2025 Chevrolet Equinox

small SUV / 4-door SUV

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Whiplash prevention
A

Other available safety features

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

Key

GGood
AAcceptable
MMarginal
PPoor
Superior
Advanced
Basic

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

Whiplash prevention

Tested seat type: Manual cloth seat
Rating applies to 2025-26 models

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
A
Technical measurements for this test

16 km/h load case (simulated 32 km/h impact)

Injury metric Demerits
Group 1: Head and spine support
Head-pelvis relative velocity 1.9 0
Head contact time 50
Group 2: Upper neck load and moment management
Max Nkm 0.18 0
Upper neck tension 254
Group 3: Management of energy transferred to the occupant
T1 X maximum acceleration 11.5 1
Pelvis displacement (min) -146
Total 1

24 km/h load case (simulated 48 km/h impact)

Injury metric Demerits
Group 1: Head and spine support
Head-pelvis relative velocity 2.9 0
Head contact time 54
Group 2: Upper neck load and moment management
Max Nkm 0.42 1
Upper neck tension 381
Group 3: Management of energy transferred to the occupant
T1 X maximum acceleration 17.9 2
Pelvis displacement (min) -195
Total 3
Total demerits 4

About the whiplash prevention test