The Venue’s driver alert monitor detects an inattentive driver then sounds a warning and suggests a break. According to the NHTSA, drivers who fall asleep cause about 100,000 crashes and 1500 deaths a year. The Renegade doesn’t offer a driver alert monitor.
Both the Venue and the Renegade 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, lane departure warning systems, rearview cameras, available daytime running lights, blind spot warning systems and rear cross-path warning.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does 35 MPH front crash tests on new vehicles. In this test, results indicate that the Hyundai Venue is safer than the Jeep Renegade:
|
Venue |
Renegade |
|
Driver |
|
STARS |
4 Stars |
4 Stars |
Neck Stress |
270 lbs. |
332 lbs. |
|
Passenger |
|
STARS |
4 Stars |
4 Stars |
HIC |
280 |
363 |
Neck Stress |
206 lbs. |
221 lbs. |
Leg Forces (l/r) |
152/207 lbs. |
290/322 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, results indicate that the Hyundai Venue is safer than the Jeep Renegade:
|
Venue |
Renegade |
|
Front Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
Hip Force |
275 lbs. |
320 lbs. |
|
Rear Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
3 Stars |
HIC |
223 |
322 |
Hip Force |
843 lbs. |
1087 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
Instrumented handling tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and analysis of its dimensions indicate that the Venue is 3.6% to 8.5% less likely to roll over than the Renegade.
For its top level performance in IIHS driver and passenger-side small overlap frontal, moderate overlap frontal, side impact, roof strength and head restraint tests, its standard vehicle-to-vehicle front crash prevention system, its standard vehicle-to-pedestrian front crash prevention system, and its available headlight’s “Acceptable” rating, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety grants the Venue the rating of “Top Pick” for 2021, a rating granted to only 128 vehicles tested by the IIHS. The Renegade last would have qualified as a “Top Pick” in 2019.