Originally appeared on Automoblog.net

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Safety is a top priority among car buyers and Toyota is engineering their product line to that end. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Toyota has more Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick + vehicles than any other automaker. 
Toyota’s design and engineering teams evaluate all of their vehicles in order to maintain such standards of safety. Recently, the automaker received further accolades with an Good+ rating for Child Safety Seat Ease-of-Use.
“We began by going through our North American vehicles one by one, identifying the issues and prioritizing the solutions that had the biggest impact and could be implemented quickly,? said Jennifer Pelky, Senior Engineer at the Toyota Technical Center and a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician. LATCH Program
In 2015, IIHS established the LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children) rating system. Child restraints can be installed properly with seat belts. However, LATCH provides easier installation when traveling with young ones. The program encourages manufacturers to design LATCH hardware that meets specific ease-of-use criteria. This is paramount for Toyota and engineers successfully meet the LATCH requirements through innovative designs. 
“The dedication of Toyota?s engineers resulted in many of Toyota’s North American vehicles achieving improved ratings,” Pelky said.
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