2026 Lexus TX

midsize luxury SUV / 4-door SUV

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteriaRating
Small overlap front
A

Key

GGood
AAcceptable
MMarginal
PPoor
Superior
Advanced
Basic

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

Small overlap front

The small overlap front evaluation consists of a driver-side and a passenger-side component. If the results of the two evaluations differ, then the combined small overlap rating is equal to the lower rating.

Driver-side

Tested vehicle: 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander XLE 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2024-26 models

The Toyota Grand Highlander and Lexus TX were introduced for the 2024 model year.

Evaluation criteriaRating
Overall driver-side evaluation
A
Structure and safety cage
A
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
A
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID CEN2308
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm) 6
Footrest (cm) 5
Left toepan (cm) 4
Brake pedal (cm) 3
Parking brake (cm)
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) 1
Upper occupant compartment
Steering column 5
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) 7
Upper dash (cm) 10
Lower instrument panel (cm) 8

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID CEN2308
Head
HIC-15 112
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.3
Extension bending moment (Nm) 30
Maximum Nij 0.38
Chest maximum compression (mm) 21
Femur (kN)
Left 3.5
Right 1.3
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 7
Right 3
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 1
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.69
Right 0.57
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 1.3
Right 2.2
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 92
Right 62

Passenger-side

Tested vehicle: 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander XLE 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2024-26 models

The Toyota Grand Highlander and Lexus TX were introduced for the 2024 model year. Passenger-side small overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2024 Grand Highlander conducted by Toyota.

Evaluation criteriaRating
Overall passenger-side evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
A
Passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
G
Passenger restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on passenger side

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID VTP2318
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm) 9
Footrest (cm) 7
Right toepan (cm) 6
Center toepan (cm) 4
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) 0
Upper occupant compartment
Center dash (cm) 6
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) 6
Upper dash (cm) 10
Right lower dash (cm) 8

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID VTP2318
Head
HIC-15 62
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.9
Extension bending moment (Nm) 17
Maximum Nij 0.24
Chest maximum compression (mm) 16
Femur (kN)
Left 0.1
Right 5.4
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 2
Right 9
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.29
Right 0.53
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 0.9
Right 0.5
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 47
Right 58

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID VTP2318
Head
HIC-15 71
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.9
Extension bending moment (Nm) 7
Maximum Nij 0.18
Chest maximum compression (mm) 30
Femur (kN)
Left 1.0
Right 0.9
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 2
Right 2
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.28
Right 0.40
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 0.8
Right 1.4
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 36
Right 43

About the small overlap front test