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These are the safest pickup trucks in the U.S. according to IIHS

Chris Teague

Chris Teague

Each year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety rates cars, trucks, and SUVs sold in the United States in a number of categories including crashworthiness, crash avoidance and mitigation, and child seat anchors.

In each of those categories, there are subsets of ratings that take a closer look at things like the how the vehicle performs in six different types of crash tests, how well the vehicle’s headlights perform, and how easy it is to use the child seat LATCH connections.

Clicking through on each set of ratings will reveal a more detailed look at the types of injuries that were measured, distance illuminated, and location of LATCH connections, among other information. You’ll also see a variety of photos from the IIHS crash tests.

If there are no major structural or technical changes to a vehicle from model year to model year, the results carry over.

The ratings below include the most up-to-date information as of February 20, 2020.

Please note, the Jeep Gladiator has not yet been tested by IIHS. Nissan’s 2020 Titan has also not yet been tested.

2020 Chevrolet Colorado – Crew Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Good
    • Moderate overlap front: Marginal
    • Side: Good
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Good
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights: Poor
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Optional): Basic
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Marginal
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 Chevrolet Colorado – Extended Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Acceptable
    • Moderate overlap front: Good
    • Side: Acceptable
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Good
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights: Poor
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Optional): Basic
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Acceptable
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 Chevrolet Colorado – Regular Cab

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IIHS testing of the regular cab version of the Chevrolet Colorado is incomplete. However, they have rated the truck’s head restraints and seats as Moderate. Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 Chevrolet Silverado – Crew Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Good
    • Moderate overlap front: Marginal
    • Side: Good
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Good
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights: Poor
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Optional): Superior
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Marginal
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 Chevrolet Silverado – Extended Cab

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  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights: Poor
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Optional): Superior
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Marginal
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 Ford F-150 – Crew Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Good
    • Moderate overlap front: Good
    • Side: Good
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Good
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights: Poor
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Optional): Superior
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Standard): Not tested
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Marginal
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 Ford F-150 – Extended Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Good
    • Moderate overlap front: Good
    • Side: Good
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Good
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights: Poor
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Optional): Superior
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Standard): Not tested
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Marginal
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 Ford Ranger – Crew Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Good
    • Moderate overlap front: Acceptable
    • Side: Good
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Good
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights: Marginal
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Standard): Superior
      • Vehicle-to-pedestrian (Standard): Advanced
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Marginal
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 GMC Canyon – Crew Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Good
    • Moderate overlap front: Marginal
    • Side: Good
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Good
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights: Poor
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Optional): Basic
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Marginal
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 GMC Canyon – Extended Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Acceptable
    • Moderate overlap front: Good
    • Side: Acceptable
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Good
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights: Poor
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Optional): Basic
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Standard): Not available
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Not available
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 GMC Sierra 1500 – Crew Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Good
    • Moderate overlap front: Marginal
    • Side: Good
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Good
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights: Poor
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Optional): Superior
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Marginal
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 GMC Sierra 1500 – Extended Cab

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  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights: Poor
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Optional): Superior
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Marginal
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 GMC Sierra 1500 Classic – Extended Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Moderate overlap front: Marginal
    • Head restraints & seats: Poor
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 Honda Ridgeline – Crew Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Good
    • Moderate overlap front: Acceptable
    • Side: Good
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Good
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights (varies by trim level): Good/Poor
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Optional): Superior
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Acceptable
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 Nissan Frontier – Extended Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Marginal
    • Moderate overlap front: Good
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Acceptable
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights: Poor
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle: Not available
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 Nissan Frontier – Crew Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Marginal
    • Moderate overlap front: Marginal
    • Side: Good
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Acceptable
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights: Poor
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle: Not available
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 Ram 1500 – Crew Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Good
    • Moderate overlap front: Good
    • Side: Good
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Good
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights (varies by trim level): Good/Marginal
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Optional): Superior
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Marginal
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 Ram 1500 – Extended Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Good
    • Moderate overlap front: Good
    • Side: Good
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Good
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights: Marginal
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Optional): Superior
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Acceptable
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 Toyota Tacoma – Extended Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Good
    • Moderate overlap front: Good
    • Side: Good
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Good
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights (varies by trim level): Good/Moderate
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Standard): Superior
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Marginal
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 Toyota Tacoma – Crew Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Good
    • Moderate overlap front: Acceptable
    • Side: Good
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Good
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights (varies by trim level): Good/Marginal
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Standard): Superior
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Marginal
Click here to see the full ratings.

2020 Toyota Tundra – Extended Cab

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  • Crashworthiness
    • Small overlap front: driver-side: Acceptable
    • Moderate overlap front: Good
    • Side: Good
    • Roof strength: Good
    • Head restraints & seats: Good
  • Crash avoidance & mitigation
    • Headlights: Marginal
    • Front crash prevention
      • Vehicle-to-vehicle (Standard): Superior
  • Child seat anchors
    • LATCH ease of use: Marginal
Click here to see the full ratings.

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