I test drove a Lightning before buying my Blazer EV. It's so big that its hard to imagine any passenger not being protected well in a crash. That poor rear seat rating is a big surprise to me.

 

Various Blazer EV Trims were tested. It looks like the only one that got "G" (G=Good=highest rating) on all categories was the LT AWD:

2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV 4-door SUV

2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV 4-door SUV - midsize SUV

www.iihs.org

 

I'd like to understand more about this testing. When you read the descriptions of the "Acceptable" and "Marginal" results for passengers it talks about the head sliing off the airbag on different sides depending on if it was an SS or RS, and apparently staying smack in the center of the aibag on the LT. Surely the airbag design and control is identical across trim levels. I'm wondering if these results represent the breadth of possible results for the class restraint system rather than a result seen in every instance and fully replicable on each trim level. Does anyone know how many of each trim are crashed for each different impact test?

 

I don't. But it's worth investigating.

 

Great to see the LT AWD trim getting top safety ratingsdefinitely reassuring for future owners.