Nissan has won an award in America in honour of its work in making advanced safety and driver-assistance technologies widely available and easy for families to use.
The manufacturer won the accolade for ‘Best Standard Assist and Safety Features’ as part of the 2026 Best Family Cars Awards run by the family lifestyle website Parents.
To determine this year’s winners, Parents experts spent months test‑driving more than 150 vehicles across every major segment, evaluating safety technology, ease of installation for child seats, real-world drivability and overall family readiness.
Judges noted that while advanced driver assistance and safety features have become more common across the industry, Nissan stands out for delivering a robust suite of technologies paired with simple, intuitive operation.
Additional confidence
Parents praised Nissan for thoughtful integration of safety and driver-assist features that enhance the driving experience without unnecessary complexity, offering families meaningful protection the moment they get behind the wheel.
The award specifically recognises Nissan’s ProPILOT Assist system and the brand’s Safety Shield 360 technologies. ProPILOT Assist streamlines highway driving with single‑button activation and clear dashboard indicators, helping manage speed, lane centering and steering support.
ProPILOT Assist 2.12, Nissan’s most advanced driver assistance technology, allows attentive drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel in single-lane freeway operation, while the system handles acceleration, steering and braking on more than 200,000 miles of compatible highways.
Safety Shield 360 provides an additional layer of confidence with six standard features: Automatic Emergency Braking with Pedestrian Detection; Rear Automatic Braking; Blind Spot Warning; Rear Cross-Traffic Alert; Lane Departure Warning and High Beam Assist.
Using cameras, radar and sonar, these systems monitor the area around the vehicle to help prevent collisions and increase driver awareness – supporting families in a wide range of daily driving scenarios.