The 2022 Hyundai Tucson-2021 Top Safety Pick+

The 2022 Hyundai Tucson has been awarded the 2021 IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) 2021 Top Safety Pick+ rating. The award chooses the best vehicle for safety within a size category. In order to win the award the following criteria is rated:
• Good ratings in the driver-side small overlap front, passenger-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests
• Advanced or superior rating for available front crash prevention — vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluations
• Acceptable or good headlights standard

Here are the some of the details from IIHS.

Small Overlap Front: Driver-Side

Tested vehicle: 2022 Hyundai Tucson SEL 4-door 4wd

The Hyundai Tucson was redesigned for the 2022 model year. Driver-side small overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2022 Hyundai Tucson conducted by Hyundai/Kia as part of frontal crash test verification.

Overall evaluation – G
Structure and safety cage – G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck – G
Chest – G
Hip/thigh – G
Lower leg/foot – G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics – G

Small Overlap Front: Passenger-Side

Tested vehicle: 2022 Hyundai Tucson SEL 4-door 4wd

The Hyundai Tucson was redesigned for the 2022 model year. Passenger-side small overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2022 Hyundai Tucson conducted by Hyundai/Kia as part of frontal crash test verification.

Overall evaluation – G
Structure and safety cage – G
Passenger injury measures
Head/neck – G
Chest – G
Hip/thigh – G
Lower leg/foot – G
Passenger restraints and dummy kinematics – G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck – G
Chest – G
Hip/thigh – G
Lower leg/foot – G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics – G

Moderate Overlap Front

Tested vehicle: 2022 Hyundai Tucson SEL 4-door 4wd

The Hyundai Tucson was redesigned for the 2022 model year. Moderate overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2022 Hyundai Tucson conducted by Hyundai/Kia as part of frontal crash test verification.

Overall evaluation – G
Structure and safety cage – G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck – G
Chest – G
Leg/foot, left – G
Leg/foot, right – G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics – G

Side

Tested vehicle: 2022 Hyundai Tucson SEL 4-door 4wd

The Hyundai Tucson was redesigned for the 2022 model year. Side ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2022 Hyundai Tucson conducted by Hyundai/Kia as part of side crash test verification.

Overall evaluation-G
Structure and safety cage – G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck – G
Torso – A
Pelvis/leg – G
Driver head protection – G
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck – G
Torso – G
Pelvis/leg – G
Rear passenger head protection – G

Roof Side

Tested vehicle: 2022 Hyundai Tucson SE 4-door 4wd

Overall evaluation – G
Curb weight – 3,474 lbs
Peak force – 17,527 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio – 5.05

Head Restraints & Seats

Seat type: Power leather seat

Overall evaluation – G
Dynamic rating – G
Seat/head restraint geometry – G

Headlights

Ratings are given for 2 different headlight variations available on this vehicle.
Trim level(s): Limited trim

Low-beam headlight typ – LED projector
High-beam headlight – LED projector
Curve-adaptive? No
High-beam assist? Yes
Overall rating – G

Low beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was good in all 4 tests.
The low beams never exceeded glare limits.

High beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on the right side of the road and fair on the left side. On curves, visibility was good on the gradual left and both right curves and fair on the sharp left curve.

Trim level(s): SE, SEL, N-Line

Low-beam headlight type – LED reflector
High-beam headlight – LED reflector
Curve-adaptive? No
High-beam assist? Yes
Overall rating – A

Low beams
On the straightaway, visibility was fair on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was good on the gradual right curve, fair on the sharp right curve and inadequate on both left curves. The low beams never exceeded glare limits.

High beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on the right side of the road and fair on the left side. On curves, visibility was fair on both right curves and inadequate on both left curves. High-beam assist compensates for some limitations of this vehicle’s low beams on the straightaway and all 4 curves.

Child Seat Anchors

Applies to 2022 models
Overall evaluation – A
Vehicle trim – Limited
Seat type – leather

This vehicle has 2 rear seating positions with complete child seat attachment (LATCH) hardware.
It has 1 additional seating position with a tether anchor only.
Overall evaluation – A
Vehicle trim – Limited
Seat type – leather

Congrats to the 2022 Hyundai Tucson for earning its Top Safety Pick+ honor! You can see the rigorous criteria that had to be met to win the award. Would you like to feel safe in a new Tucson? Let our experts at Hyunida of Yakima help you determine which SUV is right for you. View our inventory and drop by, call us or reach out on our online contact form. Let’s get you behind the wheel for a test drive.