We’ve told you again and again. Kia vehicles are some of the best on the road when it comes to safety. And this week we have proof to back that up! Not only are Kia vehicles jam-packed with a variety of standard advanced safety innovations but your Kia vehicle can offer you additional add on safety innovations to help ensure a safer, more confident drive. This week we want to talk about how Kia has more vehicles with Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ ratings than any other brand on the road! Now that’s something to celebrate! And that means you’ll want to put your trust in Kia to keep your family safe. 

Five Kia models have received Top Safety Pick and seven models have received Top Safety Pick+. 

How did Kia get here? Well, once the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety awarded the 2020 Kia Telluride the 2019 Top Safety Pick rating, with specific headlights, Kia achieved this new distinction. In fact, the 2020 Telluride received “Good” ratings in each IIHS crashworthiness test and an “Acceptable” rating for headlights.

Orth Hedrick, Executive Director, Car Planning & Technology of Kia Motors America said, “We constantly strive to build the best quality and safest vehicles possible and being the automaker with the most TSP and TSP+ ratings is ultimately gratifying.”

In order to qualify for a Top Safety Pick, vehicles must earn good ratings in a variety of tests including driver-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength, and head restraint, as well as acceptable or good ratings when it comes to passenger-side small overlap front testing. Vehicles must also earn an advanced or superior rating when testing for front crash prevention in addition to an acceptable or good rating for headlights. 

In order to qualify for a Top Safety Pick+, vehicles are required to earn good ratings in both driver- and passenger-side small overlap front, in addition to moderate front, side, roof strength, and head restraint testing. The TSP+ requires vehicles to earn an advanced or superior rating for front crash prevention and a good rating for headlights. 

Ratings are strictly dependent upon specific “built after” date for each model IIHS tests. 

“We are extremely proud of this significant achievement,” said Hedrick.