Kia Safety Ratings

NHTSA has crash-tested 87 Kia model years in our index, covering 15 models between 2015 and 2025. The average overall score is 4.7 stars, and 64 of those model years earned the full five.

None scored below four stars overall. A high floor across a range is common in recent model years, so the sub-scores are usually where the meaningful differences sit. The lowest rollover result here is 4 stars on the 2025 Kia Ev9; rollover measures how likely a vehicle is to roll, not how well it protects you if it does.

Star ratings compare vehicles of similar weight, so they are not transferable across classes: five stars on a compact car and five on a full-size SUV do not describe the same crash outcome.