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What is Collision Safety? |
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Collision Safety is safety technology that minimizes the injuries that people in a car suffer, if that car is in an accident. |
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The collision-safety body structure GOA provides added protection from crushing in the areas where people are in the car if there is an accident. |
lmost all vehicles sold by Toyota now use the collision-safety body structure GOA. If the car happens to be hit by something, the front and back of the car crush more easily; this helps to absorb the impact of the crash. The cabin of the car where people sit is made to be very strong so it won’t cave in, protecting the people inside. |
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The most important equipment for protecting people during a crash are seatbelts. Toyota is working on developing even safer seatbelts for the driver's seat and the passenger's seat - of course - and also for the backseats. Toyota is also working on improving the safety performance of equipment such as child seats for babies.
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When the car crashes into something, the airbags quickly inflate to act as a cushion to keep people's heads and chests from striking the steering wheel or other hard objects. Airbags are extremely effective when people are wearing their seatbelts. You should always remember to buckle up when you're in a car.
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When the front of the car crashes into something, SRS (Supplemental Restraint System) Airbags for the driver's side and the passenger's side inflate. |
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When something crashes into the sides of the car, SRS* Curtain Shield Airbags and SRS* Side Airbags inflate, softening impacts to the head and chest. Curtain Shield Airbags are like curtains in the way they cover the side of the car from the front to the back. |
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SRS* Knee Airbags soften impacts to the knees and other lower parts of the body. |
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If a vehicle is hit from behind the rear window curtain shield airbag lessens the impact on the heads of the SRS* rear-seat passengers. |
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The SRS* rear-seat center airbag helps reduce injury caused by the rear-seat passengers colliding into each other in the case of a collision to the side of the vehicle. |
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| * SRS stands for “supplemental restraint system,” and refers to systems that assist seatbelts in keeping passengers safe. |
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When a car is hit from behind, an occupant’s lower back presses against the seatback and a built-in system moves the headrest up diagonally.
This quickly catches the person's head and lessens the impact to the neck, reducing whiplash injury. |
An image of the headrest moving. |
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This body has been developed to lessen head and leg injuries to pedestrians when they are hit by a car. The hood, front bumpers and other areas have been specially designed.
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The red areas show the parts that are specially designed to soften impacts to the head and legs of pedestrians. |
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| THUMS is a human model created by computers to measure the effect of collisions on the human body. Bones, skin, ligaments, internal organs, even the brain, are all simulated with an accuracy that closely mimics the human body. THUMS helps determine the cause of the various injuries that occur in accidents and helps predict injury levels for different parts of the body. |
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