2026 Chevrolet Blazer

midsize SUV / 4-door SUV

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria	Rating
Small overlap front

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Evaluation criteria	Rating
Front crash prevention: pedestrian (day)
Optional system	Advanced
Standard system	Advanced

Other available safety features

Standard blind spot detection
Standard lane departure warning & prevention
Standard rear automatic braking

Key

Good

Acceptable

Marginal

Poor

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

Small overlap front

The small overlap front evaluation consists of a driver-side and a passenger-side component. If the results of the two evaluations differ, then the combined small overlap rating is equal to the lower rating.

Driver-side

Tested vehicle: 2020 Chevrolet Blazer 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2019-26 models

The Chevrolet Blazer was reintroduced in the 2019 model year.

Evaluation criteria	Rating
Overall driver-side evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Hip/thigh
Lower leg/foot
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CEN2007
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm)	1
Footrest (cm)	1
Left toepan (cm)	5
Brake pedal (cm)	2
Parking brake (cm)
Rocker panel lateral average (cm)	1
Upper occupant compartment
Steering column	0
Upper hinge pillar max (cm)	1
Upper dash (cm)	1
Lower instrument panel (cm)	0

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CEN2007
Head
HIC-15	90
Peak gs at hard contact	no contact
Neck
Tension (kN)	0.6
Extension bending moment (Nm)	7
Maximum Nij	0.15
Chest maximum compression (mm)	19
Femur (kN)
Left	0.2
Right	0.1
Knee displacement (mm)
Left	0
Right	0
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left	0
Right	0
Maximum tibia index
Left	0.68
Right	0.58
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left	0.9
Right	1.1
Foot acceleration (g)
Left	42
Right	44

Passenger-side

Tested vehicle: 2020 Chevrolet Blazer Premiere 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2019-26 models

The Chevrolet Blazer was reintroduced in the 2019 model year. Passenger-side small overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2020 Chevrolet Blazer conducted by General Motors.

Evaluation criteria	Rating
Overall passenger-side evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Passenger injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Hip/thigh
Lower leg/foot
Passenger restraints and dummy kinematics
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Hip/thigh
Lower leg/foot
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on passenger side

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	VTP2023
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm)	11
Footrest (cm)	3
Right toepan (cm)	2
Center toepan (cm)	3
Rocker panel lateral average (cm)	2
Upper occupant compartment
Center dash (cm)	5
Upper hinge pillar max (cm)	9
Upper dash (cm)	9
Right lower dash (cm)	12

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	VTP2023
Head
HIC-15	90
Peak gs at hard contact	no contact
Neck
Tension (kN)	1.1
Extension bending moment (Nm)	7
Maximum Nij	0.21
Chest maximum compression (mm)	18
Femur (kN)
Left	1.5
Right	0.7
Knee displacement (mm)
Left	3
Right	2
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left	0
Right	0
Maximum tibia index
Left	0.59
Right	0.59
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left	1.0
Right	1.1
Foot acceleration (g)
Left	42
Right	28

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	VTP2023
Head
HIC-15	50
Peak gs at hard contact	no contact
Neck
Tension (kN)	1.0
Extension bending moment (Nm)	46
Maximum Nij	0.45
Chest maximum compression (mm)	16
Femur (kN)
Left	0.5
Right	0.3
Knee displacement (mm)
Left	1
Right	2
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left	0
Right	0
Maximum tibia index
Left	0.31
Right	0.27
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left	1.0
Right	0.6
Foot acceleration (g)
Left	22
Right	39

About the small overlap front test

Front crash prevention: pedestrian (day)

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

(1) System details

optional Enhanced Automatic Emergency Braking/Front Pedestrian Braking

Overall evaluation	Advanced Advanced with optional equipment
This rating applies to 2019-26 models on RS trim equipped with Driver Confidence II package, Premier trim equipped with Driver Confidence II package, 2LT trim equipped with Convenience package, 3LT trim equipped with Sound & Technology package

Crossing child

In the 12 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
In the 25 mph test, impact speed was reduced by 18 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 17 mph. A warning was issued 2 seconds before impact.

(2) System details

standard Automatic Emergency Braking/Front Pedestrian Braking

Overall evaluation	Advanced Advanced
This rating applies to all 2021-26 models

Crossing child

In the 12 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
In the 25 mph test, impact speed was reduced by 18 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 29 mph. A warning was issued 1.7 seconds before impact.

About the pedestrian front crash prevention test