---
title: "Watch the Tesla Model X Handle Crash Tests With Flying Colors"
description: "The electric SUV secured a five-star rating from the NHTSA in each category."
date: "2017-06-13"
modified: "2017-06-13"
authors:
  - name: "Aaron Brown"
    job_title: "Staff Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/aaron-brown"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/11449/watch-the-tesla-model-x-handle-crash-tests-with-flying-colors"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Crash tests"
  - "crashes"
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "luxury"
  - "model x"
  - "suv/crossover"
  - "Tesla"
---

# Watch the Tesla Model X Handle Crash Tests With Flying Colors

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The Tesla Model X has been awarded a five-star overall safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and five stars in every other category, according to the agency's [website](<https://www.nhtsa.gov/ratings>). More excitingly for those of us who don't own the high-performance electric crossover, however, videos of the crash tests have been posted to the Internet for us to watch in all of their slow-mo glory.

The NHTSA's crash tests with the Model X showed that the SUV "has the lowest probability of injury of any SUV it has ever tested," [according to Tesla](<https://www.tesla.com/blog/tesla-model-x-5-star-safety-rating>). Tesla stated that the only car that beats the Model X in that category is the Tesla Model S.

"We engineered [Model X](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/7302/tesla-model-x-trying-to-go-off-road-is-hilarious-sad-and-slightly-impressive>) to be the safest SUV ever, and today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that after conducting independent testing, it has awarded Model X a 5-star safety rating in every category and sub-category, making it the first SUV ever to earn the 5-star rating across the board," [Tesla](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/9275/tesla-to-unveil-semi-truck-in-september-pickup-to-follow>) wrote in a blog post published on Tuesday.

The [Model X](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/9971/tesla-to-use-ultra-quick-p100d-model-s-and-model-x-cars-as-loaners>)'s low-mounted battery pack also causes a low center of gravity, meaning it's incredibly difficult to flip the Model X. Or, to put it another way—according to these tests, it would be pretty hard to find a safer SUV on the market than Elon Musk's EV.

https://youtube.com/embed/vCXaR3_r164

https://youtube.com/embed/scvG5aCl47c

https://youtube.com/embed/SjapNSJJT0I

## Author
Aaron was previously a contributing writer with Jalopnik and has also written for Business Insider covering cars. When he's not in the office writing the news, you'll probably find him thrashing a beater car around a RallyCross.

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