2026 Volvo V90 Cross Country Safety Rating

Large cars Β· Current IIHS listing Β· IIHS data updated 2026-09-04

Provisional record

The 2026 Volvo V90 Cross Country is not yet ranked. IIHS has published 2 of 4 primary tests and 2 of 4 selected occupant-protection details. Missing results are shown as missing, never assumed.

Reported so far: Small overlap front Good; Headlights Acceptable; Latch ease of use Acceptable.

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Safety score / 100
Awaiting 4 results
No award
IIHS award
No current award
93
Class driver death rate
per million vehicle-years; all vehicles 38

IIHS crash-test results

Front Crash Prevention: PedestrianAcceptable
Small Overlap Front Good
Headlights Acceptable
Latch Ease Of Use Acceptable
Detailed results by test (26 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 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 right side of the frontal airbag but began to move into the gap between the frontal and side curtain airbags, leaving the head vulnerable to contact with forward structure. The inflated side curtain airbag 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

Headlights

Overall rating Acceptable
Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:
Overall ratingApplies to 2021-26 models Acceptable

Child seat anchors

Overall evaluation Acceptable
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How the score is built

Primary IIHS tests (55%)
76.9
2/4 reported Β· small overlap, updated moderate overlap, updated side, headlights
Occupant-protection details (25%)
76.9
2/4 reported Β· rear restraints, rear head, safety cage, front restraints
Pedestrian front crash prevention (10%)
75.0
IIHS pedestrian AEB result: Acceptable
Class context (10%)
25.6
Damped class-level driver death-rate term; award status is shown above but carries no weight
Injury-measure average (tiebreak only)
98.68
Mean of 19 published injury measures across the three crash tests. Orders vehicles with equal scores; carries no weight in the score.

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Real-world context

MeasureResultWhat it covers
Class driver death rate93 per million registered vehicle-yearsLarge cars as a class, adjusted for driver age and sex (Farmer, 2023); all vehicles average 38. Class context only.

Compared with other large cars

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

VehicleClass rankIIHS awardRear restraintsStarts atScore
2027 Audi A6 Sportback e-tron #1 of 4 TSP+ Good $66,700 92.6
2026 Genesis G80 #2 of 4 TSP+ Marginal $58,450 79.9
2026 Genesis G90 #3 of 4 β€” Marginal $92,700 75.8
2026 Mercedes-Benz E Class #4 of 4 β€” Marginal $63,900 72.7

Our analysis

The 2026 Volvo V90 Cross Country belongs to the Large 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 Volvo V90 Cross Country 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 3 IIHS rating categories reported, the Volvo V90 Cross Country earned 1 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 Volvo or any manufacturer. Read the full methodology or learn more about us.

Safety recalls for the 2026 Volvo V90 Cross Country

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.

Questions about the 2026 Volvo V90 Cross Country