Toyota Sienna Voted Top Safety Pick

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released its year list of Safety Picks.  In the category of Minivan, it was the Toyota Sienna that out ranked the competition.  In fact, no other minivan sold in America qualifies as a Top Safety Pick.

From the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety:

“To determine crashworthiness – how well a vehicle protects its occupants in a crash – the Institute rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal, or poor based on performance in high-speed front and side crash tests, a rollover test, plus evaluations of seat/head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts. To earn Top Safety Pick for 2010 a vehicle must have good ratings in all four Institute tests. In addition, the winning vehicles must offer electronic stability control”

Toyota also fared well in other categories as well, with Toyota Avalon, Venza, Highlander, and Corolla all taking top honors.

To find out more, or to see the entire list of winners, visit the IIHS at http://www.IIHS.org