For enhanced safety, the front seat shoulder belts of the Kia Sportage are height-adjustable to accommodate a wide variety of driver and passenger heights. A better fit can prevent injuries and the increased comfort also encourages passengers to buckle up. The Hyundai Venue doesn’t offer height-adjustable seat belts.
The Sportage offers all-wheel drive to maximize traction under poor conditions, especially in ice and snow. The Venue doesn’t offer all-wheel drive.
Both the Sportage and the Venue have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, front wheel drive, plastic fuel tanks, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, lane departure warning systems, rearview cameras, driver alert monitors, available blind spot warning systems, rear parking sensors and rear cross-path warning.
The Kia Sportage weighs 567 to 1153 pounds more than the Hyundai Venue. The NHTSA advises that heavier vehicles are much safer in collisions than their significantly lighter counterparts. Crosswinds also affect lighter cars more.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does 35 MPH front crash tests on new vehicles. In this test, results indicate that the Kia Sportage is safer than the Hyundai Venue:
|
Sportage |
Venue |
|
Driver |
|
STARS |
4 Stars |
4 Stars |
HIC |
207 |
335 |
Neck Injury Risk |
22% |
32% |
Neck Stress |
203 lbs. |
270 lbs. |
Neck Compression |
72 lbs. |
182 lbs. |
Leg Forces (l/r) |
11/231 lbs. |
769/350 lbs. |
|
Passenger |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
4 Stars |
HIC |
222 |
280 |
Chest Compression |
.6 inches |
.8 inches |
Neck Injury Risk |
42% |
48% |
Neck Stress |
151 lbs. |
206 lbs. |
Leg Forces (l/r) |
33/16 lbs. |
152/207 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does side impact tests on new vehicles. In this test, which crashes the vehicle into a flat barrier at 38.5 MPH and into a post at 20 MPH, results indicate that the Kia Sportage is safer than the Hyundai Venue:
|
Sportage |
Venue |
|
Front Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
87 |
154 |
Chest Movement |
.7 inches |
1.1 inches |
Abdominal Force |
104 G’s |
215 G’s |
|
Rear Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
Spine Acceleration |
56 G’s |
82 G’s |
Hip Force |
465 lbs. |
843 lbs. |
|
Into Pole |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
301 |
343 |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.