2010 Toyota Avalon

large car / 4-door sedan

2010 Toyota Avalon 4-door sedan
2006 Toyota Avalon shown

Crashworthiness

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

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: 2005 Toyota Avalon XLS 4-door
Rating applies to 2005-12 models

The Toyota Avalon was redesigned for the 2005 model year and mildly restyled for the 2011 model year. Its size and weight were increased sufficiently to reclassify it as a large family car beginning with the 2005 models. (Earlier models were classified as midsize moderately priced cars.)

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
A
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0515
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 6
Left (cm) 8
Center (cm) 8
Right (cm) 5
Brake pedal (cm) 5
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 2
Right (cm) 1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 1
Rearward (cm) -2
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0515
Head
HIC-15 166
Peak gs at hard contact 25
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.4
Extension bending moment (Nm) 18
Maximum Nij 0.24
Chest maximum compression (mm) 31
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.4
Femur force - right (kN) 1.8
Knee displacement - left (mm) 5
Knee displacement - right (mm) 13
Maximum tibia index - left 0.71
Maximum tibia index - right 0.72
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.8
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.4
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 59
Right 65

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2006 Toyota Avalon XL 4-door with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2005-12 models

The Toyota Avalon was redesigned for the 2005 model year and mildly restyled for the 2011 model year. Its size and weight were increased sufficiently to reclassify it as a large family car beginning with the 2005 models. (Earlier models were classified as midsize moderately priced cars.)

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
A
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
A
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 CES0617
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -9.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0617
Head HIC-15 350
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.8
Compression (kN) 0.1
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 50
Lateral force (kN) 2.2
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 40
Average deflection (mm) 35
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.76
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.62
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.9
Acetabulum force (kN) 3.3
Combined force (kN) 4.1
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.4
L-M moment (Nm) 105
A-P moment (Nm) 53

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0617
Head HIC-15 207
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.2
Compression (kN) 0.2
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 42
Lateral force (kN) 1.5
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 45
Average deflection (mm) 32
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 4.97
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.89
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.2
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.3
Combined force (kN) 3.0
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 1.1
L-M moment (Nm) 116
A-P moment (Nm) 30

About the original side crash test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Power Leather Seat (AHR)

Overall evaluation
G
Dynamic rating
G
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Power Leather Seat (AHR)
Geometry
Backset (mm) 50
Distance below top of head (mm) 44
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 13.6
Head contact time (ms) 64
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 61
Max neck tension (N) 515

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