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2026 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Safety Rating

Small SUVs Β· Current IIHS listing Β· IIHS data updated 2026-09-04

Provisional record

The 2026 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross is not yet ranked. IIHS has published 3 of 4 primary tests and 4 of 4 selected occupant-protection details, and no pedestrian front crash prevention result yet. Missing results are shown as missing, never assumed.

Reported so far: Small overlap front Good; Moderate overlap front (updated test) Poor; Side (updated test) Poor; Seat belt reminders Poor; Latch ease of use Good.

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Safety score / 100
Awaiting 2 results
No award
IIHS award
No current award
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NHTSA overall
Reference only, not scored
42
Class driver death rate
per million vehicle-years; all vehicles 38

IIHS crash-test results

Small Overlap Front Good
Moderate Overlap Front: Updated Test Poor
Side: Updated Test Poor
Seat Belt Reminders Poor
Latch Ease Of Use Good
Detailed results by test (49 entries)

IIHS publishes these under the test they belong to, so the same label can appear more than once. Rear restraints and kinematics, rear head protection, structure and safety cage, and front restraints are the four that count toward the score (25%).

Small overlap front

Overall driver-side evaluation Good
Structure and safety cage Acceptable
Driver injury measures
Head/neck Good
Chest Good
Hip/thigh Good
Lower leg/foot Good
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics Good
Overall passenger-side evaluation Good
Structure and safety cage Good
Passenger injury measures
Head/neck Good
Chest Good
Hip/thigh Good
Lower leg/foot Good
Passenger restraints and dummy kinematicsThe dummy’s head contacted the frontal airbag but slid off toward the right side, leaving the head vulnerable to contact with forward structure. The side curtain airbag deployed and has sufficient forward coverage to protect the head from contact with side structure and outside objects. The side torso airbag also deployed. Acceptable
Driver injury measures
Head/neck Good
Chest Good
Hip/thigh Good
Lower leg/foot Good
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics Good

Moderate overlap front: updated test

Overall evaluation Poor
Structure and safety cage Good
Driver injury measures
Head/neck Good
Chest Good
Thigh/hip Good
Leg/foot Good
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics Good
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck Poor
Chest Marginal
Thigh Good
Rear passenger restraints and dummy kinematics Acceptable

Side: updated test

Overall evaluation Poor
Structure and safety cage Marginal
Driver injury measures
Head/neck Good
Torso Poor
Pelvis Marginal
Driver head protection Good
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck Good
Torso Marginal
Pelvis Good
Rear passenger head protection Good

Seat belt reminders

Overall evaluation Poor

Child seat anchors

Overall evaluation Good
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How the score is built

Primary IIHS tests (55%)
32.3
3/4 reported Β· small overlap, updated moderate overlap, updated side, headlights
Occupant-protection details (25%)
72.5
4/4 reported Β· rear restraints, rear head, safety cage, front restraints
Pedestrian front crash prevention (10%)
Not reported
IIHS pedestrian AEB result: not yet published
Class context (10%)
55.8
Damped class-level driver death-rate term; award status is shown above but carries no weight
Injury-measure average (tiebreak only)
80.62
Mean of 40 published injury measures across the three crash tests. Orders vehicles with equal scores; carries no weight in the score.

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NHTSA 5-star rating

2026 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE CROSS SUV N/A AWD

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NHTSA stars are shown for reference and carry no weight in the score. NHTSA source. Why the two programs disagree β†’

Real-world context

MeasureResultWhat it covers
Class driver death rate42 per million registered vehicle-yearsSmall SUVs as a class, adjusted for driver age and sex (Farmer, 2023); all vehicles average 38. Class context only.

Compared with other small SUVs

Closest-scoring current small SUVs with complete IIHS records, plus the class leader. See every small SUVs ranked β†’

VehicleClass rankIIHS awardRear restraintsStarts atScore
2026 Mazda CX 5 #1 of 29 TSP+ Good $29,990 95.6
2026 Kia Seltos #27 of 29 β€” Acceptable $23,790 61.5
2026 Volkswagen Taos #28 of 29 β€” Acceptable $26,500 61.2
2026 Jeep Compass #29 of 29 β€” Good $29,550 54.1

Our analysis

The 2026 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross belongs to the Small SUVs class. This class has a driver death rate near the national average of 38 deaths per million registered vehicle-years. The class figure is adjusted for driver age and sex, which removes a large part of the selection effect in raw death rates. It is still a class average, not a measurement of this model.

The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross has no IIHS Top Safety Pick award for 2026. That can mean a result below the award threshold in one test, or tests IIHS has not completed. Absence of an award is not evidence that the vehicle is unsafe.

Across the 5 IIHS rating categories reported, the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross earned 2 Good ratings. Results below Good deserve attention, especially the updated frontal and side tests that IIHS toughened in 2022 and 2023. Our updated crash test analysis explains what changed.

This analysis is produced independently; we have no affiliation with Mitsubishi or any manufacturer. Read the full methodology or learn more about us.

Safety recalls for the 2026 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross

NHTSA does not yet list this model year in its recall database. That usually means the vehicle is too new to appear, not that it has been cleared.

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Questions about the 2026 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross

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