Crash Test 2009 Toyota Venza / Toyota Mark X Zio (Frontal Impact) IIHS

Toyota Venza
2009 models
2009 Top Safety Pick 2009 Toyota Venza: good performance in front, side, and rear tests and standard electronic stability control
FRONTAL OFFSET TEST

OVERALL EVALUATION: Good
Structure/safety cage Injury measures Restraints/dummy kinematics
Head/neck Chest Leg/foot, left Leg/foot, right
Good Acceptable Good Good Good Good

Important: Frontal crash test ratings can be compared only among vehicles of similar weight.
Test details:

The Toyota Venza was introduced in the 2009 model year.

Restraints/dummy kinematics — Dummy movement was well controlled. During rebound, the dummy's head hit the roof rail.

Injury measures — Measures taken from the neck, chest, and both legs indicate low risk of injuries to these body regions in a crash of this severity. A high head acceleration occurred when the dummy's head hit the steering wheel through the airbag, indicating that head injuries would be possible. Head acceleration from the roof rail hit was low.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Crash
• Test
• 2009
• Toyota
• Venza
• Mark
• Zio
• (Frontal
• Impact)
• IIHS

[TheFordguy89]

Not bad for its first gen

[supracrew87]

@kosmazawada thats mad old and if it was ask the americans who make the gas pedal for toyota

[UBConquered]

soooooooo, is this thing a station wagon?

[wywywy5]

Billy Mays?

[maccollectorZ]

Um...is it me or was that pretty bad?

[TheMostAwesomeMan242]

@greasemonkey2985 oh okay.

[greasemonkey2985]

@TheMostAwesomeMan242 I'm not saying that, it depends on the car. my point was the seatbelt doesn't actually hold the dummy rigidly in place, it is designed to absorb energy by peeling away. In this case, those peel away ponts seem to be a little too weak. Manufacturers have to find the right balance between restraint, and energy absorption.

[TheMostAwesomeMan242]

@greasemonkey2985 so the person's head would still hit the steering wheel even though he or she is wearing a seatbelt and regardless of the vehicle?

[greasemonkey2985]

@TheMostAwesomeMan242

The seatbelt mount has designed weaknesses in them. Imagine a tin of tuna, it has designed weaknesses in the metal rim so that it can be peeled open using a constant force. The same sort of weaknesses are designed in seat belts to absorb energy and reduce the g-forces on the body. That's why the dummies head still hits the steering wheel.

[TheMostAwesomeMan242]

what i don't understand is seatbelts are suppose to prevent your head hitting the steering wheel but here the dummy is wearing it's seatbelt but yet he hits his head on the steering wheel despite the fact it's wearing it's seatbelt. what's up with that?

[cadennen]

WEEEEEEEEE,I'M FLYING

[Shuffle3956]

what an idiot! he says drivers head would hit the steering wheel through the air bag! No DID YOU EXPECT THE DRIVERS HEAD TO HIT MY DICK THROUGH THE AIR BAG???