Yahoo Autos Safety and Driver Assistance
Safety and Driver Assistance Rating:
The Sportage scored exceptionally well during crash testing, which should encourage those who prioritize safety. Although the compact crossover has an assortment of active-safety options, the base model cannot be equipped with any such features.
What's New for 2019?
Kia giveth and Kia taketh away. While the company added the LX Technology package in 2018-which made active-safety features such as blind-spot monitoring, automated emergency braking, and lane-departure warning optional on the base model-that package is not offered for 2019. This means no safety or driver assists are available on the entry-level trim. The 2019 Sportage also earned a five-star rating from NHTSA, but it has yet to be tested by the IIHS (it was a Top Safety Pick in 2018).
Crash-Test Results
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the nonprofit, independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) evaluate vehicles for crashworthiness in the United States. NHTSA assigns cars an overall rating out of five stars. IIHS uses a different set of tests, grades cars on a scale of Good to Poor, and awards the vehicles that perform best across its tests with Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+ honors, the latter of which requires that the subject's automated forward-collision-braking system performs well.
Read more about how NHTSA and the IIHS crash-test cars.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
2017 Kia Sportage
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)Active-Safety Features
2017 Kia Sportage
Active-Safety Features
Since the safety and driver-assistance features are unchanged for 2019, you can read our in-depth review of the 2018 Sportage for details about its safety features.
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