2015 Chevrolet Colorado

small pickup / Extended cab pickup

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Side: original test
A
Roof strength
G
Head restraints & seats
G

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Evaluation criteria Rating
Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle
Optional system
Basic

Other available safety features

  • Optional lane departure warning

Key

GGood
AAcceptable
MMarginal
PPoor
Superior
Advanced
Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Moderate overlap front: original test

Tested vehicle: 2015 GMC Canyon Extended Cab 2wd
Rating applies to 2015-22 models

The GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado Extended Cab were redesigned for the 2015 model year after a two-year absence from the market. Moderate overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by General Motors.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Leg/foot, left
G
Leg/foot, right
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTF1704
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 4
Left (cm) 5
Center (cm) 8
Right (cm) 7
Brake pedal (cm) 3
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 1
Right (cm) 1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -1
Rearward (cm) -6
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 1

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTF1704
Head
HIC-15 227
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.7
Extension bending moment (Nm) 12
Maximum Nij 0.22
Chest maximum compression (mm) 27
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.1
Femur force - right (kN) 0.5
Knee displacement - left (mm) 0
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.28
Maximum tibia index - right 0.40
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.6
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.6
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 94
Right 52

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2017 Chevrolet Colorado WT Extended Cab 2wd
Rating applies to 2015-22 models

The Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon Extended Cab were redesigned for the 2015 model year after a two-year absence from the market.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
A
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
A
Pelvis/leg
G
Driver head protection
G
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
M
Pelvis/leg
G
Rear passenger head protection
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES1706
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -21.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES1706
Head HIC-15 156
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.5
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 46
Lateral force (kN) 1.5
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 46
Average deflection (mm) 41
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 5.51
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 1.10
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.7
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.7
Combined force (kN) 4.4
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.8
L-M moment (Nm) 40
A-P moment (Nm) -22

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES1706
Head HIC-15 186
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.4
Compression (kN) 0.1
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 60
Lateral force (kN) 3.3
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 46
Average deflection (mm) 37
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 5.53
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.97
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.8
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.1
Combined force (kN) 2.5
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.7
L-M moment (Nm) 116
A-P moment (Nm) -42

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Tested vehicle: 2017 Chevrolet Colorado WT Extended Cab 2wd
Rating applies to 2015-22 models

Overall evaluation
G
Curb weight 4,102 lbs
Peak force 16,532 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 4.03

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Power cloth seat

Overall evaluation
G
Dynamic rating
G
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Power cloth seat
Geometry
Backset (mm) 26
Distance below top of head (mm) 34
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 11.5
Head contact time (ms) 60
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 15
Max neck tension (N) 414

About the head restraint & seat test
Currently, IIHS tests apply only to front seats.

Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle

System details

  • optional Forward Collision Alert

Package name

  • optional Safety Package
Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
Basic
Basic
with optional equipment
Applies to 2015-22 models
  • This system meets the requirements for forward collision warning.
  • Autobrake not available.

About the original front crash prevention test