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“Toyota Safety Sense” is Toyota Motor Corporation’s active safety package. There is “Toyota Safety Sense C”, its higher version “Toyota Safety Sense P”, and from 2018 to 2024 there is “2nd generation Toyota Safety Sense”. For those who don’t know about the detailed functions that come with a preventive safety package, some people might think that just because it comes with a preventive safety package, it’s okay. You may regret your purchase. So I’ve summarized the differences by car type.

Toyota Safety Sense feature comparison

The next-generation “Toyota Safety Sense”, which has been widely adopted since the “Toyota Safety Sense P”, is equipped with even more functions depending on the vehicle model, and the support functions are divided in detail.

system	Next generation Toyota Safety Sense	Toyota Safety Sense C	Toyota Safety Sense P
method	Monocular camera + millimeter wave radar	Monocular camera + laser radar	Monocular camera + millimeter wave radar
automatic high beam	◯	◯	◯
Collision avoidance support type pre-crash safety	◯ Day and night pedestrian bicycles	◯	◯ Daytime pedestrian
Pedestrian crossing intersection detection	◯	×	×
Emergency steering support function	◯	×	×
Low speed acceleration control function	◯	×	×
lane tracing assist	◯	×	×
lane departure alert	◯ Steering control white line/yellow line detection road edge detection sway alarm	◯ White line/yellow line detection	◯ Steering control white line/yellow line detection wobbling alarm
road sign assist	◯	×	×
radar cruise control	◯	×	◯
Curve speed control function	◯	×	×
Leading vehicle departure announcement	◯	◯	×
Driver abnormality response system	◯	×	×

2nd generation Toyota Safety Sense

The second generation “Toyota Safety Sense” to be introduced in 2018 will retain the same “monocular camera + millimeter wave radar” configuration used in the current “Toyota Safety Sense P”, but will improve accident prevention through the following advancements. The aim is to further reduce traffic accident casualties and reduce the burden on drivers. Until now, there were no measures against “pedestrians” and “bicyclists” when driving at night, but this is now possible with the second generation of “Toyota Safety Sense.’ ‘

Furthermore, from around 2023, many versions of Toyota Safety Sense have been made with some improvements, making almost the latest features available for all car models.

This is a list of vehicle models equipped with “Toyota Safety Sense” as of March 2024.

Car model	Pre-crash safety	lane tracing assist	road sign assist	adaptive high beam system	automatic high beam	radar cruise control	Leading vehicle departure announcement	Crossing pedestrian detection	Emergency steering support	Acceleration control at low speed	Responding to driver abnormalities
corolla sport	◯	◯	◯	–	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
RAV4	◯	◯	◯	–	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
corolla touring	◯	◯	◯	–	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
corolla	◯	◯	◯	–	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
corolla cross	◯	◯	◯	–	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
GR Corolla	◯	◯	◯	–	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Gran Ace	◯	◯	◯	–	◯	◯	◯	–	–	–	–
yaris	◯	◯	◯	–	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
GR Yaris	◯	◯	◯	–	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
aqua	◯	◯	◯	–	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	–
Yaris Cross	◯	◯	◯	–	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
harrier	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
prius	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Prius PHEV	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Voxy	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Sienta	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
MIRAI	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
land cruiser 300	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
crown crossover	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
crown sports	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
crown sedan	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Alphard	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Vellfire	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
century crossover	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯

Toyota Supra Sense

Car model	Pre-crash safety	lane departure alert	blind spot monitor	adaptive high beam system	clearance sonar	rear cross traffic alert	radar cruise control
GR Supra	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯

Toyota 2nd generation version Toyota Safety Sense introduced from 2018 Comparison Changes

Toyota Safety Sense function upgrade available car models 

Toyota Safety Sense (Toyota Safety Sense C) can be upgraded for 11 existing models.

Release date	Car model	Model year
September 10, 2020	aqua	November 2015 – April 2018
September 10, 2020	Vitz	June 2015 – May 2018
October 2020	Noah Voxy Esquire	January 2016 – January 2019
October 2020	Sienta	July 2015 – September 2018
November 2020	Portespade ​	June 2016 – July 2019
November 2020	Probox Succeed	August 2016 – November 2018
November 2020	JPN TAXI	October 2017 – March 2019

Toyota starts upgrading Toyota Safety Sense functions for existing cars starting from September 10, 2020

Toyota Safety Sense Summary

As of 2023, many car models have adopted the “2nd generation Toyota Safety Sense.” If you value safety features in your Toyota vehicle, you should choose a vehicle equipped with the 2nd generation Toyota Safety Sense.

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