Safety Ratings and Features of the 2024 Nissan Leaf

Safety Ratings and Features of the 2024 Nissan Leaf

The Nissan LEAF has been a fan-favorite electric vehicle for over ten years, and this is due to its affordability as well as its ample safety features that give drivers greater peace of mind wherever the road takes them.

Today, our team at Maus Nissan of North Tampa shares some of our favorite safety features as well as a look at the ratings from the IIHS and NHSTA.

Safety Features

Every model in the 2024 Nissan Leaf lineup is equipped with Nissan Safety Shielf 360, a package of driver assistance technologies. These features include:

• Intelligent lane intervention
• Blind spot detection and intervention
• Automated emergency braking with pedestrian detection
• Rear-cross traffic alert
• Intelligent forward collision warning
• Intelligent driver alertness

Two features that we will highlight are rear-cross traffic alert and automated emergency braking with pedestrian detection.

Rear Cross Traffic Alert

This feature is quite handy when backing out of long driveways and parking in tight spots with limited visibility when reversing.

Automated Emergency Braking with Pedestrian Detection

This feature is great for use in crowded cities. Plus, blind spot intervention helps you brake quickly if you begin to switch lanes and there is a vehicle in your blind spot.

Other included safety features are:

• Anti-lock brakes
• Stability control
• Front-impact airbags
• Side impact airbags
• Overhead airbags
• Knee airbags
• Seatbelt pretensioners
• Vehicle security system

Plus, ProPilot support is another feature that is available on the Leaf SV Plus variant.

Safety Ratings

The IIHS and NHSTA have both given the 2024 Nissan LEAF amazing safety ratings.

First, the NHSTA crash-tests vehicles and assigns them ratings from one to five stars. Five stars indicate the most injury protection.

The 2024 LEAF, receives five stars for the following front crash tests:

• Driver’s
• Overall side
• Side barrier rating driver
• Side barrier
• Side-pole
• Side-pole barrier combined rear
• Side-pole barrier combined front

And it got a 4-star rating for these:

• Overall front
• Overall rollover rating
• Passenger’s

IIHS rates vehicles as good, acceptable, marginal, and poor based on their performance in high-speed crash tests. Plus, they also evaluate the seat/head restraints for protection against injuries in rear accidents.

The IIHS has rated the 2024 LEAF as “good” for the following:

• Rear passenger head protection
• Rear passenger head and neck
• Rear passenger torso
• Overall front
• Head/neck
• Left leg/foot
• Restraints
• Driver head protection
• Driver head and neck
• Structure safety cage
• Chest
• Right leg/foot

Also, it has rated the Nissan LEAF as “acceptable” for these:

• Overall side
• Rear passenger pelvis/leg
• Driver pelvis/leg

As you can see, the 2024 LEAF is full of safety features and gets top ratings! You can’t beat it!

Test Drive a 2024 Nissan LEAF Today

If you’re as interested in safety features as are, you’ll want to give the LEAF a test drive! Equipped with a suite of advanced safety features, plus its impressive ratings from the IIHS and NHSTA make the LEAF a top choice for the budget and safety-conscious driver. If you’re curious, check out our current LEAF lineup!

Ready to experience safer driving? Call us at (813) 800-6287 for more information, or come visit us at Maus Nissan of North Tampa for a test drive today. You won’t regret it!