These SUVs earn the highest rating from IIHS.
made changes to its safety rating criteria for 2023 model-year vehicles. In order for a vehicle to earn a Top Safety Pick+, the organization's highest honor, a vehicle must earn a Good rating in every crash test including the updated driver's- and passenger's-side small overlap front tests, the original moderate overlap front test, and the updated side test.
Active safety tech required for crash avoidance and mitigation tests includes forward collision warning, pedestrian detection, automated emergency braking, lane-departure warning, and lane-keeping assist. Many of the Top Safety Pick+ winners also feature additional active safety tech. With the stricter criteria, only 17 crossovers and SUVs received IIHS's highest honors for 2023. Many were also given five-star crash-test ratings from theAcura MDX
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