{"id":487876,"date":"2026-02-18T12:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/487876\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T12:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:18:08","slug":"the-safest-medium-suvs-in-australia-ancap-top-10-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/487876\/","title":{"rendered":"The safest medium SUVs in Australia: ANCAP Top 10 for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medium SUVs are the best-selling new vehicles in Australia, but which model is safest? Here are the top 10 safety performers for 2025 judged by ANCAP, including the top-selling Tesla Model Y and BYD Sealion 7 EVs.<\/p>\n<p>Medium SUV is the single <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racv.com.au\/royalauto\/transport\/cars\/australian-new-car-sales-2025.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">most popular new vehicle segment<\/a> in Australia and has become so important to every brand competing in our market \u2013 from newcomers to those which are long established \u2013 that the model choices have skyrocketed and prices have become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racv.com.au\/royalauto\/transport\/cars\/best-affordable-suvs-australia.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">super-competitive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This prompts many buyers to ask: \u201cWhich SUVs are the safest?\u201d \u2013 even when many of the 65-plus different medium SUV models in new vehicle showrooms across Australia carry the same maximum five-star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racv.com.au\/royalauto\/transport\/cars\/how-do-ancap-safety-ratings-work.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ANCAP safety rating<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The overall ANCAP rating and the year when the car was tested (due to ever-strengthening testing protocols) is a great place to start. But now the leading independent safety authority has provided RACV with a list of the top-performing medium SUVs assessed in 2025 \u2013 all of which are rated with five stars.<\/p>\n<p>To separate them, ANCAP has homed in on its four pillars of assessment in 2025 \u2013 Adult Occupant Protection, Child Occupant Protection, Vulnerable Road User Protection and \u2018Safety Assist\u2019 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.racv.com.au\/royalauto\/transport\/cars\/car-safety-features-technology.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">advanced driver assistance systems<\/a>) \u2013 and applied weighted scores that place a high emphasis on physical crash protection.<\/p>\n<p>That gives us the top 10 safest medium SUVs in 2025, as tested by ANCAP, which cover leading mainstream and premium brands, a range of powertrain types (petrol, hybrid and full electric) and some of the most popular models in this segment, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racv.com.au\/car-match\/search\/tesla\/model-y\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tesla Model Y<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racv.com.au\/car-match\/search\/byd\/sealion-7\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BYD Sealion 7<\/a> EVs. Let\u2019s count them down\u2026<\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racv.com.au\/car-match.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Research and compare new cars, SUVs and utes on sale today in Australia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Medium SUVs are the best-selling new vehicles in Australia, but which model is safest? 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