44 Kia safety Statistics

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These kia safety figures cover the measurement periods and populations identified in the available source material. Estimates, surveys and forecasts retain their reported scope.

Key Kia safety Statistics

The main findings are:

  • IIHS listed 4 Kia nameplates among its 2024-25 Kia Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+ entries: K4, Sportage, EV9, Sorento and Telluride are listed across the page, with K4 being a 2025 entry (2024-25 award listing; IIHS U.S. market award program).
  • The EV9 original moderate-overlap test recorded footwell intrusion of 9 cm at the footrest, 12 cm left, 15 cm center, 14 cm right and 14 cm at the brake pedal (2024 test; applies to 2024-25 models; IIHS U.S. crash test).
  • Euro NCAP scored the 2022 Kia Sportage 87% for adult occupant protection (2022 assessment; Euro NCAP European test).
  • Euro NCAP awarded the Sportage 2.5/3 points for speed assistance (2022 assessment; Euro NCAP European test).
  • NHTSA’s 2024 recall-completion report lists Kia America with 20 recalls and 1,575,765 potentially affected vehicles in the reported cohort (2024 report; recalls with 8th-quarter reports submitted in 2024).
  • The Euro NCAP Kia Niro assessment covers three drivetrain variants: 1.6 GDI PHEV, 1.6 GDI HEV and electric 150 kW, all listed as 4×2 five-door SUVs (Niro assessment listing; Euro NCAP European test).
  • Kia recorded 457 industrial accidents in 2023, 381 in 2024 and 350 in 2025 (2023–2025; Kia operations covered by the company table).
  • The Kia-specific IIHS list contains 1 Top Safety Pick+ entry: the 2024-25 Kia Telluride (2024-25 award listing; IIHS U.S. market award program).
  • The EV9 original moderate-overlap test recorded HIC-15 of 177, neck tension of 1.0 kN and maximum chest compression of 28 mm for the driver dummy (2024 test; applies to 2024-25 models; IIHS U.S. crash test).
  • Euro NCAP scored the 2022 Kia Sportage 86% for child occupant protection (2022 assessment; Euro NCAP European test).
  • Euro NCAP awarded the Sportage 2.7/3 points for occupant-status monitoring (2022 assessment; Euro NCAP European test).
  • Kia recall 22V878 in the NHTSA 2024 completion report covered 76,918 vehicles and reached 90.7% completion (2024 report).
  • Kia’s industrial accident rate was 0.89% in 2023, 0.75% in 2024 and 0.67% in 2025 (2023–2025; Kia operations covered by the company table).
  • The Kia-specific IIHS list contains 4 lower-tier Top Safety Pick entries: K4, Sportage, EV9 and Sorento (2024-25 award listing; IIHS U.S. market award program).
  • The EV9 original moderate-overlap test recorded maximum Nij of 0.23, maximum tibia indices of 0.31 left and 0.35 right, and foot accelerations of 67 g left and 82 g right (2024 test; applies to 2024-25 models; IIHS U.S. crash test).

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Kia safety statistics: IIHS awards and model coverage

  • IIHS listed 4 Kia nameplates among its 2024-25 Kia Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+ entries: K4, Sportage, EV9, Sorento and Telluride are listed across the page, with K4 being a 2025 entry (2024-25 award listing; IIHS U.S. market award program). (2024 TOP SAFETY PICKs —…)
  • The Kia-specific IIHS list contains 1 Top Safety Pick+ entry: the 2024-25 Kia Telluride (2024-25 award listing; IIHS U.S. market award program). (2024 TOP SAFETY PICKs —…)
  • The Kia-specific IIHS list contains 4 lower-tier Top Safety Pick entries: K4, Sportage, EV9 and Sorento (2024-25 award listing; IIHS U.S. market award program). (2024 TOP SAFETY PICKs —…)
  • Across all automakers, IIHS awarded 71 models in 2024, including 22 Top Safety Pick+ and 49 Top Safety Pick winners (2024 award cycle). (IIHS challenges automakers with tougher…)
  • Hyundai Motor Group, including Kia, Hyundai and Genesis, received 16 IIHS awards in 2024: 6 Top Safety Pick+ and 10 Top Safety Pick (2024 award cycle). (IIHS challenges automakers with tougher…)
  • IIHS reported that small SUVs, midsize SUVs and midsize luxury SUVs each had 5 Top Safety Pick+ winners in 2024 (2024 award cycle). (IIHS challenges automakers with tougher…)

The page combines 2024 and 2025 model-year listings; it is an award count, not a fleet-wide crash rate.

Award status applies to specified model years and trims/build periods.

The count is based on the page’s listed model-year entries and is not a brand-wide safety percentage.

This is the full IIHS award population, used as context for Kia’s awards rather than as a Kia-only statistic.

The figure is for the three-brand group, not Kia alone.

These are class totals across all brands.

