2020 Volvo Luxury Sedan Earns Safety Nod

Nov. 22, 2019—The 2020 Volvo S60 has earned a TOP SAFETY PICK+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety following improvements to its optional curve-adaptive headlights.

The S60 comes standard with a superior-rated vehicle-to-vehicle front crash prevention system. In track tests, the system avoided a collision with a fixed object representing the rear of another vehicle in the 12 mph test, and it reduced its impact speed by an average of 22 mph in the 25 mph test.

Pedestrian front crash prevention doesn't factor into 2019 safety award criteria, but the S60 has been evaluated and earns a superior rating for its standard system. In four of six pedestrian scenarios, the S60 avoided a collision completely. When tested at 25 mph in the crossing child scenario, the S60 reduced its impact speed by an average of 19 mph. When tested at 37 mph in the parallel adult scenario, the S60 reduced its impact speed by an average of 27 mph.

Pedestrian crash prevention ratings will factor into IIHS award criteria for the first time in 2020.