2025 Audi All New Q5 Sportback Safety Rating

Name: 2025 Audi All New Q5 Sportback
Brand: Audi

Midsize luxury SUVs · Historical model-year record · IIHS source checked 2026-07-28

Complete evidence record

This is the 2025 record, kept for reference. IIHS no longer lists a newer model year for this nameplate. The 2025 results below are the exact ratings IIHS published for this model year (score 96.0/100 under the same formula).

Which build and equipment does this score describe?

Latest applicable build; standard AEB and lowest current-trim headlight rating. Headlights use the lowest rating among applicable current trims; this is a conservative equipment baseline, not a claim that every trim has identical results. Confirm the production date and equipment of the car you are buying.

IIHS award restriction: Award applies only to vehicles built after July 2025

(1) Trim level(s): Premium trim; built after July 2025
(2) Trim level(s): Premium Plus trim; built after July 2025, Prestige trim; built after July 2025

Headlights: baseline Acceptable

Acceptable — (1) Trim level(s): Premium trim; built after July 2025
Acceptable — (2) Trim level(s): Premium Plus trim; built after July 2025, Prestige trim; built after July 2025

Pedestrian crash prevention: baseline Good

Good — standard Active Front Assist. Rating applies to all 2025 models

Vehicle-to-vehicle crash prevention 2.0: baseline Good

Good — standard Active Front Assist. Rating applies to all 2025 models

Optional-system results are shown separately. Combining the best rating from different packages does not establish that one purchasable configuration earns them all. Check IIHS equipment details.

96.0

Safety score / 100

Complete record

TSP+

IIHS award

IIHS Top Safety Pick+

11

Class driver death rate

per million vehicle-years; all vehicles 38

IIHS crash-test results

Front Crash Prevention: PedestrianGood

Front Crash Prevention: Vehicle-to-VehicleGood

Small Overlap Front Good

Moderate Overlap Front: Updated Test Good

Side: Updated Test Good

Headlights Acceptable

Detailed results by test (53 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

Rating applies to 2025 models

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

Small overlap front

Rating applies to 2025 models

Overall passenger-side evaluation Good

Structure and safety cage Acceptable

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

Rating applies to 2025 models

Overall evaluation Good

Structure and safety cage Good

Driver injury measures

Head/neck Good

Chest Good

Thigh/hip Good

Leg/foot Acceptable

Driver restraints and dummy kinematics Good

Rear passenger injury measures

Head/neck Good

Chest Acceptable

Thigh Good

Rear passenger restraints and dummy kinematics Good

Side: updated test

Rating applies to 2025 models

Overall evaluation Good

Structure and safety cage Good

Driver injury measures

Head/neck Good

Torso Good

Pelvis Good

Driver head protection Good

Rear passenger injury measures

Head/neck Good

Torso Good

Pelvis Good

Rear passenger head protection Good

Headlights

· (1) Trim level(s): Premium trim; built after July 2025

Overall rating Acceptable

Headlights

· (2) Trim level(s): Premium Plus trim; built after July 2025, Prestige trim; built after July 2025

Overall rating Acceptable

Headlights

· (3) Trim level(s): Premium Plus trim; built before August 2025, Prestige trim; built before August 2025 Earlier build or outside this model year; excluded from the score.

Overall rating Acceptable

Headlights

· (4) Trim level(s): Premium trim; built before August 2025 Earlier build or outside this model year; excluded from the score.

Overall rating Marginal

Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle 2.0

Rating applies to all 2025 models · standard Active Front Assist

Overall evaluation Good

Front crash prevention: pedestrian

Rating applies to all 2025 models · standard Active Front Assist

Overall evaluation Good

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How the score is built

Primary IIHS tests (55%)

97.5

4/4 reported · small overlap, updated moderate overlap, updated side, headlights

Occupant-protection details (25%)

95.0

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: Good (shown, not scored)

Class context (10%)

86.0

Damped class-level driver death-rate term; award status is shown above but carries no weight

Rear-seat-priority score

96.2

Family safety view: extra weight given to rear-seat passenger protection

Injury-measure average (tiebreak only)

98.12

Average of 40 IIHS injury ratings across frontal and side tests (used only as a tiebreaker).

See our full scoring methodology and rules →

IIHS crash-test videos

These videos are embedded on IIHS’s ratings page for this model. The tested vehicle may be an earlier model year or a related version whose results IIHS applies to this vehicle. Check the test description and source for the exact coverage.

Load a player to watch on this page, or use the YouTube link. Video footage helps explain the test; the published injury measurements and ratings are the basis for comparison.

Moderate overlap front: updated test

Tested vehicle: 2025 Audi Q5 TFSI quattro 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2025 models

Watch on YouTube · IIHS test details and applicability

Real-world context

Measure	Result	What it covers
Class driver death rate	11 per million registered vehicle-years	Midsize luxury SUVs as a class, adjusted for driver age and sex (Farmer, 2023); all vehicles average 38. Class context only.

Our analysis

The 2025 Audi All New Q5 Sportback belongs to the Midsize luxury SUVs class. This class has one of the lowest driver death rates of any category, well below the national average of 38 deaths per million registered vehicle-years, reflecting mass, structure, and typical driver demographics. 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 All New Q5 Sportback earned Top Safety Pick+ in the 2025 award cycle. 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 4 IIHS rating categories reported, the Audi All New Q5 Sportback earned 3 Good ratings. One result sits below Good; the verdict at the top of the page names it.

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 2025 Audi All New Q5 Sportback

We do not have a verified NHTSA recall lookup for this model and year. An unmatched or unavailable lookup is not evidence of a clean recall record.

Check your VIN at NHTSA

Recall campaigns from the NHTSA recalls database, retrieved 2026-09-16. A recall applies to a range of build dates, not necessarily every car of this model year, so confirm against your own VIN. Recalls do not affect the safety score on this page.

Questions about the 2025 Audi All New Q5 Sportback

Is the 2025 Audi All New Q5 Sportback a safe car?

IIHS has published 4 of the 4 primary tests and 4 of the 4 occupant-protection details for the 2025 Audi All New Q5 Sportback. Available results are shown below. Only current models with all required results enter the ranking.

What is the 2025 Audi All New Q5 Sportback IIHS rating?

IIHS reports: small overlap front = Good; moderate overlap front: updated test = Good; side: updated test = Good; headlights = Acceptable.

Is the 2025 Audi All New Q5 Sportback an IIHS Top Safety Pick?

Yes. The 2025 Audi All New Q5 Sportback is a IIHS Top Safety Pick+ for the 2025 award cycle.

How does the 2025 Audi All New Q5 Sportback compare with other midsize luxury SUVs?

The class leader is the 2027 Tesla Model Y at 98.6/100. The comparison table on this page lists the closest-scoring current midsize luxury SUVs with complete records.

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