Kia crash-test safety statistics for Sportage and EV9

  • The EV9 original moderate-overlap test recorded footwell intrusion of 9 cm at the footrest, 12 cm left, 15 cm center, 14 cm right and 14 cm at the brake pedal (2024 test; applies to 2024-25 models; IIHS U.S. crash test). (2024 Kia EV9)
  • The EV9 original moderate-overlap test recorded HIC-15 of 177, neck tension of 1.0 kN and maximum chest compression of 28 mm for the driver dummy (2024 test; applies to 2024-25 models; IIHS U.S. crash test). (2024 Kia EV9)
  • The EV9 original moderate-overlap test recorded maximum Nij of 0.23, maximum tibia indices of 0.31 left and 0.35 right, and foot accelerations of 67 g left and 82 g right (2024 test; applies to 2024-25 models; IIHS U.S. crash test). (2024 Kia EV9)
  • In the EV9 updated-side test, the driver HIC-15 was 25 and the passenger HIC-15 was 66 (2024 test; applies to 2024-26 models; IIHS U.S. crash test). (2024 Kia EV9)
  • In the EV9 updated-side test, maximum torso deflection was 21 mm for the driver and 15 mm for the passenger (2024 test; applies to 2024-26 models; IIHS U.S. crash test). (2024 Kia EV9)
  • The EV9’s updated-side test recorded combined pelvis force of 2.3 kN for the driver and 1.8 kN for the passenger (2024 test; applies to 2024-26 models; IIHS U.S. crash test). (2024 Kia EV9)
  • The EV9 post-January-2024 low-beam straightaway useful-illumination distances ranged from 99.8 m to 108.2 m on the right edge across listed variations (2024-26 headlight tests; IIHS U.S. crash test). (2024 Kia EV9)

These are vehicle-compartment test measurements, not injury rates.

Dummy measurements are test outputs and do not directly predict an individual occupant’s injury.

These are controlled dummy readings for the tested configuration.

The range covers different headlight configurations and is not a night-crash rate.

Kia occupant-protection statistics from Euro NCAP

  • Euro NCAP scored the 2022 Kia Sportage 87% for adult occupant protection (2022 assessment; Euro NCAP European test). (Euro NCAP Kia Sportage assessment)
  • Euro NCAP scored the 2022 Kia Sportage 86% for child occupant protection (2022 assessment; Euro NCAP European test). (Euro NCAP Kia Sportage assessment)
  • Euro NCAP scored the 2022 Kia Sportage 66% for vulnerable-road-user protection (2022 assessment; Euro NCAP European test). (Euro NCAP Kia Sportage assessment)
  • Euro NCAP scored the 2022 Kia Sportage 72% for safety assist (2022 assessment; Euro NCAP European test). (Euro NCAP Kia Sportage assessment)
  • The Sportage adult-occupant assessment totaled 33.4 points, including 13.6/16 for frontal impact, 14.6/16 for lateral impact and 3.3/4 for rear impact (2022 assessment; Euro NCAP European test). (Euro NCAP Kia Sportage assessment)
  • The Sportage child crash-test performance totaled 23.5/24 points, with 15.7 frontal-impact points and 7.8 lateral-impact points (2022 assessment; Euro NCAP European test). (Euro NCAP Kia Sportage assessment)
  • The Sportage vulnerable-road-user impact score was 23.8/36 points, including 16.2 points for pedestrian/cyclist head, 1.6 for pelvis and 6 for knee/tibia (2022 assessment; Euro NCAP European test). (Euro NCAP Kia Sportage assessment)
  • The Sportage AEB-cyclist score was 7.2/9 points; two listed crossing-cyclist scenarios were green and a roadside cyclist scenario was yellow (2022 assessment; Euro NCAP European test). (Euro NCAP Kia Sportage assessment)

Euro NCAP scores apply to the assessed European specification and test protocol.

Score applies to the assessed specification and tested child restraints.

This is a protocol score covering tested pedestrian and cyclist scenarios.

This is a protocol score for evaluated assistance systems, not real-world system utilization.

The component scores are within Euro NCAP’s test-specific scoring system.

The child score used 6- and 10-year-old child dummies and tested restraints.

The score reflects standardized impact locations and does not estimate population injury incidence.

Scenario results are controlled tests of the assessed system.

Kia driver-assistance and pedestrian-safety statistics

  • Euro NCAP awarded the Sportage 2.5/3 points for speed assistance (2022 assessment; Euro NCAP European test). (Euro NCAP Kia Sportage assessment)
  • Euro NCAP awarded the Sportage 2.7/3 points for occupant-status monitoring (2022 assessment; Euro NCAP European test). (Euro NCAP Kia Sportage assessment)
  • Sorento low-beam useful-illumination distances ranged from 49.7 m to 92.6 m across the six listed 5-lux test positions (2024-26 models; IIHS U.S. headlight test). (2024 Kia Sorento)
  • Sorento high-beam useful-illumination distances ranged from 52.8 m to 168.5 m across the six listed positions (2024-26 models; IIHS U.S. headlight test). (2024 Kia Sorento)

The score covers the evaluated speed-assistance functions.

