Every single one of Mazda’s 2023 model year vehicles that was tested by the IIHS earned its Top Safety Pick+ award. With so many standard and available safety features on each model, it’s easy to see how Mazda vehicles did so well in the competition for the safest vehicles of the year. Here are just a few of those safety features that you can use to protect your family, yourself, and your Mazda while you explore the road.
1. Pre-Collision Safety System
New Mazda models feature technologies from the i-Activsense suite of safety features. One of the most impressive of these is the pre-collision safety system. Using forward-mounted radars and cameras, Mazda’s pre-collision safety technology helps you recognize and react to potential forward collisions.
The advanced smart city brake support with day and night-time pedestrian detection constantly looks ahead for vehicles and people in front of your Mazda. When it detects one, it will first alert you through visual cues and then audible cues. If you don’t move to avoid the collision, this system applies your Mazda’s brakes for you.
2. Blind Spot Monitoring
Blind-spot monitoring systems are another great safety features Mazda models use to help boost your awareness of hidden vehicles around yours. This safety feature uses rear-mounted detection technology to scan your blind spots for lurking vehicles. When another vehicle is in your blind spot, a visual alert lets you know. If you engage your turn signal when another vehicle is in the way, the blind spot monitor issues audible warnings to bring your attention to the potential danger. This technology comes in handy when you’re changing lanes on multi-lane roads and merging onto highways.
3. Rear Cross-Traffic Alert
Reversing out of parking spaces can be a stressful situation, especially if you’re doing so with low visibility. This system uses the same sensors as the blind-spot monitor to look for oncoming vehicles when you shift your Mazda into reverse. If it detects a vehicle approaching, the system lets the Mazda driver know through visual and audible warnings. Couple with the rearview camera view through the touch screen, you can keep a better eye on the world behind your Mazda.
4. Passive Safety Features
Not only do Mazdas utilize some of the greatest and latest safety technologies, but they also make tried-and-true safety features more reliable than they’ve ever been. The SKYACTIV-designed body uses a ring structure to better protect it in the event of a collision. The SRS air bag system is strategically placed around the cabin to protect you when a collision seems unavoidable. Modern Mazdas utilize the best of the old and new safety features to give you a modern sense of security on the road.
As we mentioned above, these are but a few of the safety features that you can look forward to when you shop for a Mazda vehicle. Whether you’re a longtime Mazda driver or you’re thinking of making the switch, this high level of safety is just of one the reasons to get behind the wheel of a new Mazda model.
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