The passenger compartment of the Toyota Yaris remained stable in the frontal offset test.  There was insufficient pressure in the airbag to prevent the driver’s head from ‘bottoming out’ onto the steering wheel.  Dummy readings were not excessive but a penalty was applied, and protection rated as adequate.  Protection of the driver’s upper legs was rated as weak, based on dummy readings and additional penalties for potentially harmful structures in the dashboard.  Dummy injury criteria also indicated poor protection of the driver’s lower leg.  Analysis of the deceleration of the impact trolley during the test, and analysis of the deformable barrier after the test, revealed that the Toyota Yaris would be a benign impact partner in a frontal collision.  In the full width rigid barrier test, protection of the chest of the driver was rated as marginal, based on dummy readings of compression, but was otherwise at least adequate.  In both the side barrier test and the more severe side pole impact, good protection was provided to all critical body areas and the Toyota Yaris scored maximum points in this part of the assessment.  Control of excursion (the extent to which a body is thrown to the other side of the vehicle when it is hit from the far side) was found to be marginal  The Toyota Yaris has a countermeasure to mitigate against occupant-to-occupant injuries in such impacts.  The airbag performed well in Euro NCAP’s tests with dummy readings indicating good protection for both the driver and passenger.  Tests on the front seats and head restraints demonstrated good protection against whiplash injuries in the event of a rear-end collision.  A geometric analysis of the rear seats also indicated good whiplash protection.   The car has an advanced eCall system which alerts the emergency services in the event of a crash, and a  system to prevent secondary impacts after the car has been in a collision.  Toyota demonstrated that the doors and windows would be openable to allow occupants to escape in the event of vehicle submergence.

In both the frontal offset and the side barrier tests protection of all critical body areas was good or adequate for both the 6 and 10 year dummies.  The front passenger airbag can be disabled to allow a rearward-facing child restraint to be used in that seating position.  Clear information is provided to the driver regarding the status of the airbag and the system was rewarded.  The Toyota Yaris is not equipped with 'child presence detection', a system which can alert others if children have been left in the car. All of the child restraint types for which the Toyota Yaris is designed could be properly installed and accommodated in the car.

Protection of the head of a struck pedestrian or cyclist was largely good or adequate, with poor results recorded on the stiff windscreen pillars.   Protection of the pelvis was good at all test locations, as was that of the femur and that of the knee and tibia, and the Yaris scored full points in this part of the assessment. The autonomous emergency braking system of the Toyota Yaris responds to vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists, as well as to other vehicles.  In tests of its response to pedestrians, the system performed adequately, but offers no protection to those to the rear of the car.  The system performed well in tests of its reaction to cyclists.  Protection against ‘dooring’, where a door is opened into the path of a cyclist approaching from behind, is available as an option and was not included in this assessment.  The system’s response to motorcyclists was good.

Overall, the performance of the autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system was good in tests of its reaction to other vehicles.  A seatbelt reminder system is fitted as standard to the front and rear seats.  The car has an indirect driver status monitoring system as standard, detecting driver fatigue but not distraction.  However, the system did not meet Euro NCAP’s requirements and scored no points.  A direct monitoring system is available as an option.  The lane support system gently corrects the vehicle’s path if it is drifting out of lane and also intervenes in some more critical situations.  The speed assistance system identifies the local speed limit.  The driver can choose to allow the limiter to be set automatically by the system.