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2025 Nissan Sentra Safety Rating

Small cars Β· Historical model-year record Β· IIHS data updated 2026-09-04

Provisional record

This is the 2025 record, kept for reference. The current listing is the 2026 Nissan Sentra at 89.8/100. The 2025 results below are the exact ratings IIHS published for this model year.

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Safety score / 100
Awaiting 4 results
No award
IIHS award
No current award
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NHTSA overall
Reference only, not scored
$22,600
Starting MSRP
Approximate base trim
54
Class driver death rate
per million vehicle-years; all vehicles 38

IIHS crash-test results

Front Crash Prevention: PedestrianPoor
Front Crash Prevention: Vehicle-to-VehiclePoor
Small Overlap Front Good
Moderate Overlap Front: Updated Test Marginal
Side: Updated Test Acceptable
Headlights Poor
Seat Belt Reminders Good
Latch Ease Of Use Good
Detailed results by test (57 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 Good
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 Acceptable
Passenger injury measures
Head/neck Good
Chest Good
Hip/thigh Good
Lower leg/foot Good
Passenger restraints and dummy kinematics Good
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 Marginal
Structure and safety cage Good
Driver injury measures
Head/neck Acceptable
Chest Good
Thigh/hip Good
Leg/foot Good
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics Good
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck Good
Chest Good
Thigh Good
Rear passenger restraints and dummy kinematics Poor

Side: updated test

Overall evaluation Acceptable
Structure and safety cage Acceptable
Driver injury measures
Head/neck Good
Torso Acceptable
Pelvis Acceptable
Driver head protectionThe dummy's head moved downward past the side curtain airbag and struck the window sill hard. The head protection is inadequate. Marginal
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck Good
Torso Good
Pelvis Good
Rear passenger head protection Good

Headlights

Overall rating Poor
Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:
Overall ratingApplies to 2025 models Poor
Overall rating Poor
Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:
Overall ratingApplies to 2025 models Poor

Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle 2.0

Overall evaluation Poor

Front crash prevention: pedestrian

Overall evaluation Marginal

Seat belt reminders

Overall evaluation Good

Child seat anchors

Overall evaluation Good
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How the score is built

Primary IIHS tests (55%)
60.0
4/4 reported Β· small overlap, updated moderate overlap, updated side, headlights
Occupant-protection details (25%)
0.0
0/4 reported Β· rear restraints, rear head, safety cage, front restraints
Pedestrian front crash prevention (10%)
0.0
IIHS pedestrian AEB result: Poor Β· vehicle-to-vehicle: Poor (shown, not scored)
Class context (10%)
47.5
Damped class-level driver death-rate term; award status is shown above but carries no weight
Injury-measure average (tiebreak only)
90.0
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

2025 Nissan Sentra 4 DR FWD

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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 rate54 per million registered vehicle-yearsSmall cars as a class, adjusted for driver age and sex (Farmer, 2023); all vehicles average 38. Class context only.

Other model years of the Nissan Sentra

Model yearStatusIIHS awardPrimary tests reportedScore
2026 Nissan Sentra Current listing TSP+ 4/4 89.8

Each model year keeps its own record. Ratings from one year are never copied to another unless IIHS states the test applies.

Our analysis

The 2025 Nissan Sentra belongs to the Small cars class. This class has an above-average driver death rate compared with the national average of 38 deaths per million registered vehicle-years, which usually reflects lighter weight and smaller size in multi-vehicle crashes. 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 Nissan Sentra has no IIHS Top Safety Pick award for 2025. 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 6 IIHS rating categories reported, the Nissan Sentra earned 3 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 Nissan or any manufacturer. Read the full methodology or learn more about us.

Safety recalls for the 2025 Nissan Sentra

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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