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2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC Safety Rating

Midsize luxury SUVs Β· Historical model-year record Β· IIHS data updated 2026-09-04

Provisional record

This is the 2025 record, kept for reference. The current listing is the 2026 Mercedes-Benz GLC at 96.1/100. The 2025 results below are the exact ratings IIHS published for this model year.

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Safety score / 100
Awaiting 4 results
TSP+
IIHS award
IIHS Top Safety Pick+
$49,550
Starting MSRP
Approximate base trim
11
Class driver death rate
per million vehicle-years; all vehicles 38

IIHS crash-test results

Front Crash Prevention: PedestrianGood
Small Overlap Front Good
Moderate Overlap Front: Updated Test Good
Side: Updated Test Good
Headlights 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 Good
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 2023-26 models Good
Overall rating Good
Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:
Overall ratingApplies to 2023-26 models Good

Front crash prevention: pedestrian

Overall evaluation Acceptable
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 Β· small overlap, updated moderate overlap, updated side, headlights
Occupant-protection details (25%)
0.0
0/4 reported Β· rear restraints, rear head, safety cage, front restraints
Pedestrian front crash prevention (10%)
100.0
IIHS pedestrian AEB result: Good
Class context (10%)
86.0
Damped class-level driver death-rate term; award status is shown above but carries no weight
Injury-measure average (tiebreak only)
98.75
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 β†’

Real-world context

MeasureResultWhat it covers
Class driver death rate11 per million registered vehicle-yearsMidsize luxury SUVs as a class, adjusted for driver age and sex (Farmer, 2023); all vehicles average 38. Class context only.
Theft claim frequency (Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class 4dr 4WD)12 (100 = average)HLDI whole-vehicle theft, 2022–24 model years: 12% of average. See the theft ranking.

Other model years of the Mercedes-Benz GLC

Model yearStatusIIHS awardPrimary tests reportedScore
2026 Mercedes-Benz GLC Current listing TSP 4/4 96.1

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 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC 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 Mercedes-Benz GLC earned Top Safety Pick+ for 2025. 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 Mercedes-Benz GLC 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 Mercedes-Benz or any manufacturer. Read the full methodology or learn more about us.

Safety recalls for the 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC

NHTSA does not yet list this model year in its recall database. That usually means the vehicle is too new to appear, not that it has been cleared.

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