CRASH TEST Pickup Trucks - Ranger, Colorado, Tacoma, Frontier

Five out of six small pickups tested earn good or acceptable ratings in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s updated side crash test.
The Chevrolet Colorado crew cab, GMC Canyon crew cab and Honda Ridgeline crew cab earn good ratings, while the Nissan Frontier crew cab and Ford Ranger crew cab are rated acceptable. The Toyota Tacoma crew cab is rated marginal.
“Overall, this was a solid performance from these vehicles,” said IIHS Senior Research Engineer Becky Mueller, whose work formed the foundation for the new evaluation. “Their high ride height means that the barrier we use to represent a striking vehicle hits the strong door sill structures directly. This likely prevented excessive intrusion into the occupant compartment, except in the case of the Tacoma.”
The structure and safety cages of the good-rated Colorado, Canyon and Ridgeline held up relatively well, contributing to a minimal risk of most injuries. However, injury measures taken from the dummies indicated a possibility of a pelvic fracture for the driver of the Colorado, the Canyon and especially the Ridgeline.
The Frontier’s structure held up the best out of all six vehicles, and the Ranger’s occupant compartment was also maintained relatively well, minimizing the risk of most injuries. However, the rear passenger dummies’ heads struck the C-pillar through the side curtain airbag in both acceptable-rated vehicles.
Though measurements indicated minimal risk of most injuries for the marginal-rated Tacoma, its structure and safety cage were not maintained well during the crash. The impact from the striking barrier crumpled the door sill and B-pillar, pushing the B-pillar to within a few inches of the center of the driver seat.
“That alone pushed the overall rating down to marginal,” Mueller said. “We weight structural performance very heavily because it is tied so closely with survivability.”
IIHS developed the updated side crash test after research showed that many of the real-world side impacts that still account for nearly a quarter of passenger vehicle occupant fatalities are more severe than the original evaluation.
The updated side crash test uses a heavier barrier traveling at a higher speed to simulate the striking vehicle. The new barrier weighs 4,200 pounds - close to the weight of today’s midsize SUVs - and strikes the test vehicle at 37 mph, compared with a 3,300-pound barrier traveling at 31 mph in the original evaluation.
For now, the updated test is not included in the IIHS award criteria. However, starting in 2023, a good or acceptable rating will be required for the lower-tier TOP SAFETY PICK award and a good rating will be needed for the higher-tier TOP SAFETY PICK+.
All six vehicles earn good ratings in the original side test.
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[@justinanderson9126]

I love how the sled had really expensive spin off cragars rims. I can't remember the brand of those but when I looked at them they was 450 a piece.

[@ddbrock9675]

American Racing Torq Thrust D's. They are not "spin off rims," They are clearly 5 lug wheels. About $180 a pop. You're thinking of Halibrands.

[@hvacexplained9341]

They probably have Perelli tires. 😂😂😂

[@GeneralLee131]

The crash cart is looking sharp with those rims.

[@BruceHubbard560]

@@GeneralLee131 true it look like mustang rims

[@AlphaShark]

0:00 What it feels like when you say "I love you" and she says "aw I love you as a friend too buddy"

[@Nutella2004]

Midsize pickup-verging on large pickup is the new "small" pickup...

[@Oddman1980]

These are about the size of the full size trucks in the 1990's aren't they? Way too big.

[@akashi283]

These trucks look huge in India 🇮🇳

[@bradhaines3142]

@@Oddman1980 and the new ones are getting a couple inches bigger in every direction too. yet they still have 4 cylinder engines

[@brianmeek5236]

Check the car fax , comes with a salvage title, on second thought I’ll take the test sled, after 4 crashes ,had hardly a scratch

[@wernerheisenberg5779]

Yeah chevy🤘

[@iwejun]

Impending doom music in background, oh my!

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

The ramming vehicle has better looking wheels than all the test vehicles!

[@SD401X]

American Racing Torque Thrusts I do believe "Hold on honey, gotta have some drip on the car decimator"

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

@@SD401X Not even sure what that means

[@bradhaines3142]

they look like dodge wheels

[@ProstoVovka]

А форд похоже перевернулся в итоге, видео обрезали грамотно.

[@AriePharmD]

Those dummies are just sitting there waiting on the light to change and bam!

[@WatchForThePlot]

Just make cars out of the testing sled lol

[@stephenqueen7686]

They must pay them dummies alot

[@Mabeylater293]

The RIVIAN pickup did amazingly well compared to these

[@fj400007]

As usual, Toyota is the worst 😫

[@daroachdoggjr188]

I saw a Japanese anime once, you are wrong sir.

