Chevrolet safety statistics are best understood as model-specific test results rather than a single brand-wide safety rate. The measures below cover 2023–2026 model applicability in United States IIHS tests, 2024 NHTSA testing selection, and historical all-model benchmarks, with each scope stated explicitly.
Key Chevrolet Safety Statistics
The most useful headline figures are:
- In the 2024 United States IIHS rating, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Crew Cab received a Marginal small-overlap front rating.
- In the 2024 United States IIHS rating, the Silverado 1500 received a Good original moderate-overlap front rating for 2019–25 models.
- In the 2024 United States IIHS rating, the Silverado 1500 received a Poor updated moderate-overlap front rating for 2023–26 models.
- In the 2024 United States IIHS rating, the Silverado 1500 received an Acceptable updated side rating.
- In the 2019 United States IIHS Silverado test, lower hinge-pillar intrusion measured 7 cm.
- In the same 2019 test, driver-side footrest intrusion measured 22 cm.
- In the same 2019 test, left toepan intrusion measured 28 cm.
- In the same 2019 test, the driver dummy’s HIC-15 measure was 110.
- In the same 2019 test, maximum Nij was 0.19.
- In the 2023 United States IIHS updated moderate-overlap Silverado test, driver HIC-15 was 212.
- In that 2023 test, rear-passenger chest index was 39.
- In 2024–26 United States IIHS pedestrian testing, Silverado braking reduced impact speed by 26 mph in a 37-mph parallel-adult nighttime test with high beams.
- In the same Silverado test scenario with low beams, impact speed fell by 21 mph and warning time was 1.6 seconds.
- In 2023–24 United States IIHS testing, Tahoe avoided centered and off-center passenger-car targets at 31 mph.
- In a 2023–24 Tahoe pedestrian test, the vehicle avoided a crossing-child collision at 12 mph.
- In the Tahoe 25-mph crossing-adult nighttime test, impact speed fell by 14 mph with high beams and 2 mph with low beams.
- In 2023–25 United States IIHS testing, Tahoe’s front-row unbelted-occupant alert lasted at least 90 seconds.
- NHTSA’s 2024 selected vehicles represented approximately 86% of the United States new-vehicle fleet.
- The historical all-model driver death rate was 36 deaths per million registered vehicle years for 2017 and equivalent models during 2015–18.
Contents
- Current Chevrolet crashworthiness ratings
- Silverado occupant-protection test data
- Silverado pedestrian and crash-avoidance data
- Tahoe collision-avoidance and pedestrian data
- Chevrolet restraint and warning-system measurements
- Comparing Chevrolet safety tests and historical benchmarks
Current Chevrolet Crashworthiness Ratings
The 2024 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Crew Cab results show why configuration and test design matter. IIHS rated the driver-side small-overlap front performance Marginal, the original moderate-overlap front test Good, the updated moderate-overlap front test Poor, and the updated side test Acceptable for the tested Crew Cab configuration.
| 2024 Silverado measure | Result | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Small-overlap front | Marginal | Crew Cab; 2019–26 test applicability |
| Original moderate-overlap front | Good | 2019–25 models |
| Updated moderate-overlap front | Poor | 2023–26 models |
| Updated side | Acceptable | Crew Cab; 2019–26 test applicability |
Source: 2024 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The original and updated moderate-overlap tests are different measures, so their ratings should not be read as one continuous series.
For wider context, IIHS reported 71 vehicles qualifying for a 2024 Top Safety Pick award: 22 Top Safety Pick+ winners and 49 Top Safety Pick winners. Small SUVs, midsize SUVs and midsize luxury SUVs each had five Top Safety Pick+ winners, but these are all-brand totals rather than Chevrolet-specific rates.
Source: IIHS challenges automakers with tougher Top Safety Pick award criteria. IIHS defines the small-overlap front crash as 25% of the vehicle’s width on either side colliding with another vehicle or stationary object.
Chevrolet Silverado Occupant-Protection Test Data
The Silverado’s instrumented-dummy measurements provide physical crash-test readings, not observed human injury rates. The 2019 test applies to 2019–26 models for small-overlap testing and records the following driver-side intrusion and injury measures.
- Lower hinge-pillar intrusion was 7 cm, while footrest intrusion was 22 cm.
- Left toepan intrusion was 28 cm, brake-pedal intrusion was 11 cm, and steering-column movement was 4 cm.
- Driver HIC-15 was 110, maximum Nij was 0.19, and chest compression was 23 mm.
- Left and right maximum tibia indices were 0.36 and 0.99, respectively.
- Left and right foot accelerations were 151 g and 75 g, respectively.
In the original moderate-overlap test for 2019–25 models, footwell intrusion measured 10 cm at the footrest, 12 cm on the left, 18 cm at center, 13 cm on the right and 12 cm at the brake pedal. Instrument-panel rearward movement was 0 cm on the left and 1 cm on the right; HIC-15 was 152, maximum Nij was 0.20, and chest compression was 23 mm.
The same original test recorded right tibia axial force of 4.6 kN versus 1.3 kN on the left, with left and right foot accelerations of 44 g and 94 g. These are measurements from one controlled test, not population-level injury frequencies.
