If you’ve got a 2020 Mazda 3 on your mind for your next new or used vehicle, check out its safety ratings, professional reviews and customer comments at Vehicle History first. Make sure you are buying a vehicle that will be worth the money you will spend on it.
How safe is the Mazda 3?
The 2020 Mazda 3 received a 5-Star overall safety rating from the NHTSA and the highest score of “Good” by the IIHS. Combine that with a 4.6-Star Owner and 4.4 Expert Review Ratings from Vehicle History for a winning combination.
The Mazda 3 also received the Top Safety Pick+ from IIHS.
The safety a vehicle offers is much more than the results of a crash test. Other factors, such as the type of headlights and the standard or available safety options influence the vehicle’s safety as well.
Mazda 3 Crash Test Rating
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Test/Results
The 2020 Mazda 3 earned a “Good” rating from the IIHS for crashworthiness, including small overlap front for the driver’s side and passenger’s side, the side of the vehicle, moderate overlap front, head restraints, seats, and roof strength.
The IIHS rated the Mazda 3’s headlights as “Good” if they are on the Premium trim with a build date after Feb. 2020. The LED projector headlights are curve-adaptive and have high-beam assist.
If you buy a used Mazda 3 built prior to Mar. 2020, the LED projector headlights that are curve-adaptive and have high-beam assist received an “Acceptable” rating.
The Base, Select, and Preferred trim levels have LED projector headlights with high-beam assist and are not curve-adaptive. Those models received an “Acceptable” rating for the headlights.
The Mazda 3 received a “Superior” rating for vehicle-to-vehicle front crash prevention and vehicle-to-pedestrian front crash prevention.
The child seat anchors received a G+ rating.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Test/Results
The NHTSA rated the Mazda 3 with five stars overall for the frontal crash test. The front driver’s side and the front passenger’s side received five stars.
The overall side crash test is for side barrier crashes and sideswiping poles. The 2020 Mazda 3 received five stars overall for side crashes, five stars for the front seat and rear seat side barrier and pole crashes, and five stars for the driver and rear passenger seat side barrier crash test.
The overall side pole crash rating is also five stars. The NHTSA also gave the 2020 Mazda 3 five stars in its rollover crash test, a “No Tip” dynamic tip result, and a rollover risk of 10.10 percent.
Mazda 3 Safety Tech
The 2020 Mazda 3 has four trim levels: The Base, Select Package, Preferred Package, and the Premium Package. All four trim levels feature an impressive list of safety technology, including:
- Advanced dual front airbags, knee airbags, side-impact air curtains, and front seat-mounted side-impact airbags
- Anti-lock brakes, smart brake support, electronic brakeforce distribution, brake assist, dynamic stability control, and traction control
- Lane departure warning and lane-keep assist
- Mazda Radar Cruise Control and Stop & Go
- Driver attention alert and high-beam control
- A rearview camera
- Child safety rear door locks and the LATCH child safety seat anchors and upper tethers
The Select Package and Preferred Package adds blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert. The Premium Package adds adaptive front lights.
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