What Is Toyota’s Safest Family SUV in 2024?

Choosing the Safety of Toyota

When seeking the safest, most reliable vehicle for your daily needs, Toyota is reputable for its highest-quality car models designed to keep people safe intelligently. Several of these models regularly win awards from institutes like IIHS for best crash test ratings. Still, one iconic SUV was awarded a 2024 Top Safety Pick for crashworthiness, crash avoidance, and safety features. At Western Slope Toyota, our automotive professionals can walk you through the lineup, discover Toyota’s safest vehicles, and find the right match for your household’s lifestyle. Visit us in Grand Junction, CO, and drive safe today!

What Is The Safest Toyota On The Market?

The Toyota Highlander is the ideal SUV with the best safety features for families looking to stay safe on commutes and driving to and from daily activities. With seats available for up to eight people and available multimedia features like the JBL® Premium Audio System, Apple CarPlay®, and Android Auto™, this SUV is not only Toyota’s safest third-row family SUV but also quite entertaining. Drivers can choose an all-gas engine or select from hybrid models to maximize fuel economy with the Toyota Highlander Hybrid. Toyota Safety Sense™ 2.5+  plus structural integrity in its design make the Toyota Highlander Toyota’s safest family SUV. Keep reading to learn more about what makes Toyota Safety Sense™ 2.5+ beneficial for safer driving.

Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection

Toyota Safety Sense™ 2.5+ helps drivers avoid collisions with other vehicles and pedestrians by activating the Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection to monitor for obstacles.* With the capabilities of detecting pedestrians, other drivers, motorcyclists, and bicyclists, drivers can feel more confident when navigating city streets in Toyota’s safest family SUV with audio and visual forward-collision warnings and automatic emergency braking.

Full-Speed Range Dynamic Radar Cruise Control

The Toyota Highlander is designed to help drivers stay relaxed on the highway with Full-Speed Range Dynamic Radar Cruise Control, able to monitor distances between the vehicles in front of the SUV and adapt to changing speeds using radar technology, staying set to the preset distance.** This assist can only be activated when vehicle speeds reach above 20 MPH on the highway. 

Lane Departure Alert with Steering Assist

Stay between the lines with Lane Departure Alert, which can track boundary lines and white and yellow lane markings above 32 MPH to keep the Toyota Highlander within.*** If Toyota’s safest family SUV unintentionally leaves the lane, a lane departure warning using audio and visual cues will be emitted to alert the driver to correct. Should the vehicle continue to drift, Steering Assist will activate to navigate the SUV back between the lines, correcting the steering pattern. 

Lane Tracing Assist

Designed to work in tandem with Full-Speed Range Dynamic Radar Cruise Control, Lane Tracing Assist helps to keep the car centered when lines in the road or other vehicles are detected.**** While it does not come standard with the Toyota Highlander, the available Emergency Driving Stop System can work with Lane Tracing Assist to detect the driver's attentiveness, bringing the vehicle to a complete stop in some situations should the driver not respond to prompts to correct behavior.

Road Sign Assist

Toyota’s safest family SUV can intelligently read stop signs, “Do Not Enter” signs, speed limit signs, and more warning display signs using Road Sign Assist to help keep drivers aware of their surroundings while on the road.***** When a sign is detected, the Multi-Information Display will show a relevant sign symbol to notify the driver.

Automatic High Beams

While cruising at night, high beams help drivers of Toyota’s safest family SUV see on poorly illuminated roads and navigate safely. The Toyota Highlander’s Automatic High Beams intelligently monitor other vehicles' headlights and tail lights, turning the high beams on and off when passing for the driver's convenience.******

Drive Safely with Toyota Today

Keeping your family safe on the road, whether for travel or the daily commute, is the number one priority for all families. Toyota offers an excellent lineup of safe vehicles, with the Toyota Highlander ranking above the rest as IIHS’ 2024 Top Safety Pick, finding its place as Toyota’s safest family SUV on the market for its overall safety features. At Western Slope Toyota, our experts can help your family test-drive the Toyota Highlander today or help you browse the lineup of other safe, reliable Toyota vehicles at our dealership. Visit us to find your family’s perfect vehicle match today!

*The Pre-Collision System (PCS) with Pedestrian Detection (PD) is designed to determine if impact is imminent and help reduce impact speed and damage in certain frontal collisions involving a vehicle, a pedestrian, a bicycle, or a motorcyclist. PCS w/PD is not a substitute for safe and attentive driving. System effectiveness depends on many factors, such as speed, size and position of pedestrian or bicyclist and weather, light and road conditions. See Owner's Manual for limitations.

**Dynamic Radar Cruise Control is not a substitute for safe and attentive driving. See Owner’s Manual for limitations.

***Lane Departure Alert with Steering Assist is designed to read visible lane markers under certain conditions. It provides a visual/audible alert and slight steering force when lane departure is detected. It is not a collision-avoidance system or a substitute for safe and attentive driving. Effectiveness depends on many factors including road, weather and vehicle conditions. See Owner’s Manual for limitations.

****The Lane Tracing Assist (LTA) lane centering function is designed to read visible lane markers and detect other vehicles under certain conditions. It is only operational when DRCC is engaged. See Owner's Manual for limitations.

*****Road Sign Assist only recognizes certain road signs. See Owner’s Manual for limitations.

******Automatic High Beams operate at speeds above 21 mph. See Owner’s Manual for instruction and limitations..