HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH & COMMUNICATIONS

Small pickups

Intrusion measures into the vehicle occupant compartment and peak injury measures recorded from the crash test dummies for the front moderate overlap tests, front small overlap tests (where applicable) and side tests, respectively, are provided in the tables below.

See our protocols page for detailed information on how to interpret these measures.

Note: All vehicles are listed alphabetically.

Side / Driver side B-pillar intrusion

  B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat* (cm)
Chevrolet Colorado crew cab with side airbags
model tested: 2010 2.0
Chevrolet Colorado crew cab without side airbags
model tested: 2008 1.5
Dodge Dakota crew cab with side airbags
model tested: 2010 -4.0
Dodge Dakota crew cab without side airbags
model tested: 2008 -6.0
Ford Ranger extended cab with side airbags
model tested: 2010 -12.5
Ford Ranger extended cab without side airbags
model tested: 2008 -11.0
Nissan Frontier with side airbags
model tested: 2012 -16.0
model tested: 2010 -15.5
Nissan Frontier without side airbags
model tested: 2008 -15.0
Toyota Tacoma with side airbags
model tested: 2008 -11.0
*Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Side / Driver injury measures

  Head HIC-15 Neck Shoulder Torso Pelvis Left femur
Tension (kN) Compression (kN) Lateral deflection (mm) Lateral force (kN) Max. defl. (mm) Avg. defl. (mm) Max. defl. rate (m/s) Max. viscous criterion (m/s) Iliac force (kN) Acetabulum force (kN) Combined acetabulum & iliac force (kN) L-M force (kN) L-M moment (Nm) A-P moment (Nm)
Chevrolet Colorado crew cab with side airbags
model tested: 2010 367 1.8 0.1 58 6.6 64 55 9.72 2.73 5.7 3.8 9.3 1.1 223 39
Chevrolet Colorado crew cab without side airbags
model tested: 2008 540 2.6 0.1 66 6.4 55 47 9.81 2.35 6.0 3.7 9.6 0.9 185 45
Dodge Dakota crew cab with side airbags
model tested: 2010 174 1.6 0.1 59 2.2 56 51 7.21 1.50 2.3 1.0 3.2 0.4 26 19
Dodge Dakota crew cab without side airbags
model tested: 2008 179 1.7 0.1 65 2.8 60 49 6.22 1.32 1.8 2.2 4.1 0.3 25 18
Ford Ranger extended cab with side airbags
model tested: 2010 222 1.6 0.1 42 1.3 47 41 3.95 0.97 2.4 3.1 5.5 0.8 85 23
Ford Ranger extended cab without side airbags
model tested: 2008 340 2.4 0.1 54 3.0 62 55 9.58 2.55 2.8 3.1 5.6 0.5 94 22
Nissan Frontier with side airbags
model tested: 2012 113 1.0 0.3 48 1.8 43 39 3.43 0.64 1.5 2.6 4.0 0.9 139 25
model tested: 2010 107 1.0 0.2 40 1.1 39 37 3.72 0.61 0.8 2.6 3.4 0.7 140 52
Nissan Frontier without side airbags
model tested: 2008 62 1.3 0.0 32 1.5 59 42 5.56 1.62 1.6 3.3 4.9 0.7 118 54
Toyota Tacoma with side airbags
model tested: 2008 77 0.9 0.2 30 1.3 25 23 2.81 0.29 3.1 2.5 5.5 0.5 65 43

Side / Passenger injury measures

  Head HIC-15 Neck Shoulder Torso Pelvis Left femur
Tension (kN) Compression (kN) Lateral deflection (mm) Lateral force (kN) Max. defl. (mm) Avg. defl. (mm) Max. defl. rate (m/s) Max. viscous criterion (m/s) Iliac force (kN) Acetabulum force (kN) Combined acetabulum & iliac force (kN) L-M force (kN) L-M moment (Nm) A-P moment (Nm)
Chevrolet Colorado crew cab with side airbags
model tested: 2010 379 0.4 0.9 43 1.5 43 35 3.41 0.72 0.4 2.4 2.4 0.4 104 42
Chevrolet Colorado crew cab without side airbags
model tested: 2008 344 1.1 0.1 55 2.5 43 35 5.14 0.85 0.4 2.6 2.6 0.6 158 29
Dodge Dakota crew cab with side airbags
model tested: 2010 115 1.3 0.1 41 1.5 37 27 3.39 0.39 0.3 1.3 1.6 0.1 46 54
Dodge Dakota crew cab without side airbags
model tested: 2008 96 1.2 0.2 46 1.7 37 28 3.45 0.47 0.2 1.1 1.3 0.4 55 42
Ford Ranger extended cab with side airbags
model tested: 2010 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data
Ford Ranger extended cab without side airbags
model tested: 2008 no data no data no data no data no data 0 no data 0.00 0.00 no data no data no data no data no data no data
Nissan Frontier with side airbags
model tested: 2012 197 0.3 0.9 32 1.5 37 32 2.58 0.49 0.3 1.5 1.4 0.8 44 50
model tested: 2010 229 0.3 0.8 34 1.3 43 30 4.35 0.53 0.3 1.4 1.4 0.5 87 26
Nissan Frontier without side airbags
model tested: 2008 148 0.7 0.1 38 1.8 40 31 3.33 0.44 0.2 1.5 1.5 0.6 139 42
Toyota Tacoma with side airbags
model tested: 2008 176 0.1 0.6 37 1.5 33 28 3.93 0.49 1.6 2.7 3.7 1.1 104 45

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