Civic Type R Safety Features

What’s the Benefit?

Excellent safety performance helps Civic Type R occupants enjoy their time in the car with great confidence.

The Feature:

In an effort to provide enhanced protection for its vehicle occupants, Honda has embraced a comprehensive approach to vehicle safety performance, which seeks to provide top-level occupant protection inside all of our cars and trucks—regardless of size or price. The engineers have designed the vehicle to perform at a high level of safety.

The Type R comes with the following standard features that help safety performance:

• Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure
• Driver's and front passenger's advanced front airbags (i-SRS)
• Driver's and front passenger's front side airbags
• Driver's and front passenger's knee airbags
• Rear outboard passengers' side airbags
• Side curtain airbags with rollover sensor
• Anti-lock braking system (ABS), Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD) and Brake Assist
• Vehicle Stability Assist™ (VSA^®)⁵ with traction control
• Three-point seat belts at all seating positions
• Front and rear three-point seat belts with automatic tensioning system
• Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren (LATCH) system in the rear seating positions
• Seat-belt reminder for all seating positions
• Child-proof rear door locks
• Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)⁶
• LED Daytime Running Lights (DRL)
• Multi-angle rearview camera⁷