Top Safety Pick

2013 Toyota 4Runner

midsize SUV / 4-door SUV

Award applies only to vehicles built after October 2012

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria	Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
Side: original test
Roof strength
Head restraints & seats

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Evaluation criteria	Rating
Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle	Not available

Key

G
Good
A
Acceptable
M
Marginal
P
Poor

Superior
Advanced
Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 2010-24 models

Tested vehicle: 2010 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4-door 4wd

The Toyota 4Runner was redesigned for the 2010 model year. Frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Toyota.

Evaluation criteria	Rating
Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Leg/foot, left
Leg/foot, right
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics

Technical measurements for this test

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	VTF0910
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm)	9
Left (cm)	11
Center (cm)	12
Right (cm)	10
Brake pedal (cm)	3
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm)	0
Right (cm)	1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm)	-5
Rearward (cm)	-5
A-pillar rearward movement (cm)	1

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	VTF0910
Head
HIC-15	357
Peak gs at hard contact	71
Neck
Tension (kN)	1.5
Extension bending moment (Nm)	22
Maximum Nij	0.30
Chest maximum compression (mm)	21
Legs
Femur force - left (kN)	1.5
Femur force - right (kN)	1.6
Knee displacement - left (mm)	3
Knee displacement - right (mm)	1
Maximum tibia index - left	0.49
Maximum tibia index - right	0.31
Tibia axial force - left (kN)	2.6
Tibia axial force - right (kN)	3.3
Foot acceleration (g)
Left	94
Right	111

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2010-13 models

Tested vehicle: 2010 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4-door 4wd with front and second row head curtain airbags and front seat-mounted torso airbags (vehicle not equipped with third row seats)

The Toyota 4Runner was redesigned for the 2010 model year. Side ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Toyota.

Evaluation criteria	Rating
Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Driver head protection
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Rear passenger head protection

Technical measurements for this test

Test ID	VTS1002
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm)	-16.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	VTS1002
Head HIC-15	126
Neck
Tension (kN)	0.0
Compression (kN)	0.7
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm)	35
Lateral force (kN)	1.8
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm)	23
Average deflection (mm)	21
Maximum deflection rate (m/s)	3.30
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s)	0.29
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN)	1.5
Acetabulum force (kN)	3.2
Combined force (kN)	4.6
Left femur
L-M force (kN)	1.0
L-M moment (Nm)	57
A-P moment (Nm)	-149

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	VTS1002
Head HIC-15	120
Neck
Tension (kN)	0.5
Compression (kN)	0.1
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm)	28
Lateral force (kN)	1.6
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm)	29
Average deflection (mm)	17
Maximum deflection rate (m/s)	2.90
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s)	0.31
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN)	0.3
Acetabulum force (kN)	2.7
Combined force (kN)	2.6
Left femur
L-M force (kN)	1.0
L-M moment (Nm)	24
A-P moment (Nm)	53

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Rating applies to 2013-23 models built after October 2012

Tested vehicle: 2013 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4-door 4wd

Overall evaluation
Curb weight	4,585 lbs
Peak force	18,866 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio	4.11

Rating applies to 2010-13 models built before November 2012

Tested vehicle: 2010 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4-door 4wd

Overall evaluation
Curb weight	4,734 lbs
Peak force	18,334 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio	3.87

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Manual cloth seats AHR

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry

Technical measurements for this test

Seat type	Manual cloth seats AHR
Geometry
Backset (mm)	44
Distance below top of head (mm)	30
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail	Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g)	11.4
Head contact time (ms)	68
Force rating	1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N)	44
Max neck tension (N)	532

About the head restraint & seat test
Currently, IIHS tests apply only to front seats.