2020 Hyundai Kona Safety Ratings

Safety Ratings: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety  

What Is the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety?

In 1959, the top three major insurance companies came together to form IIHS to support highway safety efforts by other organizations. Within the next decade, this group soon became an independent research organization providing their own safety ratings for all the top vehicles.

Their overall goal is to keep the public safe, so they perform crash tests at their facility and look at a range of crash features on a car. Vehicles are then rated from “poor” to “superior” to paint a clear picture of how much protection you’ll receive from a particular vehicle.

Hyundai Kona Crash Test Ratings

Like we said, the Kona has been awarded as an IIHS 2020 TOP SAFETY PICK designation by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Here’s a closer look at how that rating breaks down into a few categories.

• Small Overlap Front on Driver Side: Good
• Small Overlap Front on Passenger Side: Good
• Moderate Overlap Front: Good
• Side Impact: Good
• Roof Strength: Good
• Head Restraints and Seats: Good

In addition to a sturdy body construction, the IIHS has also awarded this vehicle’s Front Crash Prevention technology with a “Superior” rating. This vehicle’s Forward Collision Warning technology was able to avoid a collision in both the 12 MPH and 25 MPH tests.

Finally, the 2020 Hyundai Kona Ultimate trim was awarded a top overall rating of “Good” on its LED headlights. With high-quality headlights by your side, you’ll be able to react accordingly to any road events that happen while traveling through the night.

Safety Ratings: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration  

What Is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration?

Drivers will also be pleased to learn that the IIHS isn’t the only organization assessing vehicle safety. The mission of the NHTSA is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes through education, research, and safety standards and enforcement.

To help car buyers know how safe a vehicle may be, they provide up to a 5-star rating for frontal and side crashes and rollovers as well as overall protection.

Hyundai Kona 5-Star Overall Safety Rating

The NHTSA is also happy to say that the 2020 Hyundai Kona is built to keep everyone secure in both the front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive models.

After being put through rigorous testing, this vehicle has been awarded a 5-Star Safety Rating on both the frontal crash and side crash tests. Drivers will also enjoy a feeling of stability during a collision, as this vehicle has been awarded a 4-Star Safety Rating on rollover resistance. The result is a 5-Star Overall Safety Rating for the Kona.

How Safe is the Hyundai Kona?

Now, here’s the real question: How did the 2020 Hyundai Kona manage to achieve such safety ratings?

It’s all in its active safety features, which help react to potential collisions, so you can avoid them completely. Coming standard in this crossover are the following features:

• Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist: Alerts you when you’re coming up too close to another car. If a collision appears imminent, your car will brake automatically to avoid the collision.
• Lane Keeping Assist: Warns when you begin you drift out of your lane and, if needed, applies gentle steering corrections to keep you on track.
• Driver Attention Warning: Detects drowsy or distracted driving and provides you with an alert, so you know when it’s time to take a break.

For even greater peace of mind, you can upgrade to a variety of other safety technologies such as the following:

• Blind-Spot Collision Warning: Alerts you to other vehicles driving in your blind spot to help you change lanes with confidence.
• Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning: Detects approaching vehicles when reversing out of a parking space to help avoid a rear collision.
• Parking Distance Warning: Measures the distance between you and obstacles around you to help make even the most complex parking maneuvers easier.

With standard and available tech features like these, it’s not surprising the Kona received high praises for safety, since these systems can help you avoid a collision altogether in certain situations.

Passive Safety Systems Aboard the 2020 Hyundai Kona 

Active safety features aren’t the only pieces of technology working in the 2020 Hyundai Kona to ensure your drive is comfortable and secure. There are also several passive safety systems that work to provide you with subtle adjustments to your handling and more.

To start, we have a full set of airbags built into the vehicle, including front and rear roof-mounted side-curtain airbags with a rollover sensor. This system will cushion you and your passengers in the event of a side impact from another vehicle. If you begin to roll over, the system will then deploy the airbags before you complete the roll onto the ground.

To add to this, you’ll have a standard Anti-lock Braking System to ensure that your wheels don’t lock up. By having anti-lock brakes, you’ll have greater control while braking on low-traction surfaces, such as snow. Best of all, you’ll be able to maneuver around obstacles while applying the brakes, so you can securely navigate to avoid potential accidents.

Finally, we have the highly advanced Electronic Stability Control and Traction Control features. These systems work to actively react to losses of traction while on the road, so you don’t experience understeering or oversteering. With these systems, you’ll have greater control over your vehicle, so you can drive through rain and snow with ease.

2020 Hyundai Kona Driver-Assistance Features 

Sometimes, we need a little help when driving—and that’s when we need driver-assistance features. These systems work to make driving easier and, in turn, they make driving a lot safer. When you have these high-tech systems working inside your vehicle, cruising through town will be an absolute breeze.

Drivers who value style will love the functionality provided by the available Heads-up Display. This system helps you out by projecting key driving information right up onto your windshield for easy viewing. Not only does this look great, but it also helps make it easy for you to see how fast you’re going, what turn by turn instructions you need to follow, or what safety system alerts there may be without having to pull your eyes from the road.

If you find yourself often driving at night, micromanaging your high beams can demand a lot of your attention. In order to help you, the 2020 Hyundai Kona features an available High Beam Assist system. While you’re driving with your high beams on, this feature will automatically shut them off when another car is driving by to ensure optimal visibility for everyone.

To make your morning commutes and drives home as simple as possible, Smart Cruise Control is also available. This system maintains a consistent and safe following speed and distance between you and the car ahead. As traffic slows, stop, and accelerates, so will your Kona, allowing you to relax more and enjoy the refined interior of your crossover.