2018 Honda Odyssey minivan earns highest available crash test safety rating

Both the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) recognize Honda’s reinvented 2018 Odyssey Minivan as an exceptionally safe family conveyance, bestowing upon the maker the 5 Star, and Top Safety Pick + ratings, the highest available in the industry. The rating is presented with a contingency or two, read on.

2018 Odyssey is Honda’s most advanced minivan offering to date

According to Honda News: "Odyssey was designed to keep everyone in the family happy, and helping to keep everyone safer is a crucial part of that mission," said Ray Mikiciuk, assistant vice president of Honda Automobile Sales. "Honda's goal of reaching a collision-free society includes safety improvements for each new generation of Odyssey without having to sacrifice minivan-first technologies like available Magic Slide Seat ™., which consumers have come to love." Read my latest Honda Odyssey drive review here.

In speaking with Honda engineering at last summer’s Kona event, not only did Torque News learn of the many advancements made in ride quality, vehicle stability, roll over, and A.C.E. body structure driver and passenger crash protection, but experienced first hand the inherent real time advantage of accident avoidance technologies, as afforded through Honda Sensing ™.

The maker’s award winning near autonomous driver assist and accident avoidance, brake mitigating active safety feature, is now available on all 2018 Odyssey trim levels EX and above. According to Honda, the active safety suite option is available to 99% of all 2018 Odyssey sold. Read Honda’s full report here.

For the extended family, 2018 Honda Odyssey comes to market with several features that the competition doesn't offer, including "Cabin Watch," a night vision camera that allows the driver and front passenger to visually check on the children or passengers in the second and third row day or night, through the high resolution center stack color monitor; complete with a verbal command option. You'll find a full list of Odyssey features here.