Top Safety Pick

2011 Ford Taurus

large car / 4-door sedan

Crashworthiness

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

Other available safety features

Optional blind spot detection

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 2010-19 models

Tested vehicle: 2010 Ford Taurus Limited 4-door 4WD

The Ford Taurus was re-engineered and restyled for the 2010 model year. Moderate overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Ford.

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	VTF0821
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm)	5
Left (cm)	6
Center (cm)	7
Right (cm)	7
Brake pedal (cm)	3
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm)	3
Right (cm)	2
Steering column movement
Upward (cm)	1
Rearward (cm)	-2
A-pillar rearward movement (cm)	1

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	VTF0821
Head
HIC-15	178
Peak gs at hard contact	no contact
Neck
Tension (kN)	1.3
Extension bending moment (Nm)	13
Maximum Nij	0.33
Chest maximum compression (mm)	39
Legs
Femur force - left (kN)	0.3
Femur force - right (kN)	0.2
Knee displacement - left (mm)	2
Knee displacement - right (mm)	1
Maximum tibia index - left	0.36
Maximum tibia index - right	0.59
Tibia axial force - left (kN)	2.0
Tibia axial force - right (kN)	1.4
Foot acceleration (g)
Left	55
Right	64

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2010-19 models

Tested vehicle: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO 4-door 4WD with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags

The Ford Taurus was re-engineered and restyled for the 2010 model year. Side ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Ford.

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	VTS0802
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm)	-12.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	VTS0802
Head HIC-15	123
Neck
Tension (kN)	0.8
Compression (kN)	0.5
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm)	37
Lateral force (kN)	1.4
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm)	37
Average deflection (mm)	31
Maximum deflection rate (m/s)	4.00
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s)	0.50
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN)	2.6
Acetabulum force (kN)	2.7
Combined force (kN)	5.1
Left femur
L-M force (kN)	0.1
L-M moment (Nm)	75
A-P moment (Nm)	19

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	VTS0802
Head HIC-15	207
Neck
Tension (kN)	0.2
Compression (kN)	0.4
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm)	34
Lateral force (kN)	1.6
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm)	43
Average deflection (mm)	33
Maximum deflection rate (m/s)	5.10
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s)	0.80
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN)	0.9
Acetabulum force (kN)	3.3
Combined force (kN)	3.6
Left femur
L-M force (kN)	0.1
L-M moment (Nm)	103
A-P moment (Nm)	24

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Rating applies to 2010-19 models

Tested vehicle: 2010 Ford Taurus SEL 4-door

Overall evaluation
Curb weight	3,972 lbs
Peak force	16,759 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio	4.22

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Power leather seats

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry

Technical measurements for this test

Seat type	Power leather seats
Geometry
Backset (mm)	25
Distance below top of head (mm)	22
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail	Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g)	10.1
Head contact time (ms)	58
Force rating	1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N)	16
Max neck tension (N)	545

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