2023 Kia Sportage and Sportage Hybrid Earn 2022 IIHS Top Safety Pick Award

The 2023 Sportage and Sportage Hybrid have been awarded the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) 2022 Top Safety Pick (TSP) award.

The designation applies to the Sportage and Sportage Hybrid when equipped with LED projector headlights, and also makes the Sportage the ninth Kia vehicle to earn either a 2022 Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+ (TSP+) award.

“Kia’s longest running nameplate continues to evolve into something greater with each generation, with the fifth generation delivering more of everything – especially safety – for today’s savvy, adventurous, and eco-conscious compact SUV buyers,” said Steven Center, COO and EVP, Kia America. “These latest Top Safety Pick designations are proof positive of that.”

For 2023, the Sportage is underpinned by Kia’s all-new third generation N3 platform and delivers a wealth of standard Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, including:

• Forward Collision Avoidance with Cyclist detection capability
• Rear Occupant Alert
• Lane Keeping Assist

The Kia Telluride, Sorento, Seltos, Carnival (built after March 2021 with specific headlights), Sportage, Sportage Hybrid and Soul (with optional front crash prevention and specific headlights) also received Top Safety Pick awards for 2022 earlier this year. The Kia K5 and Stinger sedans qualified as Top Safety Pick+ winners.

To receive a Top Safety Pick rating, a vehicle must earn “Good” ratings in six crashworthiness tests as well as an “Advanced” or “Superior” rating for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian front crash prevention evaluations. In addition, the vehicle must have at least one available headlight system that earns a “Good” or “Acceptable” rating.

Six crashworthiness tests:

• Driver-side small overlap front
• Passenger-side small overlap front
• Moderate overlap front
• Original side
• Roof strength
• Head restraint tests