Full Size Truck Roof Safety

The 2020 ram 1500 crew cab model with optional equipment was the first full size pickup truck to earn a 2019 top safety pick designation from the iihs.

Full size truck roof safety.

While midsize trucks have long employed a rugged body on frame design the ridgeline rides on a unibody platform shared with the pilot and passport suvs. To qualify for 2020 top safety pick a vehicle must earn good ratings in the driver side and passenger side small overlap front moderate overlap front side roof strength and head restraint tests it also must earn an advanced or superior rating for front crash prevention both vehicle. We rank all of the latest 2019 and 2020 full size half ton pickup trucks from the least to the most safe according to the results of the insurance institute for highway safety iihs crash tests. Thanks to great engineering and added structural bracing.

Some ratings use a scale of poor to good. The organization tested 11 full size models and notes that pickup trucks are generally slower to adopt stronger safety measures than passenger cars. Others range from basic to superior. About the awards and ratings.

Aa racks 2 pair double folding j bar rack for kayak carrier canoe boat paddle board surfboard roof top mount on car suv truck crossbar with ratchet lashing straps 4 4 out of 5 stars 90 174 90. By clifford atiyeh mar 21 2019. In other words the roof must withstand a force of at least four times the vehicle s weight before the plate crushes the roof by five inches.