2012 Lexus HS 250h

midsize luxury car / 4-door sedan

2012 Lexus HS 250h 4-door sedan
2010 Lexus HS 250h shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Side: original test
G
Roof strength
A
Head restraints & seats
M

Other available safety features

  • Optional lane departure warning
  • Optional lane departure prevention

Key

GGood
AAcceptable
MMarginal
PPoor
Superior
Advanced
Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Moderate overlap front: original test

Tested vehicle: 2010 Lexus HS 250h 4-door
Rating applies to 2010-12 models

The Lexus HS 250h was introduced in the 2010 model year and is derived from the Toyota Prius. Frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Toyota.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Leg/foot, left
G
Leg/foot, right
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTF0911
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 5
Left (cm) 8
Center (cm) 14
Right (cm) 9
Brake pedal (cm) 6
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 2
Right (cm) 2
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 0
Rearward (cm) -3
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 2

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTF0911
Head
HIC-15 146
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.2
Extension bending moment (Nm) 16
Maximum Nij 0.29
Chest maximum compression (mm) 26
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 1.2
Femur force - right (kN) 1.8
Knee displacement - left (mm) 1
Knee displacement - right (mm) 2
Maximum tibia index - left 0.46
Maximum tibia index - right 0.57
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 2.5
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 3.2
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 73
Right 108

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2010 Lexus HS 250h 4-door with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front and rear seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2010-12 models

The Lexus HS 250h was introduced in the 2010 model year and is derived from the Toyota Prius.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis/leg
G
Driver head protection
G
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis/leg
G
Rear passenger head protection
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES1007
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -13.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES1007
Head HIC-15 384
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.9
Compression (kN) 0.2
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 50
Lateral force (kN) 2.2
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 39
Average deflection (mm) 23
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.75
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.63
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.4
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.3
Combined force (kN) 2.4
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.7
L-M moment (Nm) 191
A-P moment (Nm) 47

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES1007
Head HIC-15 32
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.2
Compression (kN) 0.4
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 10
Lateral force (kN) 0.6
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 20
Average deflection (mm) 15
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 1.52
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.14
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.4
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.3
Combined force (kN) 2.6
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.4
L-M moment (Nm) 149
A-P moment (Nm) -18

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Tested vehicle: 2010 Lexus HS 250h 4-door
Rating applies to 2010-12 models

Overall evaluation
A
Curb weight 3,650 lbs
Peak force 13,141 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 3.60

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Power leather seats (AHR) built. after May 2010

Overall evaluation
M
Dynamic rating
M
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Power leather seats (AHR) mfg. after May 2010
Geometry
Backset (mm) 37
Distance below top of head (mm) 44
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Fail
Max T1 acceleration (g) 15.4
Head contact time (ms) 75
Force rating 2
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 151
Max neck tension (N) 618

About the head restraint & seat test
Currently, IIHS tests apply only to front seats.