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2026 Audi A6 Safety Rating

Large luxury cars · Current IIHS listing · IIHS data updated 2026-09-04

Complete evidence record

The 2026 Audi A6 scores 94.9/100, ranking #1 of 1 current large luxury cars and #21 of 137 vehicles overall with complete IIHS records. It holds the IIHS Top Safety Pick+ award for 2026.

Every primary IIHS test is rated Good. Rear-passenger restraints in the updated moderate-overlap test: Acceptable; rear-passenger head protection: Good.

94.9
Safety score / 100
Complete record
TSP+
IIHS award
IIHS Top Safety Pick+
#1
of 1 large luxury cars
See the class ranking
$64,100
Starting MSRP
Approximate base trim
21
Class driver death rate
per million vehicle-years; all vehicles 38

IIHS crash-test results

Front Crash Prevention: PedestrianGood
Front Crash Prevention: Vehicle-to-VehicleAcceptable
Small Overlap Front Good
Moderate Overlap Front: Updated Test Good
Side: Updated Test Good
Headlights (Varies By Trim/option) Good
Seat Belt Reminders Good
Latch Ease Of Use Good
Detailed results by test (57 entries)

IIHS publishes these under the test they belong to, so the same label can appear more than once. Rear restraints and kinematics, rear head protection, structure and safety cage, and front restraints are the four that count toward the score (25%).

Small overlap front

Overall driver-side evaluation Good
Structure and safety cage Good
Driver injury measures
Head/neck Good
Chest Good
Hip/thigh Good
Lower leg/foot Good
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics Good
Overall passenger-side evaluation Good
Structure and safety cage Good
Passenger injury measures
Head/neck Good
Chest Good
Hip/thigh Good
Lower leg/foot Good
Passenger restraints and dummy kinematics Good
Driver injury measures
Head/neck Good
Chest Good
Hip/thigh Good
Lower leg/foot Good
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics Good

Moderate overlap front: updated test

Overall evaluation Good
Structure and safety cage Good
Driver injury measures
Head/neck Good
Chest Good
Thigh/hip Good
Leg/foot Good
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics Good
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck Acceptable
Chest Good
Thigh Good
Rear passenger restraints and dummy kinematics Acceptable

Side: updated test

Overall evaluation Good
Structure and safety cage Good
Driver injury measures
Head/neck Good
Torso Acceptable
Pelvis Good
Driver head protection Good
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck Good
Torso Good
Pelvis Good
Rear passenger head protection Good

Headlights

Overall rating Good
Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:
Overall ratingApplies to 2026 models Good
Overall rating Acceptable
Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:
Overall ratingApplies to 2026 models Acceptable

Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle 2.0

Overall evaluation Good

Front crash prevention: pedestrian

Overall evaluation Good

Seat belt reminders

Overall evaluation Good

Child seat anchors

Overall evaluation Good
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How the score is built

Primary IIHS tests (55%)
100.0
4/4 reported · small overlap, updated moderate overlap, updated side, headlights
Occupant-protection details (25%)
90.0
4/4 reported · rear restraints, rear head, safety cage, front restraints
Pedestrian front crash prevention (10%)
100.0
IIHS pedestrian AEB result: Good · vehicle-to-vehicle: Acceptable (shown, not scored)
Class context (10%)
73.9
Damped class-level driver death-rate term; award status is shown above but carries no weight
Rear-seat-priority score
92.4
Alternate published view: rear restraints weighted 20%
Injury-measure average (tiebreak only)
98.12
Mean of 40 published injury measures across the three crash tests. Orders vehicles with equal scores; carries no weight in the score.

Full formula, weights, and missing-data rules →

Real-world context

MeasureResultWhat it covers
Class driver death rate21 per million registered vehicle-yearsLarge luxury cars as a class, adjusted for driver age and sex (Farmer, 2023); all vehicles average 38. Class context only.

Other model years of the Audi A6

Model yearStatusIIHS awardPrimary tests reportedScore
2025 Audi A6 Archived — 2/4 Not ranked

Each model year keeps its own record. Ratings from one year are never copied to another unless IIHS states the test applies.

Our analysis

The 2026 Audi A6 belongs to the Large luxury cars class. This class has a below-average driver death rate compared with the national average of 38 deaths per million registered vehicle-years. The class figure is adjusted for driver age and sex, which removes a large part of the selection effect in raw death rates. It is still a class average, not a measurement of this model.

The Audi A6 earned Top Safety Pick+ for 2026. That award requires Good results in the updated tests plus qualifying headlights and pedestrian front crash prevention on the relevant trims; the linked IIHS report shows the exact trims.

Across the 6 IIHS rating categories reported, the Audi A6 earned 6 Good ratings. Check the occupant-protection details above as well; a Good headline result can hide a weaker rear-seat subscore.

This analysis is produced independently; we have no affiliation with Audi or any manufacturer. Read the full methodology or learn more about us.

Safety recalls for the 2026 Audi A6

No recalls on record. NHTSA lists this model year and currently shows no recall campaigns against it.

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