2009 Toyota RAV4

small SUV / 4-door SUV

2009 Toyota RAV4 4-door SUV

Crashworthiness

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

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 2006-12 models

Tested vehicle: 2006 Toyota RAV4 Limited 4-door 4wd

The Toyota RAV4 was redesigned and enlarged for the 2006 model year. Frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Toyota.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
A
Chest
G
Leg/foot, left
G
Leg/foot, right
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTF0601
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 4
Left (cm) 9
Center (cm) 8
Right (cm) 5
Brake pedal (cm) 6
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 2
Right (cm) 1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 3
Rearward (cm) -2
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 1

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTF0601
Head
HIC-15 442
Peak gs at hard contact 93
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.3
Extension bending moment (Nm) 13
Maximum Nij 0.25
Chest maximum compression (mm) 27
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 4.3
Femur force - right (kN) 1.3
Knee displacement - left (mm) 0
Knee displacement - right (mm) 2
Maximum tibia index - left 0.44
Maximum tibia index - right 0.38
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.2
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.1
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 68
Right 111

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2007-12 models

Tested vehicle: 2006 Toyota RAV4 4-door 4wd with optional front and second row head curtain airbags and optional front seat-mounted torso airbags

The Toyota RAV4 was redesigned and enlarged for the 2006 model year. Beginning with 2007 models, side airbags were made standard (they were optional in 2006 models).

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

View of the vehicle and barrier just after the crash test.

View of the vehicle after the crash with doors removed, showing the side airbags and damage to the occupant compartment.

Smeared greasepaint shows where the driver dummy's head was protected from being hit by hard structures by the side curtain airbag.

Smeared greasepaint shows where the rear passenger dummy’s head was protected by the side airbag.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES0626
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -7.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0626
Head HIC-15 201
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.3
Compression (kN) 0.2
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 40
Lateral force (kN) 1.8
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 30
Average deflection (mm) 25
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.00
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.33
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.7
Acetabulum force (kN) 3.4
Combined force (kN) 5.1
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.6
L-M moment (Nm) 83
A-P moment (Nm) -22

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0626
Head HIC-15 117
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.2
Compression (kN) 0.4
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 31
Lateral force (kN) 1.9
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 38
Average deflection (mm) 22
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.26
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.62
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.1
Acetabulum force (kN) 3.2
Combined force (kN) 3.9
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.9
L-M moment (Nm) 68
A-P moment (Nm) 28

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Rating applies to 2006-12 models

Tested vehicle: 2009 Toyota RAV4 4-door 2wd

(Curb weight from 2006 Toyota RAV4 4-door 4wd)

Overall evaluation
A
Curb weight 3,493 lbs
Peak force 12,082 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 3.46

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Manual cloth seats AHR

Overall evaluation
G
Dynamic rating
G
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Manual cloth seats AHR
Geometry
Backset (mm) 33
Distance below top of head (mm) 32
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 12.3
Head contact time (ms) 59
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 1
Max neck tension (N) 426

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