New testing reveals several popular pick-up truck models don’t make the grade when it comes to rear seat safety.
Of those four trucks- the Toyota Tundra received a ‘marginal’ rating in the testing.While the others, including the F-150, RAM 1500 and Silverado, were given ‘poor’ ratings.- four of the most popular, 2023 pick-up trucks offer strong protection in certain crashes but fall short when it comes to protecting passengers in the back seat.
“That's a good regulation. But what it doesn't do is require that the automakers think about these situations where the all of the forces are concentrated on just one half of the car, which makes up the majority of frontal impacts,” said Joe Nolan, IIHS’s Senior Vice President of Vehicle Research. 2023 Ford F-150 Supercrew. Action shot taken during the updated moderate overlap front test. Courtesy: IIHSOf those four trucks- the Toyota Tundra received a ‘marginal’ rating in the testing, while the others, including the F-150, RAM 1500 and Silverado, were given ‘poor’ ratings.“Submarining is when the lap belt slides up above the pelvis into the abdomen, and the dummy is able to kind of move under.
Based on measurements taken from the crash test dummies, researchers found chest injuries and head and neck injuries would be likely in the F-150 and RAM 1500.
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