How safe is the new 2024 Toyota C-HR? ANCAP ratings show new hybrid small SUV scores highly against new criteria.

The new 2024 Toyota C-HR is the 11th car tested against the new 2023-2025 ANCAP criteria and the good news for prospective buyers is it scored a maximum five stars.

The style-focused small hybrid SUV from Toyota scored comfortably above the five-star threshold in all four categories. The Toyota C-HR scored higher than 80 per cent for both Adult and Child Occupant Protection, Vulnerable Road User Protection and Safety Assist tests - one of only a couple of new cars to do so under current criteria.

The CH-R scored 85 per cent for Adult Occupant Protection and 88 per cent in Child Occupant Protection.

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It scored particularly well in the Vulnerable Road User Protection test compared to other 2023-25 criteria tested models, its 86 per cent score is rivalled only by the new BMW 5 Series.

“Strong scores” in crash tests saw a small 1.69 point penalty out of the maximum 8.0 points possible for the frontal offset test, with the biggest area of concern being ‘Marginal’ protection noted for the driver’s chest.

During the full width frontal test a small dummy in the rear seat was seen to “slip beneath the lap section of the seatbelt”, which ANCAP calls "submarining", and a 4.0-point penalty was applied in that test.

The style-focused small hybrid SUV from Toyota scored comfortably above the five-star threshold in all four categories.

ANCAP said “good scores were achieved for the child dummies in both the frontal and side impact tests” with designs for the child restraint anchors earning maximum points “for its ability to safely accommodate the full range of baby capsules, child restraints and booster seats in all rear seating positions”.

The C-HR’s “pedestrian-friendly front bumper design” and warning systems saw it achieve a very high 86 per cent in Vulnerable Road User Protection with full points awarded “for the C-HR’s car-to-car AEB performance including head-on emergency braking scenarios, and LSS (lane support system) performance”.

Its Safety Assist score came in at 82 per cent.

The CH-R scored 85 per cent for Adult Occupant Protection and 88 per cent in Child Occupant Protection.

The C-HR scored well for offering driver monitoring, back-seat detection for children, and anti-dooring systems to protect cyclists as standard, plus the C-HR’s windows and doors remained functional past the two-minute mark when submerged in water as required by new criteria.

“The Toyota C-HR offers a balanced level of protection for occupants and those outside the vehicle, as well as through its active collision avoidance capability putting in squarely above the five-star threshold for all four areas of ANCAP assessment,” said ANCAP Chief Executive Officer Carla Hoorweg.