2002 Toyota Highlander

midsize SUV / 4-door SUV

2002 Toyota Highlander 4-door SUV
2001 Toyota Highlander shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
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: 2001 Toyota Highlander 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2001-07 models

The Toyota Highlander was introduced in the 2001 model year.

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
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 CEF0117
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 6
Left (cm) 7
Center (cm) 8
Right (cm) 8
Brake pedal (cm) 4
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) -1
Right (cm) 1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 5
Rearward (cm) -2
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0117
Head
HIC-15 474
Peak gs at hard contact 83
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.7
Extension bending moment (Nm) 39
Maximum Nij 0.35
Chest maximum compression (mm) 35
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 2.3
Femur force - right (kN) 2.3
Knee displacement - left (mm) 1
Knee displacement - right (mm) 1
Maximum tibia index - left 0.34
Maximum tibia index - right 0.97
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.8
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.2
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 60
Right 83

About the original moderate overlap front test