With the rising popularity of pickup trucks and their gradual transition from work-only to multi-purpose family vehicle, we figured it would be worth looking at the safest full-size pickup trucks.
To rank the trucks, we looked at both Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash-test ratings as well as National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration safety ratings to get a general idea of where they stand.
Thus, if we were going to rank the safest full-size pickup trucks, it would look like this safest to least safe :. IIHS has been putting out their Top Safety Pick awards since , and each year, the criteria gets more stringent, with the hope that automakers trying to get this coveted award will make their vehicles better. In to make the list, vehicles had to get a Good rating in all of the crash tests, a Superior or Advanced rating for front-crash prevention and a Good or Acceptable rating for headlights.
When IIHS added the headlight requirement in , it dropped off the list. The Ram joined the list in with its redesign, and redesigned headlights were a big part of the reason. Screen grab taken from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety showing the crash-test ratings for all the full-size pickup trucks. It takes another hit on roof strength as the only truck to get an Acceptable rating in that category. Small cars fared well in the latest ratings, with nine earning the highest safety honor.
Other top winners for were five midsize cars, two midsize luxury cars, one large car, four large luxury cars, two small SUVs, three midsize SUVs and four midsize luxury SUVs.
To earn a Top Safety Pick Plus award , vehicles must be rated "good" in IIHS' passenger-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front crash, side crash, roof strength and head restraint tests. Vehicles also must earn an "advanced" or "superior" rating for front-crash prevention and a "good" headlight rating. Hyundai earned four and Kia earned five Top Safety Pick Plus awards, while Genesis received three awards, including for the Genesis G70, an all-new model for Since introducing the Top Safety Pick Plus award with the model year to recognize vehicles that offer superior safety, IIHS has raised the bar six times.
The majority of IIHS' latest winners qualified only when optionally equipped because "good" or "acceptable" headlights and an "advanced" or "superior" front-crash prevention system aren't part of base trim packages. Twenty automakers have pledged to equip virtually all passenger vehicles with automatic braking by , and many are on track to beat a deadline under a voluntary commitment negotiated in by IIHS and NHTSA. Hyundai and Honda had the most Top Safety Pick winners, with six and four vehicles.
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