Independent safety agency ANCAP has awarded a five-star safety rating to the new Toyota Land Cruiser 300 series, reporting that the vehicle performed well across all areas of assessment.
It received the second highest score to date for Vulnerable Road User protection under ANCAP’s 2020 – 2022 protocols, with a score of 81%.
The five-star safety rating applies to all Land Cruiser 300 series variants with the exception of the GR Sport, which was not assessed.
The Land Cruiser 300 series is able to avoid collisions with pedestrians when turning across their path, and showed good performance in all forward pedestrian autonomous emergency braking (AEB) tests, with collisions avoided or mitigated across all scenarios, according to ANCAP.
“The protection the Toyota Land Cruiser 300 series offers to vulnerable road users, including pedestrians and cyclists, is impressive for a large SUV,” ANCAP chief executive Carla Hoorweg says.
The Toyota Land Cruiser 300 series scored well in the assessment area of Adult Occupant Protection with a score of 89%, although it did present a higher risk to occupants of an oncoming vehicle and the full penalty for vehicle compatibility was applied.
It is fitted with dual frontal, side chest-protecting and side head-protecting airbags, as well as driver and passenger knee airbags, as standard. While the Land Cruiser 300 series is not fitted with a centre airbag, prevention of excursion (movement towards the other side of the vehicle) in the far side impact tests was assessed as good, and full points were awarded
The Toyota Land Cruiser 300 series also scored full points for protection offered to child occupants in the MPDB and side impact tests, with a score of 88% in this assessment area. However, top tether anchorages are not available in the third row and installation of child restraints is not recommended in these seats.
In the assessment area of Safety Assist, the Toyota Land Cruiser 300 series performed well with a score of 77%. It is fitted with an AEB – Car-to-Car system, which avoided or mitigated collisions in most test scenarios, and a lane support system (LSS).
“Larger, heavier vehicles always present higher risks for other road users and this is why ANCAP focusses on a vehicle’s ability to either avoid a crash, or reduce its impact, through our suite of Safety Assist tests,” Hoorweg says.
“The safety specifications in the new generation Toyota Land Cruiser are a welcome update to its predecessor. The five-star ANCAP safety rating will be good news for fleet buyers, rural users, and families across Australia and New Zealand,” she says.
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