2026 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid

small car / 4-door wagon

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteriaRating
Small overlap front
G
incomplete rating

Key

GGood
AAcceptable
MMarginal
PPoor
Superior
Advanced
Basic

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

Small overlap front

Passenger-side

Tested vehicle: 2026 Subaru Crosstrek Limited Hybrid 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2026 models

The Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid was introduced for the 2026 model year. Passenger-side small overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2026 Crosstrek Hybrid conducted by Subaru.

Evaluation criteriaRating
Overall passenger-side evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
G
Passenger restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on passenger side

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID VTP2520
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm) 9
Footrest (cm) 9
Right toepan (cm) 4
Center toepan (cm) 2
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) 2
Upper occupant compartment
Center dash (cm) 4
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) 7
Upper dash (cm) 7
Right lower dash (cm) 6

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID VTP2520
Head
HIC-15 67
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.7
Extension bending moment (Nm) 9
Maximum Nij 0.14
Chest maximum compression (mm) 18
Femur (kN)
Left 1.0
Right 0.9
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 1
Right 1
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.27
Right 0.61
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 1.4
Right 1.8
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 39
Right 26

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID VTP2520
Head
HIC-15 35
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.8
Extension bending moment (Nm) 19
Maximum Nij 0.22
Chest maximum compression (mm) 29
Femur (kN)
Left 1.2
Right 0.8
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 2
Right 2
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.33
Right 0.23
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 0.6
Right 0.7
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 20
Right 33

About the small overlap front test