The Ford Bronco Sport Just Got Some Impressive Crash Test Scores

Lisa Steuer McArdle
· 3 min read
The 2021
Ford
Bronco Sport recently earned a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Top Safety Pick+ award is the highest award the IIHS offers. As a result of this honor, the Ford Bronco can boast of being one of the safest small SUVs on the market, reports
Autotrader
.
To be named an
IIHS
Top Safety Pick+ award winner, vehicles must earn good ratings in all six IIHS crashworthiness evaluations. This includes driver-side small overlap front, passenger-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength, and head restraint tests.
Vehicles earning this award must also have a front crash prevention system that rates as "Advanced" or "Superior" in both the vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluations, as well as "Good" or "Acceptable" headlights that must be standard on all the vehicle’s models.
The 2021 Bronco Sport met all that criteria.
A 2021 Ford Bronco Sport seen in a parking lot | Twenty20

The 2021 Ford Bronco Sport has a lot going for it

A smaller 4-door SUV, the Ford Bronco Sport is only related in name to the larger Bronco, a truck-based SUV. The 2021 Ford Bronco Sport is a car-based SUV that is styled like an off-roader that shares common underpinning and powertrains with the Escape, according to
Consumer Reports
.
To earn a Top Safety Pick+ Award, vehicles must go through many instrumented crash tests. The Ford Bronco Sport earned "Good" marks in all six of its crash tests, and also got a "Superior" rating for its collision avoidance tech.
The SUV features the Co-Pilot360 system and the optional Co-Pilot360 Assist+, which help avoid collisions with pedestrians and other vehicles. Co-Pilot360 Assist+, if added, has adaptive cruise and a few additional features.
All versions of the Ford Bronco Sport also used the same headlight design, which earned a "Good" rating.
This award applies to every version of the Bronco Sport, which is rare and does not happen for many vehicles.
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