EyeSight on the Forester avoided a car target at up to 43 mph

In a tougher IIHS front crash test of April 2024, EyeSight on the 2023-24 Subaru Forester avoided a passenger car target at 31, 37 and 43 mph. It was the only small SUV rated good.

  • Not rated a person

    Drivers and passengers stand to gain, but IIHS reports track tests and no crash outcomes.

  • Not rated society

    Motorcyclists and people in vehicles ahead stand to gain, but IIHS 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 nine other small SUVs in the first round of the updated IIHS test. Measured.

The system’s part
Not isolated. IIHS tested the Forester with EyeSight on and compared it with nine other small SUVs in the same test, with no run without the system. IIHS does not describe the sensors or the software, and neither IIHS document shows that the system learns from data.
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Benefit type
Increased Product Safety
System
EyeSight forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking, as fitted to the 2023-24 Subaru Forester
Made by
Subaru
Used by
Subaru (standard on the 2023-24 Forester)
Where
United States
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.

    Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Few small SUVs excel in new IIHS front crash prevention test. News release, 25 April 2024, section Evaluating performance.

    The good-rated Forester avoided a collision with the passenger car target at every test speed, avoided hitting the motorcycle target at 31 and 37 mph, and slowed by an average of 30 mph before hitting the motorcycle target in the 43 mph tests.

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

    Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. 2023 Subaru Forester 4-door SUV, front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle 2.0. Vehicle ratings page, read on 1 November 2026.

    Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle 2.0 System details standard EyeSight

Details

AI system

Workflow

EyeSight was standard on the 2023-24 Forester. IIHS ran trials at 31, 37 and 43 mph with car and motorcycle targets centered and offset in the lane. An engineer drove the car at each target and recorded the warning time and the speed reduction.

Follow-up

Conditions for replication

The driver brakes or steers when nearing a motorcycle at 43 mph, since the system slowed the car but hit the target at that speed. The driver steers or brakes for a large truck ahead, since IIHS tested only the warning with the trailer.

Entry details

Sector

Road vehicle crash avoidance.

Purpose

Subaru built EyeSight to warn the driver of a likely frontal crash and to brake automatically to avoid or soften it.

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Cite this record

Peter H. Vartanian. (2026). EyeSight on the Forester avoided a car target at up to 43 mph (AIBD-0977). Artificial Intelligence Benefits Database, edition of 1 November 2026. https://petervartanian.xyz/aibd/records/AIBD-0977.html (archived at https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AADSII, version 7.0)

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