Impact Absorbing Body Structure / High Integrity Cabin

GOA, collision safety body structure helps reduce injury to passengers in the event of a collision.

Suppression of cabin intrusion and absorption of impact are effective in reducing injury to occupants during a collision. According to data, the rate of severe injury shows a sudden increase past a certain threshold of cabin intrusion(Figure 1). Using a highly efficient, impact-absorbing body structure and a high-strength cabin, Toyota has designed a collision safety body to preserve residual space for passengers and help reduce injury during a collision.

Figure 1

Protect occupants with impact absorbing body and a high strength cabin.

In order to help reduce the impact on the occupants during a collision and reduce cabin deformation, crumple zones at the front and rear of the vehicle absorb the impact with high efficiency, and the cabin uses a body structure that is strong and does not deform easily. To help protect occupants during side collisions, in which little crumple zone is available, a high-strength body frame, including the center pillar and the floor cross member, absorbs the impact with decreased deformation.

Pursuing the high collision safety performance in the world.

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Toyota's own stringent collision safety performance goals are some of the most rigorous in the world, and have been developed based on the safety standards of many countries and accident data in Japan, Europe, and the U.S. For example, in 1995, Toyota became one of the first automakers to adopt safety standards for front offset collisions, and has since been making advances in developing safe vehicle body structures and restraint devices to enhance vehicle-to-vehicle compatibility, pedestrian protection, and whiplash injury reduction in a wide range of accident types.

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