Toyota introduced the “Toyota Safety Sense” package in 2015.
The package made its first Toyota-vehicle appearance in March 2015, when it debuted on redesigned Corolla models in Japan. Toyota designed it as a bundled preventive-safety system rather than a single feature. Early versions combined Pre-Collision System, Lane Departure Alert, and Automatic High Beam functions.
The name can cause confusion because Toyota expanded the system in stages. Toyota Safety Sense C and Toyota Safety Sense P were early variants, with the P version adding pedestrian-detection capability. A second generation arrived in 2018 with improved sensing and additional abilities, including nighttime pedestrian and daytime cyclist detection.
Toyota’s package was developed using accident data from Japan, the United States, and Europe. By 2018, Toyota reported that vehicles equipped with Toyota Safety Sense had passed 10 million units globally. The system is related to, but not identical in branding to, Lexus Safety System+ on Lexus vehicles.