The score covers the evaluated seat-belt reminder/occupant-monitoring functions.

The range spans straightaways and curves and is not a driving-exposure statistic.

Kia recall, remedy and safety-incident statistics

  • NHTSA’s 2024 recall-completion report lists Kia America with 20 recalls and 1,575,765 potentially affected vehicles in the reported cohort (2024 report; recalls with 8th-quarter reports submitted in 2024). (Recall Completion Rate Report 2024)
  • Kia recall 22V878 in the NHTSA 2024 completion report covered 76,918 vehicles and reached 90.7% completion (2024 report). (Recall Completion Rate Report 2024)
  • Kia recall 22V760 covered 69,038 vehicles and reached 89.8% completion (2024 report). (Recall Completion Rate Report 2024)
  • Kia recall 22V651 covered 19,701 vehicles and reached 93.1% completion (2024 report). (Recall Completion Rate Report 2024)
  • Kia recall 22V612 covered 28,065 vehicles and reached 56.9% completion (2024 report). (Recall Completion Rate Report 2024)
  • Kia recall 22V800 covered 71,704 vehicles and reached 23.2% completion (2024 report). (Recall Completion Rate Report 2024)
  • Kia recall 22V031 covered 410,619 vehicles and reached 55.5% completion (2024 report). (Recall Completion Rate Report 2024)
  • Kia’s EV6 loss-of-motive-power analysis identified 34 unique reports after a software update: 33 warranty claims, 2 techline cases and 2 customer complaints were listed in the chronology (Reports received 2023-09-20 through 2024-02-29; Kia North America). (Kia EV6 Recall 24V200 chronology…)
  • The EV6 recall chronology reported 0 injuries, 0 crashes, 0 fatalities and 0 fires associated with the analyzed issue before the recall decision (Through 2024-03-08 recall decision; Kia North America). (Kia EV6 Recall 24V200 chronology…)

The report’s cohort is defined by submitted 8th-quarter reports; it is not all Kia recalls ever issued.

Completion rate is report-specific and NHTSA cautions against direct comparisons across recalls.

Completion rate is report-specific and affected by parts, supply and owner-contact factors.

The categories are source-reported case counts and may overlap as described in the chronology.

Zero in this recall investigation is not evidence that Kia vehicles have zero incidents overall.

The Euro NCAP Kia Niro assessment covers three drivetrain variants: 1.6 GDI PHEV, 1.6 GDI HEV and electric 150 kW, all listed as 4×2 five-door SUVs (Niro assessment listing; Euro NCAP European test). (Euro NCAP Kia Niro assessment)

Coverage in the assessment does not mean every market or trim shares identical equipment or results.

  • Kia recorded 457 industrial accidents in 2023, 381 in 2024 and 350 in 2025 (2023–2025; Kia operations covered by the company table). (Occupational Health & Safety |…)
  • Kia’s industrial accident rate was 0.89% in 2023, 0.75% in 2024 and 0.67% in 2025 (2023–2025; Kia operations covered by the company table). (Occupational Health & Safety |…)
  • Employee LTIFR was 1.82 cases per million working hours in 2023, 1.36 in 2024 and 1.12 in 2025 (2023–2025; Kia employees). (Occupational Health & Safety |…)
  • Supplier-employee LTIFR was 2.66 in 2023, 3.10 in 2024 and 3.42 in 2025 cases per million working hours (2023–2025; Employees of Kia suppliers). (Occupational Health & Safety |…)
  • Employee OIFR was 2.65 cases per million working hours in 2023, 2.40 in 2024 and 2.23 in 2025 (2023–2025; Kia employees). (Occupational Health & Safety |…)
  • Kia’s industrial accidents fell from 381 in 2024 to 350 in 2025, a decrease of 31 cases (2024–2025; Kia operations covered by the company table). (Occupational Health & Safety |…)
  • Employee LTIFR decreased from 1.36 in 2024 to 1.12 in 2025, a difference of 0.24 cases per million working hours (2024–2025; Kia employees). (Occupational Health & Safety |…)
  • Supplier-employee LTIFR increased from 3.10 in 2024 to 3.42 in 2025, a difference of 0.32 cases per million working hours (2024–2025; Employees of Kia suppliers). (Occupational Health & Safety |…)
  • Kia’s OIFR decreased from 2.40 in 2024 to 2.23 in 2025, a difference of 0.17 cases per million working hours (2024–2025; Kia employees). (Occupational Health & Safety |…)

Company-reported workplace cases; this is not a vehicle-crash measure.

Company-defined rate and scope; not a road-safety probability.

LTIFR uses injuries in a 12-month period divided by hours worked; it does not measure customer or occupant safety.

Supplier population and reporting scope differ from Kia employees.

Company occupational-injury frequency measure; distinct from LTIFR and not a vehicle-safety metric.

Simple difference of rounded company-reported annual counts; not exposure-adjusted.

Derived from rounded published rates.

Derived from rounded published rates; not causal evidence.

Derived from rounded published rates; OIFR is not a road-injury rate.

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