2024 BMW X5 plug-in hybrid

midsize luxury SUV / 4-door SUV

Plug-in hybrid

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Headlights (varies by trim/option)
Front crash prevention: pedestrian
Standard system

Other available safety features

  • Standard blind spot detection
  • Standard lane departure warning
  • Optional lane departure prevention

Key

  • Good
  • Acceptable
  • Marginal
  • Poor

Headlights

Ratings are given for 2 different headlight variations available on this vehicle.

Trim level(s)

  • xDrive50e trim equipped with Premium package
  • xDrive50e trim equipped with Executive package
Low-beam headlight typeLED projector
High-beam headlight typeLED projector
Curve-adaptive?No
High-beam assist?Yes
Overall rating
Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:
car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler 0 ft 100 ft 200 ft 300 ft 400 ft 500 ft 600 ft Low beams Optimal low-beam illumination High beams Optimal high-beam illumination High-beam assist credit Some glare

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 created some glare.

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.

High-beam assist compensates for some limitations of this vehicle's low beams on the gradual left curve and on the gradual right curve.

Technical measurements for this test
Trim level(s)
  • xDrive50e trim equipped with Premium package
  • xDrive50e trim equipped with Executive package
Low-beam headlight type LED projector
High-beam headlight type LED projector
Curve-adaptive? No
High-beam assist? Yes
Overall rating
Applies to 2024-25 models
LOW BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)
Amount glare
exceeded threshold
Straightaway right edge 112.6 m None
Straightaway left edge 70.8 m None
250m radius right curve, right edge 69.3 m 112.1%
250m radius left curve, left edge 69.2 m None
150m radius right curve, right edge 61.5 m 82.2%
150m radius left curve, left edge 62.0 m None
HIGH BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)
Straightaway right edge 156.4 m
Straightaway left edge 130.0 m
250m radius right curve, right edge 81.1 m
250m radius left curve, left edge 76.5 m
150m radius right curve, right edge 65.9 m
150m radius left curve, left edge 64.8 m

Trim level(s)

  • xDrive50e trim
Low-beam headlight typeLED projector
High-beam headlight typeLED projector
Curve-adaptive?No
High-beam assist?Yes
Overall rating
Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:
car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler 0 ft 100 ft 200 ft 300 ft 400 ft 500 ft 600 ft Low beams Optimal low-beam illumination High beams Optimal high-beam illumination Some glare

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 created some glare.

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

Technical measurements for this test
Trim level(s)
  • xDrive50e trim
Low-beam headlight type LED projector
High-beam headlight type LED projector
Curve-adaptive? No
High-beam assist? Yes
Overall rating
Applies to 2024 models
LOW BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)
Amount glare
exceeded threshold
Straightaway right edge 110.8 m None
Straightaway left edge 70.7 m None
250m radius right curve, right edge 65.9 m 92.8%
250m radius left curve, left edge 66.9 m None
150m radius right curve, right edge 56.3 m 61.3%
150m radius left curve, left edge 57.6 m None
HIGH BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)
Straightaway right edge 114.1 m
Straightaway left edge 86.3 m
250m radius right curve, right edge 64.9 m
250m radius left curve, left edge 66.8 m
150m radius right curve, right edge 55.5 m
150m radius left curve, left edge 57.5 m

About the headlight evaluation

Front crash prevention: pedestrian

Rating applies to all 2024-25 models

System details

  • standard Active Pedestrian Protection
Overall evaluation
Includes high-beam assist credit

Crossing child — day

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

Crossing adult — night

  • In the 12 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision when using its high beams. When using its low beams, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision when using its high beams. When using its low beams, this vehicle avoided a collision.

Parallel adult — night

  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision when using its high beams. When using its low beams, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 37 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision when using its high beams and a warning was issued 2.1 seconds before impact. When using its low beams, impact speed was reduced by 35 mph and a warning was issued 1.4 seconds before impact.

About the pedestrian front crash prevention test