2010 Toyota Corolla

small car / 4-door sedan

2010 Toyota Corolla 4-door sedan

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Side: original test
G
Roof strength
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: 2009 Toyota Corolla XLE 4 dr
Rating applies to 2009-13 models

The Toyota Corolla was redesigned for the 2009 model year. 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
A
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 VTF0802
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 7
Left (cm) 8
Center (cm) 11
Right (cm) 6
Brake pedal (cm) 3
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 3
Right (cm) 3
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 1
Rearward (cm) 2
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 3

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTF0802
Head
HIC-15 326
Peak gs at hard contact 72
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.3
Extension bending moment (Nm) 18
Maximum Nij 0.23
Chest maximum compression (mm) 39
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.6
Femur force - right (kN) 0.6
Knee displacement - left (mm) 0
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.43
Maximum tibia index - right 0.73
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.4
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 3.9
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 47
Right 55

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2009 Toyota Corolla LE 4-door with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2009-13 models

The Toyota Corolla was redesigned for the 2009 model year.

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
A
Rear passenger head protection
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES0848
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -14.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0848
Head HIC-15 293
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.4
Compression (kN) 0.1
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 49
Lateral force (kN) 1.5
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 30
Average deflection (mm) 25
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 1.93
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.26
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.8
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.5
Combined force (kN) 3.2
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.9
L-M moment (Nm) 135
A-P moment (Nm) 58

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0848
Head HIC-15 153
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.1
Compression (kN) 1.0
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 29
Lateral force (kN) 1.3
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 27
Average deflection (mm) 20
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.72
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.36
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 2.6
Acetabulum force (kN) 3.2
Combined force (kN) 5.2
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.4
L-M moment (Nm) 83
A-P moment (Nm) 20

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Tested vehicle: 2010 Toyota Corolla LE 4-door
Rating applies to 2009-13 models

Overall evaluation
G
Curb weight 2,749 lbs
Peak force 14,006 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 5.09

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Manual cloth seats AHR

Overall evaluation
G
Dynamic rating
G
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Manual cloth seats AHR
Geometry
Backset (mm) 42
Distance below top of head (mm) 49
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 15.0
Head contact time (ms) 67
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 32
Max neck tension (N) 574

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