1.0
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 42
Right 67

About the small overlap front test

Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 2025 models

Tested vehicle: 2024 Mazda CX-90 4-door 4wd

The Mazda CX-90 was introduced for the 2024 model year. These ratings also apply to the Mazda CX-70, CX-70 PHEV and CX-90 PHEV (plug-in hybrid variant). Moderate overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2024 CX-90 conducted by Mazda.

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 VTF2311
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 4
Left (cm) 5
Center (cm) 4
Right (cm) 1
Brake pedal (cm) 2
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 0
Right (cm) 0
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 3
Rearward (cm) 0
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 1

Driver injury measures

Test ID VTF2311
Head
HIC-15 101
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.7
Extension bending moment (Nm) 11
Maximum Nij 0.15
Chest maximum compression (mm) 30
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.3
Femur force - right (kN) 0.2
Knee displacement - left (mm) 1
Knee displacement - right (mm) 1
Maximum tibia index - left 0.45
Maximum tibia index - right 0.37
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.9
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 1.8
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 80
Right 59

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: updated test

Rating applies to 2025 models

Tested vehicle: 2024 Mazda CX-90 4-door 4wd

The Mazda CX-90 was introduced for the 2024 model year. These ratings also apply to the Mazda CX-70, CX-70 PHEV and CX-90 PHEV (plug-in hybrid variant). Side 2.0 ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2024 CX-90 conducted by Mazda.

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

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID VTS2323
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -28.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Test ID VTS2323
Head
HIC-15 104
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.2
Compression (kN) 0.4
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 7
Lateral force (kN) 0.6
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 31
Average deflection (mm) 26
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 6.09
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.43
Pelvis
Combined force (kN) 2.3

Passenger injury measures

Test ID VTS2323
Head
HIC-15 18
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.4
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 10
Lateral force (kN) 0.7
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 19
Average deflection (mm) 15
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.32
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.17
Pelvis
Combined force (kN) 3.7

About the side crash test

Headlights

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

Trim level(s)

  • S Premium trim
  • S Premium Plus 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 Some glare

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

The low beams created some glare.

High beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was good in all 4 tests.

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

Technical measurements for this test
Trim level(s)
  • S Premium trim
  • S Premium Plus trim
Low-beam headlight type LED projector
High-beam headlight type LED projector
Curve-adaptive? Yes
High-beam assist? Yes
Overall rating
Applies to 2025 models
LOW BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)		 Amount glare
exceeded threshold
Straightaway right edge 110.7 m None
Straightaway left edge 54.2 m None
250m radius right curve, right edge 85.3 m 3.4%
250m radius left curve, left edge 57.7 m None
150m radius right curve, right edge 73.4 m 13.3%
150m radius left curve, right edge 58.5 m None
HIGH BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)
Straightaway right edge 178.4 m
Straightaway left edge 166.8 m
250m radius right curve, right edge 93.5 m
250m radius left curve, left edge 88.2 m
150m radius right curve, right edge 76.5 m
150m radius left curve, left edge 67.8 m

Trim level(s)

  • Preferred trim
  • Premium trim
  • Premium Plus trim
Low-beam headlight typeLED projector
High-beam headlight typeLED projector
Curve-adaptive?No
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 fair on the right side of the road and inadequate on the left side. On curves, visibility was good on both right curves and inadequate on both left curves.

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 good on the gradual right curve, fair on the sharp right curve and inadequate on both left curves.

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

Technical measurements for this test
Trim level(s)
  • Preferred trim
  • Premium trim
  • Premium Plus trim
Low-beam headlight type LED projector
High-beam headlight type LED projector
Curve-adaptive? No
High-beam assist? Yes
Overall rating
Applies to 2025 models
LOW BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)		 Amount glare
exceeded threshold
Straightaway right edge 83.3 m None
Straightaway left edge 41.2 m None
250m radius right curve, right edge 75.3 m None
250m radius left curve, right edge 41.1 m None
150m radius right curve, right edge 62.8 m None
150m radius left curve, right edge 42.6 m None
HIGH BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)
Straightaway right edge 153.3 m
Straightaway left edge 167.1 m
250m radius right curve, right edge 78.7 m
250m radius left curve, left edge 59.4 m
150m radius right curve, right edge 62.7 m
150m radius left curve, left edge 45.7 m

About the headlight evaluation

Front crash prevention: pedestrian

Rating applies to all 2025 models

System details

  • standard Smart Brake Support
Overall evaluation
Includes high-beam assist credit

Crossing child — day

  • In the 12 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 25 mph test, impact speed was reduced by 23 mph.

Crossing adult — night

  • In the 12 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision when using its high beams. When using its low beams, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision when using its high beams. When using its low beams, this vehicle avoided a collision.

Parallel adult — night

  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision when using its high beams. When using its low beams, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 37 mph test, impact speed was reduced by 33 mph when using its high beams and a warning was issued 2.4 seconds before impact. When using its low beams, impact speed was reduced by 26 mph and a warning was issued 1.5 seconds before impact.

About the pedestrian front crash prevention test

Seat belt reminders

Rating applies to 2025 models

Overall evaluation
Front row
Unbelted occupant alert (audible & visual)
Initiation time
DurationLong enough (90+ seconds)
Volume
Audio frequency
Second row
Startup status alert (visual)
Initiation time
Duration at least 60 seconds
Belt disengaged alert (audible & visual)
Initiation time
Duration at least 30 seconds
Volume
Audio frequency
Technical measurements for this test
Background cabin sound pressure level at 24 km/h 51 dB
Audible signal sound pressure level at 24 km/h 71 dB
Difference between background and signal 20.1 dB
Background cabin sound pressure level at 40 km/h 55 dB
Audible signal sound pressure level at 40 km/h 73 dB
Difference between background and signal 18.3 dB
Dominant audio frequency 552 Hz

About the seat belt reminder evaluation