Subaru Forester Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Award

The importance of driving a vehicle that will keep you safe is immeasurable. Your vehicle is your lifeline to the world, and you want to get to wherever you need to go – to work, taking your children to school, or off on a vacation – with peace of mind on board. 

When you drive a Subaru, that peace of mind comes standard. Subaru models have been put to the test at the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety to measure their crashworthiness. This is an indicator of how safe your Subaru is when faced with a real-life incident. 

In 2024, IIHS instituted new requirements in side impact protection, pedestrian crash prevention, and moderate front overlap tests. These are key crash tests that relate to the most common impact points. 

Because of these new requirements, the 2025 Subaru Forester earned the IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ award. It has achieved this award by earning the top “Good” rating for pedestrian front crash prevention, along with other top ratings for crash avoidance and mitigation. 

To qualify for the TOP SAFETY PICK+ award, vehicles must earn “Good” ratings for small overlap front and updated side tests, an “Acceptable” or “Good” rating in the pedestrian front crash prevention evaluation, and acceptable- or good-rated headlights across all trim levels. In addition, an “Acceptable” or “Good” rating is required for the updated moderate front crash test. 

Since 2007, the Subaru Forester has received the IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK award 18 times – more than any other SUV in its size class. Also, Subaru has earned more IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ awards than any other brand since 2013.

The 2025 Forester was developed from the ground up to create a sense of security for its occupants. That all starts with the award-winning EyeSight® Driver Assist Technology. This advanced technology is standard on all trim levels. Also standard on all Forester models are Advanced Adaptive Cruise Control with Lane Centering and Steering Responsive LED headlights.  

The key to a safe vehicle is maintaining traction and control. That is why all Foresters are equipped with the legendary Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive System. This enables the Forester to maintain control in all conditions and situations. 

Additional available active safety features include Reverse Automatic Braking, Blind-Spot Detection with Lane Change Assist, Rear Cross Traffic Alert, and Emergency Stop Assist. 

However, the best standard feature of the 2025 Subaru Forester is peace of mind. Not just the sum of these features listed above but how they work to keep you and everyone on board safe from harm. These crash tests support the Subaru brand’s efforts towards ensuring that you will be safe every time you take it for a drive. 

The 2025 Forester is now available at Twin Falls Subaru. Contact us to see for yourself why it is the safest SUV in its class.