The updated moderate-overlap test applies to 2023–26 models and uses a rear passenger dummy, changing the interpretation of the result.
| Updated 2023 Silverado measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Footrest, left, center, right and brake-pedal intrusion | 5, 8, 18, 14 and 14 cm |
| Driver HIC-15; peak hard-contact acceleration | 212; 76 g |
| Driver maximum Nij; chest compression | 0.18; 21 mm |
| Driver left and right foot accelerations | 37 g and 104 g |
| Rear-passenger chest index; shoulder-belt tension | 39; 6.1 kN |
The 2023 Silverado side tests recorded B-pillar crush stopping 23.0 cm short of the driver’s seat centerline in one run and 21.5 cm short in the second. All Silverado measurements in this section are from the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 IIHS page; negative values in the side-test context denote crush stopping short of the centerline.
Chevrolet Silverado Pedestrian and Crash-Avoidance Data
IIHS pedestrian-braking results for the Silverado apply to 2024–26 models and specific scenarios, speeds, lighting conditions and system configurations. They measure impact-speed reduction or collision avoidance in controlled tests rather than real-world pedestrian-crash rates.
| Scenario | Silverado result |
|---|---|
| 12-mph crossing child, daytime | Impact speed reduced by 4 mph |
| 25-mph crossing child, daytime | Impact speed reduced by 11 mph |
| 12-mph crossing adult, nighttime | Collision avoided with high and low beams |
| 25-mph crossing adult, nighttime, low beams | Impact speed reduced by 23 mph |
| 37-mph parallel adult, nighttime, high beams | Reduced by 26 mph; warning 1.8 seconds before impact |
| 37-mph parallel adult, nighttime, low beams | Reduced by 21 mph; warning 1.6 seconds before impact |
Source: 2024 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The lighting and pedestrian-position differences are essential: results from one scenario should not be generalized to every nighttime or daytime condition.
Chevrolet Tahoe Collision-Avoidance and Pedestrian Data
The 2023–24 Chevrolet Tahoe IIHS tests cover vehicle-to-vehicle braking and pedestrian scenarios. At 31 mph, Tahoe avoided both centered and off-center passenger-car targets, while at 37 mph against a centered passenger-car target it reduced speed by 16 mph; the off-center 37-mph autobrake run was not tested.
Tahoe also reduced speed by 10 mph at 31 mph against a centered motorcycle target. Other motorcycle-target speeds were not tested for autobraking, limiting how broadly that result can be interpreted.
| Tahoe scenario | Result |
|---|---|
| Centered passenger car, 31 mph | Collision avoided |
| Off-center passenger car, 31 mph | Collision avoided |
| Centered passenger car, 37 mph | Speed reduced by 16 mph |
| Centered motorcycle, 31 mph | Speed reduced by 10 mph |
| Crossing child, daytime, 12 mph | Collision avoided |
| Crossing child, daytime, 25 mph | Speed reduced by 21 mph |
| Crossing adult, nighttime, 25 mph, high/low beams | Reduced by 14/2 mph |
| Parallel adult, nighttime, 37 mph, high/low beams | Reduced by 18/10 mph |
Source: 2024 Chevrolet Tahoe. The table reports separate controlled scenarios and does not represent a Tahoe-wide avoidance percentage.
Chevrolet Restraint and Warning-System Measurements
Tahoe’s restraint and warning-system measurements add duration, sound and frequency data to collision-avoidance results. In 2023–25 model applicability testing, the front-row unbelted-occupant alert lasted at least 90 seconds.
At 24 km/h, cabin background sound pressure was 51 dB and the audible seat-belt signal was 71 dB, or 19.7 dB above background. At 40 km/h, background sound pressure was 54 dB and the signal remained 71 dB, or 17.1 dB above background.
The dominant seat-belt reminder audio frequency was 784 Hz. These are laboratory acoustic measurements, not statistics on belt use or driver response.
Source: 2024 Chevrolet Tahoe.
Comparing Chevrolet Safety Tests and Historical Benchmarks
NHTSA’s 2024 model-year selection included Chevrolet entries such as Blazer EV, Equinox EV, Silverado 1500, Silverado 2500, Traverse and Trax in its vehicle table. The selection was for 5-Star Safety Ratings testing, not a rating or pass rate; the release’s exact model and body-style scope should be checked when interpreting the list.
NHTSA’s 5-Star program rates frontal, side and rollover crash protection on a one-to-five-star scale, with five stars highest. NHTSA said the 2024 selected vehicles represented approximately 86% of the United States new-vehicle fleet, which is a fleet-coverage estimate rather than Chevrolet coverage.
Source: NHTSA Announces Model Year 2024 Vehicles To Be Included In 5-Star Safety Ratings Tests.
For historical context, IIHS reported an all-model driver death rate of 36 deaths per million registered vehicle years for 2017 and equivalent models during 2015–18. The comparable rate was 48 deaths per million registered vehicle years for 2008 and equivalent models during 2006–09.
| Historical IIHS benchmark | Period | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 and equivalent models | 2015–18 | 36 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years |
| 2008 and equivalent models | 2006–09 | 48 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years |
Source: Driver death rates by make and model. These are adjusted all-model benchmarks for driver deaths, not Chevrolet-specific rates, and legacy figures should not be presented as independently verified Chevrolet outcomes.