
The Mitsubishi i-MiEV has achieved 4-star safety following the EuroNCAP methodology. For this vehicle the European agency provides the following safety protection percentages: 73% for adults, 78% for children, 48% for pedestrians and 86% on active safety systems.

According to EuroNCAP, the vehicle is classified in the segment "supermini", which may make comparisons to combustion engine models like the Renault Twingo, Volkswagen Fox, Smart ForTwo.