The Toyota Corolla 2014 showed good performance on four tests but received marginal rating on structural performance which happened to be a critical test.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), a non-profit organization dedicated in reducing highway crash deaths, injuries, and property damage losses. It provides crash test certification to various cars being sold in the United States. The latest car that underwent crash test is the compact car of the Japanese carmaker Toyota—Toyota Corolla 2014 model.
The IIHS crash test measures the ability of the car in protecting its passengers during a crash. The car will be given ratings—good, acceptable, marginal, poor—based on the performance in five tests: moderate overlap front, small overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraints.
Toyota Corolla received “good” ratings on moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraints. As for the small overlap front, it got a marginal rating only. The small overlap front test measures level of injury it can give to driver particularly on the head, neck, chest, legs, and feet.
During the crash test, there was no problem on airbag deployment and the movement of the dummy was well-controlled. The risk of injuries on the upper part of the body is low but the evaluators ruled out the lower leg injuries would be possible. Structure and safety cage got “poor” ratings.
“Structural performance was poor and the driver's space was seriously compromised by intruding structure,” the independent, nonprofit IIHS said in a statement. “Measures from the dummy indicate that injuries to the left lower leg would be possible in a real-world crash of this severity.”
Because of the marginal rating the car received on one tests, IIHS will not be giving the Toyota Corolla 2014 the label “Top Safety Pick Plus.” A car must receive either “acceptable” or “good” on the small overlap front overall evaluation.
Toyota promised to take necessary measures to improve the structural performance of Toyota Corolla 2014.
"With this new test, the Institute has raised the bar again, and we are responding to the challenge," Toyota said in a statement. "We are looking at a range of solutions to achieve greater crash performance in this area."
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