Toyota Safety Sense on the RAV4 gives Advanced pedestrian braking

In ANCAP's 2020 comparison of pedestrian braking on Australia's ten best-selling models, the Toyota RAV4 was one of five that gave Advanced performance.

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    Pedestrians stand to gain, but ANCAP reports track tests and no crash outcomes.

Depth runs from 1, a convenience or time saved, to 5, a life or a livelihood preserved.

Status
Reported benefit.
Evidence

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Two independent assessment reports support the benefit.

Compared with

The pedestrian braking on the Hyundai i30, Mitsubishi Triton and Mitsubishi ASX in the same comparison. Measured.

The system’s part
Not isolated. ANCAP compared the braking of ten models and ran no test without a system, so the results describe the systems on the track. ANCAP reports that the RAV4's system detects pedestrians and cyclists and works by day and at night. It does not describe the sensors or how the system recognizes people, and no ANCAP document shows that the detection learns from data.
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Benefit type
Increased Product Safety
System
Toyota Safety Sense (pre-collision system with pedestrian detection), as fitted to the Toyota RAV4 (2019)
Made by
Toyota
Used by
Toyota (standard on the RAV4)
Where
Australia and New Zealand
Stage
In routine use
Date
, when the source was published
Kind
Aggregate result
Broad benefit
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events, Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
Collections
Scrutiny and findings, Cross-border records
Last revised
1 November 2026

Sources

  1. Assessment report, by authors with no tie to the system.

    ANCAP (Australasian New Car Assessment Program). Comparison tests of top 10 sellers show advances in AEB systems. Media release, 19 November 2020.

    The results obtained through the top ten comparison show a broad difference in effectiveness of AEB systems across models, with five providing Advanced levels of performance (Toyota Hilux, Toyota Corolla, Mazda CX-5, Mazda 3 and Toyota RAV4).

  2. Assessment report, by authors with no tie to the system.

    ANCAP. Safety rating technical report, Toyota RAV4 (May 2019 to December 2025, all variants). Rating published 22 May 2019, updated March 2023.

    The AEB system showed GOOD performance in pedestrian test scenarios, in both daylight and low light.

Details

AI system

Workflow

ANCAP compared the pedestrian braking of Australia's ten best-selling models in scenarios of pedestrians crossing and walking along the road. The RAV4's earlier ANCAP rating included tests of pedestrian braking in daylight and low light.

Follow-up

Conditions for replication

The results cover pedestrian scenarios only. The results do not replace or alter the RAV4's ANCAP safety rating.

Entry details

Sector

Road vehicle crash avoidance.

Purpose

Toyota built Toyota Safety Sense to warn the driver and brake automatically when a collision with a vehicle, pedestrian or cyclist is likely.

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Cite this record

Peter H. Vartanian. (2026). Toyota Safety Sense on the RAV4 gives Advanced pedestrian braking (AIBD-0972). Artificial Intelligence Benefits Database, edition of 1 November 2026. https://petervartanian.xyz/aibd/records/AIBD-0972.html (archived at https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AADSII, version 7.0)

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