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2015 Ford F-150

large pickup / Crew cab pickup

2015 Ford F-150 Crew cab pickup

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteriaRating
Small overlap front: driver-side
G
Small overlap front: passenger-side
G
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Side: original test
G
Roof strength
G
Head restraints & seats
G

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Evaluation criteriaRating
Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle
Optional system
Basic

Seat belts & child restraints

Evaluation criteriaRating
LATCH ease of use
M

Other available safety features

  • Optional blind spot detection
  • Optional lane departure warning
  • Optional lane departure prevention

Key

GGood
AAcceptable
MMarginal
PPoor
Superior
Advanced
Basic

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

Small overlap front: driver-side

Tested vehicle: 2015 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCrew
Rating applies to 2015-20 models

The Ford F-150 SuperCrew was redesigned for the 2015 model year.

Evaluation criteriaRating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID CEN1512
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm) 6
Footrest (cm) 14
Left toepan (cm) 13
Brake pedal (cm) 17
Parking brake (cm) 11
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) 0
Upper occupant compartment
Steering column 0
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) 6
Upper dash (cm) 6
Lower instrument panel (cm) 6

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID CEN1512
Head
HIC-15 87
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.9
Extension bending moment (Nm) 7
Maximum Nij 0.26
Chest maximum compression (mm) 21
Femur (kN)
Left 1.5
Right 1.2
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 1
Right 3
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.62
Right 0.53
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 2.1
Right 1.7
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 135
Right 85

About the small overlap front test

Small overlap front: passenger-side

Tested vehicle: 2019 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCrew
Rating applies to 2015-20 models

The Ford F-150 SuperCrew was redesigned for the 2015 model year.

Evaluation criteriaRating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
G
Passenger restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on passenger side

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID CEP1901
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm) 6
Footrest (cm) 12
Right toepan (cm) 11
Center toepan (cm) 5
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) 2
Upper occupant compartment
Center dash (cm) 4
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) 8
Upper dash (cm) 6
Right lower dash (cm) 7

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID CEP1901
Head
HIC-15 95
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.9
Extension bending moment (Nm) 12
Maximum Nij 0.18
Chest maximum compression (mm) 17
Femur (kN)
Left 1.0
Right 1.6
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 7
Right 8
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.64
Right 0.74
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 1.3
Right 1.5
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 61
Right 85

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteriaMeasurement
Test ID CEP1901
Head
HIC-15 44
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.7
Extension bending moment (Nm) 7
Maximum Nij 0.15
Chest maximum compression (mm) 20
Femur (kN)
Left 0.1
Right 0.1
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 0
Right 0
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.48
Right 0.32
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 0.6
Right 1.0
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 59
Right 23

About the small overlap front test

Moderate overlap front: original test

Tested vehicle: 2015 Ford F-150 XL SuperCrew
Rating applies to 2015-20 models

The Ford F-150 SuperCrew was redesigned for the 2015 model year. Moderate overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Ford.

Evaluation criteriaRating
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 criteriaMeasurement
Test ID VTF1412
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 4
Left (cm) 3
Center (cm) 3
Right (cm) 2
Brake pedal (cm) 2
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 0
Right (cm) 0
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -3
Rearward (cm) -4
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTF1412
Head
HIC-15 110
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.9
Extension bending moment (Nm) 19
Maximum Nij 0.27
Chest maximum compression (mm) 23
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.2
Femur force - right (kN) 0.1
Knee displacement - left (mm) 2
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.65
Maximum tibia index - right 0.44
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.3
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.5
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 83
Right 104

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2015 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCrew
Rating applies to 2015-20 models

The Ford F-150 SuperCrew was redesigned for the 2015 model year. Two side tests of the F-150 were conducted, one by the Institute of a SuperCrew 2wd and one of a SuperCrew 4wd by Ford. Ratings are based on both tests.

