In the past twenty years hundreds of infants and young children have died after being left in vehicles, usually by accident. When turning the vehicle off, drivers of the Bronco Sport are reminded to check the back seat if they opened the rear door before starting out. The Rav4 doesn’t offer a back seat reminder.
To provide maximum traction and stability on all roads, All-Wheel Drive is standard on the Bronco Sport. But it costs extra on the Rav4.
The Bronco Sport has a standard blind spot warning system that uses sensors to alert the driver to objects in the vehicle’s blind spots where the side view mirrors don’t reveal them. A system to reveal vehicles in the Rav4’s blind spot costs extra.
To help make backing out of a parking space safer, the Bronco Sport has standard Cross Traffic Alert, helping the driver avoid collisions. Toyota charges extra for Rear Cross Traffic Alert on the Rav4.
Both the Bronco Sport and the Rav4 have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front and rear seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, post-collision automatic braking systems, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, rearview cameras, driver alert monitors and available rear parking sensors.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does 35 MPH front crash tests on new vehicles. In this test, results indicate that the Ford Bronco Sport is safer than the Toyota Rav4:
|
Bronco Sport |
Rav4 |
OVERALL STARS |
5 Stars |
4 Stars |
|
Driver |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
4 Stars |
HIC |
140 |
152 |
Neck Injury Risk |
26% |
29.3% |
Neck Stress |
178 lbs. |
306 lbs. |
Neck Compression |
29 lbs. |
56 lbs. |
Leg Forces (l/r) |
123/237 lbs. |
400/388 lbs. |
|
Passenger |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
153 |
284 |
Neck Injury Risk |
37% |
37.4% |
Neck Stress |
177 lbs. |
258 lbs. |
Neck Compression |
54 lbs. |
95 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does side impact tests on new vehicles. In this test, which crashes the vehicle into a flat barrier at 38.5 MPH and into a post at 20 MPH, results indicate that the Ford Bronco Sport is safer than the Toyota Rav4:
|
Bronco Sport |
Rav4 |
|
Front Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
80 |
83 |
Hip Force |
205 lbs. |
246 lbs. |
|
Rear Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
144 |
146 |
Spine Acceleration |
33 G’s |
49 G’s |
|
Into Pole |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
Max Damage Depth |
13 inches |
14 inches |
HIC |
255 |
299 |
Spine Acceleration |
35 G’s |
36 G’s |
Hip Force |
512 lbs. |
835 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.