Based on Honda’s Safety for Everyone approach, all Accord models provide the Honda Sensing suite of safety and driver-assistive technologies as standard equipment on all trim levels, including Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS) with Pedestrian Detection; Forward CollisionWarning; Road Departure Mitigation (RDM) incorporating Lane Departure Warning (LDW); Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS); and Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC). Honda Sensing is now standard or available on all new Honda models, equipped on nearly 4 million Honda vehicles on U.S. roads today.
All Honda vehicles also benefit from Honda’s proprietary Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) body structure, designed to help protect occupants in a wide variety of frontal collisions, along with advanced supplemental restraint systems.
To qualify for a 2020 Top Safety Pick+ award, a vehicle must earn "Good" ratings in six crashworthiness evaluations, including the driver-side small overlap front, passenger-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests. It also needs "Advanced" or "Superior" ratings for both vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian front crash prevention, as well as "Acceptable" or "Good" headlight ratings across all trim levels.
Separately, every Honda model that has been fully evaluated in the NHTSA’s 2021 model year NCAP testing, including the Accord, has received a 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score.