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

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID VTS1407 CES1502
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -19.5 -18.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTS1407 CES1502
Head HIC-15 41 73
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.4 0.7
Compression (kN) 0.3 0.4
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 17 23
Lateral force (kN) 0.9 1.1
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 33 29
Average deflection (mm) 22 22
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.60 3.31
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.32 0.21
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.9 1.2
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.3 1.2
Combined force (kN) 3.0 2.4
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.5 0.9
L-M moment (Nm) 118 117
A-P moment (Nm) 25 24

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTS1407 CES1502
Head HIC-15 97 111
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.1 0.1
Compression (kN) 0.6 0.5
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 13 15
Lateral force (kN) 0.5 1.0
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 22 25
Average deflection (mm) 14 18
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 1.90 3.91
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.17 0.39
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.1 0.2
Acetabulum force (kN) 0.9 0.9
Combined force (kN) 1.0 1.1
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.4 1.0
L-M moment (Nm) 57 121
A-P moment (Nm) 33 43

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Tested vehicle: 2015 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCrew
Rating applies to 2015-23 models

Overall evaluation
G
Curb weight4,651 lbs
Peak force27,215 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio5.85

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) 24
Distance below top of head (mm) 26
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 14.9
Head contact time (ms) 54
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 0
Max neck tension (N) 419

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

Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle

System details

  • optional Collision Warning with Brake Support

Package name

  • optional Adaptive Cruise Control and Collision Warning with Brake Support
Evaluation criteriaRating
Overall evaluation
Basic
Basic
with optional equipment
Applies to 2015-17 models
  • This system meets the requirements for forward collision warning.
  • Autobrake not available.

About the original front crash prevention test

Child seat anchors

Rating applies to 2015-20 models

Evaluation criteriaRating
Overall evaluation
M
Vehicle trimXLT SuperCrew
Seat type cloth

This vehicle has 2 rear seating positions with complete child seat attachment (LATCH) hardware. It has 1 additional seating position with a tether anchor and the ability to borrow lower anchors from the other seating positions. Note: When anchors are borrowed, they aren't available to use in their designated positions.

1 2 3
Rating iconRating
GGood
AAcceptable
MMarginal
PPoor
Seating positions that rely on borrowed lower anchors or have only a tether anchor available are not rated.
thether anchor symbol
Tether anchor
lower anchor symbol
Lower anchors
shared lower achors symbol
Lower anchor(s) can be borrowed from adjacent positions(s)
No hardware available

Details by seating position

PositionRating
1
Tether anchor
hard-to-find location
other hardware could be confused for anchor
Lower anchors
not too deep in seat
not too much force needed to attach
easy to maneuver around anchors
2
Tether anchor
hard-to-find location
other hardware could be confused for anchor
Lower anchors
Can be borrowed from 1 and 3
3
Tether anchor
hard-to-find location
other hardware could be confused for anchor
Lower anchors
not too deep in seat
not too much force needed to attach
easy to maneuver around anchors
Technical measurements for this test

Seat position 21

3

Lower anchor A
Open access rated No
Depth (cm) -2-0
Force (lbs) 0
Clearance angle (degrees) 56
Lower anchor B
Open access rated No
Depth (cm) -2-0
Force (lbs) 0
Clearance angle (degrees) 61
Tether anchor
Location Back wall
Confusing hardware present Yes
Has contrasting label
within 3 inches of tether anchor		 No
Tether anchors can be accessed
while seatback is properly positioned
for use of LATCH		 Not measured

Seat position 22

2

Lower anchor A
Lower latch is shared for this seat position
Lower anchor B
Lower latch is shared for this seat position
Tether anchor
Location Back wall
Confusing hardware present Yes
Has contrasting label
within 3 inches of tether anchor		 No
Tether anchors can be accessed
while seatback is properly positioned
for use of LATCH		 Not measured

Seat position 23

1

Lower anchor A
Open access rated No
Depth (cm) -2-0
Force (lbs) 0
Clearance angle (degrees) 69
Lower anchor B
Open access rated No
Depth (cm) -2-0
Force (lbs) 0
Clearance angle (degrees) 68
Tether anchor
Location Back wall
Confusing hardware present Yes
Has contrasting label
within 3 inches of tether anchor		 No
Tether anchors can be accessed
while seatback is properly positioned
for use of LATCH		 Not measured

About the child seat anchor evaluation