In the latest safety awards from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), only two large pickup trucks qualified for a Top Safety Pick+ or Top Safety Pick award, those being the TeslaCybertruck and Toyota Tundra. But the most popular full-size pickups in the U.S. are the Ford F-150, Chevrolet Silverado 1500, and Ram 1500. If you’re planning to use one of these pickups as a family vehicle, it’s worth knowing which one has performed best in crash tests. Here, we’ll cover the IIHS test results of the country’s best-selling pickups, focusing on 2026 crew cabs. IIHS Ratings Explained
Ram 1500 crash testIIHS/YouTube
The IIHS does not provide an overall score for safety. Rather, it applies one of four ratings to all major safety tests: Good, Acceptable, Marginal, or Poor. The safety body evaluates not only crash safety, but also crash prevention technologies between two vehicles or one vehicle and a pedestrian. In some cases, certain ratings apply only to specific trim levels, as not all trims within one model range will be equally equipped. This is often the case for headlight ratings, where top trims te …
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Author: Karl Furlong
