Toyota Tacoma Safety Review
When you’re shopping for a pickup truck, you may be comparing towing capacity, off-road performance, and technology features. Vehicle safety, however, is an important part of the equation, especially when you’re looking for a heavy-duty vehicle that’s meant to do tough work, such as the Toyota Tacoma.
Drivers in Daytona Beach, Palm Coast, and Ormond Beach can learn more about the safety ratings, and passive and advanced safety features with our Toyota Tacoma safety review.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Testing
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is a federal safety testing organization that rates vehicles based on one to five stars in front crash, side crash, and rollover tests. It also assigns an overall safety test rating based on the subcategory scores.
For the NHTSA testing, the Toyota Tacoma scored exceptionally well in all subcategories, as well as overall.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is a non-profit, independent testing organization that uses many different tests to evaluate a vehicle’s crashworthiness, headlight reach, roof strength, and child safety seat installation. It rates vehicles on a scale of “Poor” to “Good,” as well as awarding vehicles with the TOP SAFETY PICK or TOP SAFETY PICK+ designation for top performers.
The Toyota Tacoma received “Good” scores on all the IIHS individual tests, including testing designed to rate the ability of advanced safety features to prevent or mitigate collisions.Passive Safety Features
The Toyota Tacoma’s exceptional safety test scores are due in part to its standard passive safety equipment. The Tacoma comes with driver, passenger, front head, rear head, and front side airbags standard, as well as a passenger airbag on/off switch. Electronic stability control, daytime running lights, traction control, brake assist, anti-lock brakes, and front tow hooks are also standard.
Advanced Safety Features
Aside from its passive safety equipment, the Toyota Tacoma includes many of the Toyota Safety Sense™ P advanced safety technology standard on all models. Automatic high beams, a rearview camera, front automated emergency braking, Lane Departure Warning, Forward Collision Warning, and Adaptive Cruise Control are included with this system. All these technologies are designed to alert you to a potential crash from the front or side, and help you to avoid a crash if you don’t react quickly enough.
Additional advanced safety features, such as Blind Spot Monitoring, Rear Cross-Traffic Alert, and rear parking sensors are also available upgrades, though this is still an impressive amount of standard technology in this class.
Test Drive the Toyota Tacoma at Daytona Toyota
The Toyota Tacoma is one of the safest trucks you can choose, due to its solid design, passive safety equipment, and array of standard advanced safety features. Whether you’re choosing a truck for towing, off-roading, or just driving around town, you’ll experience the confidence and security that comes from knowing you’re protected behind the wheel.
Drivers in Daytona Beach, Palm Coast, and Ormond Beach can learn more about the safety equipment and safety testing for the Toyota Tacoma when they visit Daytona Toyota. Feel free to call or stop by today to find out what makes the Toyota Tacoma a great choice for your next truck and schedule your test drive!