Used car safety, rank #171 of 188
Hyundai Venue 2WD Safety Rating (2020-23)
Real IIHS driver death rates for the 2020-23 Hyundai Venue 2WD, a small SUV, compared with its class and with the current model.
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The 2020-23 Hyundai Venue 2WD has an IIHS driver death rate of 113 per million registered vehicle years against a small SUVs average of 38, which is 197% above the class average. That places it #171 of 188 used vehicles with a safety score of 12.1/100.
What the Hyundai Venue death rate means
At 113 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years, the Hyundai Venue 2WD is 197% worse than the small SUVs average of 38. The 95% confidence interval is 57 to 168, entirely above the class average, so the gap is unlikely to be chance.
The other-driver death rate of 43 measures the opposite risk: how many drivers of other vehicles died in crashes with a Hyundai Venue. Its 95% confidence interval is 13β72. It is no higher than the Hyundai Venue's own driver death rate. Remember that death rates describe vehicles and their drivers together: IIHS adjusts for driver age and gender, but not for where or how carefully people drive. Our score weights this model's own rate at 70% and its class at 30%; see how we rank used cars.
Compared with similar used SUVs
The safest small SUVs in the IIHS study, by our score, with the Hyundai Venue 2WD highlighted. It ranks 9 of the 9 shown; the class leader is the Toyota RAV4 Prime Plug-in hybrid 4WD at a death rate of 5.
| Vehicle | Years | Death rate | Score | Reliability | Used price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota RAV4 Prime Plug-in hybrid 4WD | 2021-23 | 5 (0 to 15) | 76.9 | n/a | n/a |
| Ford Escape hybrid 4WD | 2020-23 | 6 (0 to 17) | 75.7 | n/a | n/a |
| Hyundai Tucson hybrid 4WD | 2022-23 | 7 (0 to 22) | 74.6 | n/a | n/a |
| Toyota RAV4 hybrid 4WD | 2020-23 | 15 (7 to 23) | 63.8 | n/a | n/a |
| Hyundai Santa Fe 4WD | 2020-23 | 17 (4 to 29) | 60.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Mazda CX-5 4WD | 2020-23 | 17 (8 to 27) | 60.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Hyundai Tucson 4WD | 2022-23 | 20 (2 to 38) | 57.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Hyundai Tucson 2WD | 2022-23 | 21 (0 to 45) | 56.3 | n/a | n/a |
| Hyundai Venue 2WD (this page) | 2020-23 | 113 (57 to 168) | 12.1 | n/a | n/a |
Class average for small SUVs: 38 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years.
The new Hyundai Venue
Death rates lag the market by several years. For the current Hyundai Venue we score IIHS crash tests instead; here is how the latest model years rate on our new-car scale.
| Model year | Model | IIHS award | New-car score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hyundai Venue | No award | 60.2 (provisional) |
New-car scores use a different scale (crash tests, not death rates) and are not directly comparable with the 12.1 used-car score above.
Safety recalls for the Hyundai Venue 2WD
We do not have a verified NHTSA recall lookup for this nameplate and model year. Check by VIN rather than treating that as a clean record.
Recall campaigns from the NHTSA recalls database, retrieved 2026-09-16. A campaign covers a range of build dates, not every car of the model year, and IIHS reports this nameplate across several years while these results are for one year. Confirm against the VIN. Recalls do not affect the death rate on this page.
Hyundai Venue 2WD: Common Questions
Is the Hyundai Venue 2WD a safe car?
Not on this measure: its drivers died at a higher rate than its class average. IIHS recorded a driver death rate of 113 per million registered vehicle years for the 2020-23 Hyundai Venue 2WD, 197% above the class average (38 for small SUVs). That earns a used-car safety score of 12.1 out of 100 and rank #171 of 188 used vehicles.
What is the Hyundai Venue 2WD driver death rate?
113 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years, with a 95% confidence interval of 57 to 168. Drivers of other vehicles that collided with a Hyundai Venue died at a rate of 43 per million. Source: IIHS driver death rates by make and model, covering 2020-23 models.
How does the Hyundai Venue 2WD compare with other small SUVs?
The small SUVs class averages 38 driver deaths per million; the Hyundai Venue 2WD sits at 113. Among the 9 small SUVs compared above it ranks 9 by safety score; the top of that group is the Toyota RAV4 Prime Plug-in hybrid 4WD with a death rate of 5.