2021 Subaru WRX Safety Rating
NHTSA 5-Star Safety Rating Program (NCAP)
Overall Vehicle Score
5
out of 5 stars
Rating Breakdown
Safety Technologies
Advanced driver-assistance systems reported to NHTSA.
Electronic Stability Control
Forward Collision Warning
Lane Departure Warning
What this rating means for the 2021 Subaru WRX
NHTSA gives the 2021 Subaru WRX 5 out of 5 stars overall, level with the 5-star median for the 9 comparable 2021 vehicles NHTSA rated in this class. That places it behind most of its tested class. A five-star overall is common in recent model years, so it separates a vehicle from its rivals less than it once did.
NHTSA published results for every NCAP test in this program, so the overall star rating rests on a complete set of crash and rollover results.
NHTSA's dynamic test put this vehicle's rollover probability at 10.1% in a single-vehicle crash — the figure behind the rollover star rating, published here because the star alone hides how wide each band is.
Across the 6 model years we hold for the Subaru WRX, this figure has not moved from 5-star.
A star rating describes how this vehicle performed in NHTSA’s tests against other vehicles of similar mass. It is not comparable across weight classes: five stars on a small car and five on a large SUV do not describe equal crash outcomes.
About NHTSA Safety Ratings
The NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) assigns 5-star ratings from government-funded frontal, side, and rollover crash tests — not manufacturer-reported data. Ratings, crash media, and safety-technology data are sourced directly from NHTSA.
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