Toyota Safety Sense Brings Safety to Everyone

Toyota Safety Sense was one of the pioneering active safety technology groups to arrive on the market and when it did, Toyota made it standard on all of its vehicles. For Toyota, technologies that can help keep you and your family safe shouldn’t be optional and they shouldn’t have a dollar sign attached to them.

Since the launch of the first Toyota Safety Sense, Toyota has continuously improved its technology in order for it to be safer and more effective at detecting and preventing accidents. What started as a group including Pre-Collision System (PCS) with Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), Lane Departure Alert (LDA), and more is now a comprehensive driver assistance technology that keeps you out of danger on the road.

Here’s an overview of the various Toyota Safety Sense systems and what they offer. 

Toyota Safety Sense 2.0 

Introduced in 2018, Toyota Safety Sense 2.0 is offered today on numerous Toyota models and is one of the most comprehensive standard active safety suites of technologies. 

• Pre-Collision System with enhanced deceleration capabilities and the ability to help detect a collision with a pedestrian in front of the vehicle during the day and at night, and with bicyclists in front of the vehicle during the day
• Lane Departure Alert enhanced with “road edge detection” to increase the vehicle’s ability to help drivers stay in their lane
• Lane Tracing Assist provides steering support to help the driver keep the vehicle centred in its lane when Dynamic Radar Cruise Control is in operation
• Full-Speed Range Dynamic Radar Cruise Control with enhanced forward recognition and acceleration/deceleration performance across a wide range of speeds. (Full-Speed Range Dynamic Radar Cruise Control not available on vehicles equipped with manual transmissions or conventional parking brakes.)

The updates made to Toyota Safety Sense were designed to improve situational awareness for drivers and account for more situations that could be faced on the road. 

Toyota Safety Sense 2.5+

Toyota Safety Sense 2.5+ introduced in 2020 and offered on multiple models already, including the new Camry, include: 

• Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection is enhanced with intersection support:
• At intersections, the system may detect an oncoming vehicle or pedestrian when performing a left-hand turn and may provide audio/visual alerts and automatic braking in certain conditions
• Additional PCS function includes emergency steering assist, which is designed to stabilize the driver’s emergency steering maneuvers within their lane while avoiding a preceding pedestrian
• Road Sign Assist (RSA)
• Full-Speed Range Dynamic Radar Cruise Control (DRCC)
• Lane Keeping Technology: Lane Departure Alert with Steering Assist (LDA w/ SA), Lane Tracing Assist (LTA), and Sway Warning System
• Automatic High Beams (AHB)