2023 BMW 3 series plug-in hybrid

midsize luxury car / 4-door sedan

Plug-in hybrid

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Evaluation criteria Rating
Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle
Standard system
Superior
Optional system
Superior
Front crash prevention: pedestrian (day)
Standard system
Superior
Optional system
Advanced

Other available safety features

  • Optional blind spot detection
  • Standard lane departure warning
  • Optional rear automatic braking

Key

  • G
    Good
  • A
    Acceptable
  • M
    Marginal
  • P
    Poor
  • Superior
  • Advanced
  • Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle

Ratings are given for 3 different trim variations available on this vehicle.

(1) System details

  • standard Active Guard
Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
Superior
Superior
Applies to 2021-23 models
  • This system meets the requirements for forward collision warning.
  • In the 12 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.

(2) System details

  • optional Active Driving Assistant Professional

Package name

  • optional Active Driving Assistant Professional Package
Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
Superior
Superior
with optional equipment
Applies to 2021-23 models
  • This system meets the requirements for forward collision warning.
  • In the 12 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.

(3) System details

  • optional Active Driving Assistant

Package name

  • optional Driving Assistance
Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
Superior
Superior
with optional equipment
Applies to 2021-23 models
  • This system meets the requirements for forward collision warning.
  • In the 12 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.

About the original front crash prevention test

Front crash prevention: pedestrian (day)

Ratings are given for 2 different systems available on this vehicle.

(1) System details

  • standard Active Guard
Overall evaluation
Superior
Superior
This rating applies to all 2021-23 models

Crossing child

  • In the 12 mph test, impact speed was reduced by 10 mph.
  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.

Crossing adult

  • In the 12 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.

Parallel adult

  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 37 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision. A warning was issued 2 seconds before impact.

(2) System details

  • optional Active Driving Assistant Professional
Overall evaluation
Advanced
Advanced
with optional equipment
This rating applies to 2021-23 models on 330e trim equipped with Driving Assistance Professional package

Crossing child

  • In the 12 mph test, this vehicle failed to slow.
  • In the 25 mph test, impact speed was reduced by 1 mph.

Crossing adult

  • In the 12 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.

Parallel adult

  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 37 mph test, impact speed was reduced by 20 mph. A warning was issued 1.3 seconds before impact.

About the pedestrian front crash prevention test