2025 Nissan Kicks Play

small car / 4-door hatchback

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Small overlap front
G
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Side: original test
G

Other available safety features

  • Standard blind spot detection
  • Standard lane departure warning
  • Optional lane departure prevention
  • Standard rear automatic braking

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.

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: 2020 Nissan Kicks SV 4-door

The Nissan Kicks was introduced in the 2018 model year as a replacement for the Nissan Juke. Beginning with 2020 models, the passenger frontal airbag and the driver and passenger side curtain airbags were enlarged, knee airbags were added for the driver and front passenger, and rear seat-mounted side torso airbags were added to improve occupant protection in frontal and side crashes.

Beginning with 2025 models, Nissan renamed the Kicks to Kicks Play.

Small overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2020 model Kicks conducted by Nissan. Because the structure was not changed, the structure rating is based on this test and an earlier test of a 2018 model Kicks conducted by the Institute. These ratings apply to 2020-2024 Nissan Kicks models and 2025 Kicks Play models.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall driver-side evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
A
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTN2006 CEN1807
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm) 9 14
Footrest (cm) 2 5
Left toepan (cm) 1 3
Brake pedal (cm) 2 3
Parking brake (cm)
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) 2 5
Upper occupant compartment
Steering column 1 1
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) 4 7
Upper dash (cm) 6 10
Lower instrument panel (cm) 6 10

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTN2006
Head
HIC-15 99
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.3
Extension bending moment (Nm) 12
Maximum Nij 0.24
Chest maximum compression (mm) 30
Femur (kN)
Left 0.7
Right 0.7
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 2
Right 2
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.41
Right 0.45
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 2.2
Right 0.4
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 40
Right 33

Passenger-side

  • Rating applies to 2025 models

Tested vehicle: 2020 Nissan Kicks SV 4-door

The Nissan Kicks was introduced in the 2018 model year as a replacement for the Nissan Juke. Beginning with 2020 models, the passenger frontal airbag and the driver and passenger side curtain airbags were enlarged, knee airbags were added for the driver and front passenger, and rear seat-mounted side torso airbags were added to improve occupant protection in frontal and side crashes.

Beginning with 2025 models, Nissan renamed the Kicks to Kicks Play.

Passenger-side small overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2020 model Kicks conducted by Nissan. Because the structure was not changed, the structure rating is based on this test and an earlier test of a 2018 model Kicks conducted by Nissan. These ratings apply to 2020-2024 Nissan Kicks models and 2025 Kicks Play models.

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

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on passenger side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTP2005 VTP1821
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm) 14 17
Footrest (cm) 5 7
Right toepan (cm) 3 4
Center toepan (cm) 3 4
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) 2 3
Upper occupant compartment
Center dash (cm) 8 9
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) 8 12
Upper dash (cm) 12 13
Right lower dash (cm) 9 11

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTP2005
Head
HIC-15 196
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.7
Extension bending moment (Nm) 28
Maximum Nij 0.49
Chest maximum compression (mm) 19
Femur (kN)
Left 1.7
Right 2.8
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 5
Right 9
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.68
Right 0.97
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 2.1
Right 2.7
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 38
Right 79

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTP2005
Head
HIC-15 69
Peak gs at hard contact no data
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.1
Extension bending moment (Nm) 13
Maximum Nij 0.19
Chest maximum compression (mm) 29
Femur (kN)
Left 0.5
Right 1.2
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 1
Right 2
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.47
Right 0.26
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 0.4
Right 0.3
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 25
Right 32

About the small overlap front test

Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 2025 models

Tested vehicle: 2020 Nissan Kicks SV 4-door

The Nissan Kicks was introduced in the 2018 model year as a replacement for the Nissan Juke. Beginning with 2020 models, the passenger frontal airbag and the driver and passenger side curtain airbags were enlarged, knee airbags were added for the driver and front passenger, and rear seat-mounted side torso airbags were added to improve occupant protection in frontal and side crashes.

Beginning with 2025 models, Nissan renamed the Kicks to Kicks Play.

Moderate overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2020 model Kicks conducted by Nissan. Because the structure was not changed, the structure rating is based on this test and an earlier test of a 2018 model Kicks conducted by Nissan.These ratings apply to 2020-2024 Nissan Kicks models and 2025 Kicks Play models.

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

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTF2006 VTF1821
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 4 4
Left (cm) 1 6
Center (cm) 2 10
Right (cm) 4 7
Brake pedal (cm) 2 4
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 0 3
Right (cm) 2 8
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 1 1
Rearward (cm) -4 5
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0 0

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTF2006
Head
HIC-15 396
Peak gs at hard contact 93
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.3
Extension bending moment (Nm) 15
Maximum Nij 0.26
Chest maximum compression (mm) 34
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.9
Femur force - right (kN) 0.9
Knee displacement - left (mm) 2
Knee displacement - right (mm) 2
Maximum tibia index - left 0.50
Maximum tibia index - right 0.35
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 2.0
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 1.4
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 42
Right 64

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2025 models

Tested vehicle: 2020 Nissan Kicks SR 4-door

The Nissan Kicks was introduced in the 2018 model year as a replacement for the Nissan Juke. Beginning with 2020 models, the passenger frontal airbag and the driver and passenger side curtain airbags were enlarged, knee airbags were added for the driver and front passenger, and rear seat-mounted side torso airbags were added to improve occupant protection in frontal and side crashes.

Beginning with 2025 models, Nissan renamed the Kicks to Kicks Play.

Side ratings are assigned by the Institute based on these tests conducted by Nissan. Because the structure was not changed, the structure rating is based on this test and two earlier tests of a 2018 model Kicks conducted by Nissan. These ratings apply to 2020-2024 Nissan Kicks models and 2025 Kicks Play models.

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

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID VTS2005 VTS1818 VTS1819
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -17.0 -13.0 -12.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTS2005
Head HIC-15 277
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.0
Compression (kN) 0.2
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 27
Lateral force (kN) 1.4
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 34
Average deflection (mm) 32
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 4.96
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.54
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.3
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.5
Combined force (kN) 2.7
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.5
L-M moment (Nm) 58
A-P moment (Nm) 26

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTS2005
Head HIC-15 86
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.2
Compression (kN) 0.8
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 30
Lateral force (kN) 1.1
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 23
Average deflection (mm) 19
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.94
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.32
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.3
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.4
Combined force (kN) 1.4
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 1.3
L-M moment (Nm) 161
A-P moment (Nm) 19

About the original side crash test