[@fj400007]

@@daroachdoggjr188 hahaha 🍻

[@Gin.0Rez]

about a supra 😉

[@Gin.0Rez]

and a ae86

[@MrEaglescout3]

The Tacoma didn’t even withstand Dr. Robotnik’s mini copter drone 😂😂😂😂

[@benlecluyse]

Dayum !!

[@davidinmueble5782]

this trucks is big now!

[@luzgutierrez688]

You should make a crash test of 2012 Toyota Camry se

[@AntonioCarlos-ii6yw]

4:16 The Ford Ranger rolled over. Why did you OMIT this ❓

[@legitimax]

Who else don't know, even the car has been crashed, it still can be used

[@nazeirpennicooke1620]

Toyota bed is broken apart but still tough

[@ОрханАхмедов-е2ч]

Chevy ♥️

[@yiannishayabusaofficial]

oooooooh wooooooooooow ! ! ! ! ! !

[@AntonioCarlos-ii6yw]

14:15 O Ford Ranger capotou. Porque vocês OMITIRAM isso?

[@AntonioCarlos-ii6yw]

The Ford Ranger rolled over. Why did you OMIT this?

[@allenstuck2861]

Ranger #1 best

[@vladvladimirovich890]

shewy is good all time ))

[@ohboah320]

These tests are lame. All the trucks are totaled. They are evaluating degrees of destruction? The three top rated, in their opinion would have had pelvic injuries. The Ranger's rear passengers head hit he B pillar. I would think that Nissan and Toyota would be rated best. I would rather have my vehicle destroyed and walk away shaken, not broken.

[@GDBlaze]

Every single time the impact comes I cringe

[@spinnetti]

what made the taco marginal on side impact? Looks about the same as others

[@thedefenestrator2994]

The only new vehicle I’ve test driven which handled worse than a Tacoma was a Jeep Wrangler. If I had to choose id take the Taco because they’re reliable.

[@mrlt1151]

The taco is a very old design. I remember hearing that the chassis is very similar to the last generation.

[@Muggy206]

My guess would be two main things: 1. The side airbags, particularly in the rear, don't look as if they have quite as much cushion to them as the others. You can see in the rear where the passenger hits the airbag that there is no cushion at all, instead one of the bits that keeps the airbag together is right in the middle of the dude's cheek. 2. It appears to me that there's more deformation of the cab in the Taco than any of the others, especially towards the bottom. This could mean that in a crash, your legs might get crushed or pinned in a bad spot, and in the event of a fire that is obviously a very bad thing. With the Tacoma being an older design than two out of the three other trucks, I'm not entirely surprised it got a worse rating than the others, though I wouldn't have expected a marginal rating, which is pretty bad. Now I'm no crash safety expert and have no access to the data they collected, so take my opinion as an uneducated guess, but that's what I see.

[@Hellenkeller777]

The Taco still uses rear drum brakes. They have updated it in decades it feels.

[@johnhgt40]

@Erik Burgerhagen still more reliable and safer than the rest of those junk piles on wheels

[@Adrianlandl86]

Toyota tin cans pretty bad. I thought they would have been the best. Maybe next time get different color trucks bc they all look the same in the same color lol.

[@markwu3121]

I can't see why Colarado is good? Seems more damage

[@ThisIsInput]

The belt line is so friggin high on that truck, there's more structure to absorb impact. Comes at the sacrifice of visibility which is terrible in those trucks.

[@emanuele5735]

For parece que se volco, el video esta editado

[@brickmanpictures6069]

Tf is this music 😂

[@AntonioCarlos-ii6yw]

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[@dr.freakfishing7443]

thank you dont buy a import

[@seb_1504]

Wut

[@davidinmueble5782]

that's not small😡

[@Daniel-ynuhnunu]

First

[@benlecluyse]

LMAO 🤣

[@MPGunther1]

Chevy's can take a hit but that's about it

[@khalfrodo4921]

Exactly

[@Inflator82]

Good puppets. Keep on wearing those masks.

[@derbakeman]

out of everything in this video, that was your takeaway? Nothing about the different vehicles or the test procedures, but the two fellas wearing some cloth on their face. Jeez man, i hope your life gets better from here.

[@benjammin8510]

The mask + airpods is the ultimate mindless LA NPC in 2022

[@markwilliams6378]

What if they want to wear masks the rest of their lives. It's their prerogative. Get over it

[@davidwatson8142]

Puppets must be defined as anyone who doesn't watch Fox?

[@benjammin8510]

@@taMeska i assume you wear a mask every flu season?

[@zerobucks9]

2 months ago and they all wearing masks still??? LOL