Pickup Truck Crash Test Compilation - Frontal Impact Comparison

Pickup Truck Crash Test Compilation - Nissan Frontier, Ford Ranger, Chevrolet Colorado, Jeep Gladiator and Toyota Tacoma

Most small pickups fall short when it comes to protecting passengers seated in the rear, the latest crash test ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety show.

“Our updated moderate overlap front crash test proved to be challenging for small pickups,” said IIHS President David Harkey. “A common problem was that the rear passenger dummy's head came dangerously close to the front seatback, and in many cases, dummy measurements indicated a risk of neck or chest injuries. All these things tell us that the rear seat belts need improvement.”

None of the five small crew cab pickups IIHS tested earns a good rating. The Nissan Frontier is rated acceptable. The Ford Ranger earns a marginal rating, and the Chevrolet Colorado, Jeep Gladiator and Toyota Tacoma are all rated poor. The ratings only apply to the crew cab versions.

IIHS launched the updated moderate overlap front test last year after research showed that in newer vehicles the risk of a fatal injury is now higher for belted occupants in the rear than for those in front. This is not because the rear seat has become less safe. Rather, the front seat has become safer because of improved airbags and advanced seat belts that are rarely available in back. Even with these developments, the back seat remains the safest place for young children, who can be injured by an inflating front airbag.

To encourage manufacturers to improve rear-seat protection, the updated test adds a dummy in the back seat behind the driver. The driver dummy is the size of an average adult man. The rear dummy is the size of a small woman or 12- year-old child. IIHS researchers also developed new metrics that focus on the injuries most frequently seen in back- seat passengers.

For a vehicle to earn a good rating, there can’t be an excessive risk of injury to the head, neck, chest or thigh, as recorded by the second-row dummy. The dummy should remain correctly positioned during the crash without sliding forward beneath the lap belt (or “submarining”). The head should also remain a safe distance from the front seatback and the rest of the vehicle interior. A pressure sensor on the rear dummy’s torso is used to check whether the shoulder belt is too high, which can make the restraint system less effective.

As in the original test, the structure of the occupant compartment must maintain adequate survival space for the driver, and measurements taken from the driver dummy shouldn’t show an excessive risk of injuries.

All five small pickups provided good protection in the front seat. However, measurements indicated a slightly higher risk of leg or foot injuries to the driver in the Gladiator and Tacoma.

In the Colorado, Frontier, Ranger and Tacoma, the restraints in the back seat allowed the rear dummy’s head to come too close to the front seatback. That was not an issue for the Gladiator. However, its rear restraints do not include a side curtain airbag, increasing the risk of injury from a hard impact with the interior of the vehicle or even something outside it.

In the Ranger, the rear dummy submarined beneath the lap belt, causing it to ride up from the ideal position on the pelvis onto the abdomen, which increases the risk of internal injuries.

Otherwise, injury measures taken from the rear dummy indicated a moderate or likely risk of both neck and chest injuries in the poor-rated Colorado, Gladiator and Tacoma and a moderate risk of chest injuries in the marginal-rated Ranger.

These results are valid only for models sold in the USA

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✅ Source: IIHS

[ejohnson]

Seemed like the Nissan Frontier passengers would walk away with spine and neck injuries, but that’s acceptable I guess!

[Celebrity_Cruise_Reborn]

I want to see what a full front end crash with the barrier would look like

[johndunn]

Like to see better seat belt restraint system on all seats front and back
Too much head movement

[walterbryan]

I’m not sure how the Gladiator, Taco, and Colorado got “poor” when the Frontier’s wreck looked a lot more violent (flying passengers) and the back passenger hit her head on the back glass.

[porkchopsandwiches]

Shocked the Jeep didn’t flip. Not shocked that it scored poorly. I’d take the Taco and the Ranger when it comes to mid size trucks with the Colorado being a close third.

[wolfgun]

NİSSAN FRONTIER;rear passenger hits her head against the rear

[MSGARAGEGAMINGGG]

Kinda puzzles me how the frontier got a acceptable.. but ok

[Alex-wvx]

I wouldn't take into account crush results and buy any of those cos they're all great on the road

[alexwhite]

My immediate thought was “Oww”, ”Oww”, “Oww”, “Oww” “Oww”, ”Oww”, “Oww”, “Oww”

[emikomina]

the nissan frontier unironically being the best one in terms of safety

[co-jtgd]

Remind me not to get a pickup truck as my first car.

[BertHD]

This may sound stupid, but I was wondering… are the engines on or off while it’s being pulled? Amazing videos btw👌🏼

[sarahpage]

The Jeep gladiorator only had 1 airbag lol

[raulsolis]

Shocking video and what is so shocking that after every crash there are still two objects left at the scene unlike when a steel I beam building swallowed a Jumbo Jet and brought it down into it's own footprint Shocking I tell you absolutely Shocking

[whatroadsx]

Would having the engine in the cars make it crumple less??

[Mountain_Mama]

Literally every truck in this video is nothing but junk originally trucks were meant for working people, and farmers. They weren't everyday vehicles if you want four doors get a car or an SUV

[leogorsic]

Vw Amarok and Nissan Navara are probably better