2022 Ford Maverick

small pickup / Crew cab pickup

2022 Ford Maverick Crew cab pickup

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Moderate overlap front: updated test
Side: updated test

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Headlights
Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle
Standard system
Superior
Front crash prevention: pedestrian (day)
Standard system
Advanced
Front crash prevention: pedestrian (night)
Standard system
Basic

Seat belts & child restraints

Seat belt reminders

Other available safety features

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

Key

  • G
    Good
  • A
    Acceptable
  • M
    Marginal
  • P
    Poor
  • Superior
  • Advanced
  • Basic

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

Moderate overlap front: updated test

Rating applies to 2022-24 models

Tested vehicle: 2023 Ford Maverick XLT Crew Cab 4wd

The Ford Maverick was introduced in the 2022 model year.

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Thigh/hip
Leg/foot
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Thigh
Rear passenger restraints and dummy kinematics

View of the vehicle after the crash showing the airbags and damage to the occupant compartment.

The rear passenger dummy's head approached the front seatback, which increases the risk of head injuries.

Rear passenger dummy injury values indicate a low risk of injury to the head or neck and chest. During the crash, the shoulder belt remained in an ideal position on the dummy’s chest.

The rear passenger dummy's lap belt moved from the ideal position on the pelvis onto the abdomen, increasing the risk of abdominal injuries.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CEF2331
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 3
Left (cm) 5
Center (cm) 6
Right (cm) 3
Brake pedal (cm) 1
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) -1
Right (cm) -1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -1
Rearward (cm) -4
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0

Driver injury measures

Test ID CEF2331
Head
HIC-15 146
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.0
Extension bending moment (Nm) 11
Maximum Nij 0.25
Chest maximum compression (mm) 29
Femur (kN)
Left 0.4
Right 1.1
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 1
Right 1
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.23
Right 0.44
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 1.9
Right 2.1
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 51
Right 48

Rear passenger injury measures

Test ID CEF2331
Head
HIC-15 for head contact during forward excursion
no contact
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 2.0
Compression (kN) 0.7
Maximum Nij for head contact during forward excursion
no contact
Chest
Chest index 38
Shoulder belt tension (kN) 4.9
Thigh (kN)
Left femur compression 0.1
Right femur compression 0.1

How the updated moderate overlap front test is conducted

February 2024 adjustment to rating criteria

Side: updated test

Rating applies to 2022-24 models built after July 2022

Tested vehicle: 2023 Ford Maverick XLT Hybrid Crew Cab

The Ford Maverick was introduced in the 2022 model year. Beginning with 2022 models built after July 2022, improvements were made to the front side curtain airbag deployment as part of a recall issued by Ford which also includes the same fix to cars built earlier. (Information about when a specific vehicle was manufactured is on the certification label typically affixed to the car on the driver door or adjacent B-pillar.)

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis
Driver head protection
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis
Rear passenger head protection

View of the vehicle just after the crash test.

View of the vehicle after the crash with doors removed, showing the side airbags and damage to the occupant compartment.

Smeared greasepaint shows where the driver dummy's head was protected from being hit by hard structures by the side airbags.

Smeared greasepaint shows where the rear passenger dummy’s head was protected by the side airbag.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES2312
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -20.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Test ID CES2312
Head
HIC-15 146
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.6
Compression (kN) 0.4
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 17
Lateral force (kN) 1.0
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 28
Average deflection (mm) 25
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.00
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.35
Pelvis
Combined force (kN) 5.7

Passenger injury measures

Test ID CES2312
Head
HIC-15 295
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.8
Compression (kN) 0.2
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 56
Lateral force (kN) 2.6
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 46
Average deflection (mm) 37
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 5.32
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.87
Pelvis
Combined force (kN) 3.8

How the side crash test is conducted

Headlights

Trim level(s)

  • All trims
Low-beam headlight typeLED reflector
High-beam headlight typeLED reflector
Curve-adaptive?No
High-beam assist?Yes
Overall rating
Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:
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Low beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was good on the sharp right curve and fair on the gradual right and both left curves.

The low beams created some glare.

High beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on the right side of the road and inadequate on the left side. On curves, visibility was fair in all 4 tests.

High-beam assist compensates for some limitations of this vehicle's low beams on the straightaway, on both left curves and on both right curves.

Technical measurements for this test
Trim level(s)
  • All trims
Low-beam headlight type LED reflector
High-beam headlight type LED reflector
Curve-adaptive? No
High-beam assist? Yes
Overall rating
Applies to 2022-24 models
LOW BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)
Amount glare
exceeded threshold
Straightaway right edge 99.1 m 21.7%
Straightaway left edge 61.1 m 21.7%
250m radius right curve, right edge 60.3 m None
250m radius left curve, left edge 59.3 m None
150m radius right curve, right edge 55.2 m None
150m radius left curve, left edge 52.6 m None
HIGH BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)
Straightaway right edge 157.3 m
Straightaway left edge 125.7 m
250m radius right curve, right edge 72.6 m
250m radius left curve, left edge 70.1 m
150m radius right curve, right edge 59.9 m
150m radius left curve, left edge 58.1 m

How headlights are evaluated

Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle

System details

  • Standard Pre-Collision Assist with Automatic Emergency Braking

Overall evaluation

Applies to 2022-23 models

Superior
Superior
  • This system meets the requirements for forward collision warning.
  • In the 12 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.

How front crash prevention is evaluated

Front crash prevention: pedestrian (day)

System details

  • standard Pre-Collision Assist with Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB)

Overall evaluation

This rating applies to all 2022-24 models

Advanced
Advanced

Crossing child

  • In the 12 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 25 mph test, impact speed was reduced by 24 mph.

Crossing adult

  • In the 12 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 25 mph test, impact speed was reduced by 19 mph.

Parallel adult

  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 37 mph test, impact speed was reduced by 27 mph. A warning was issued 1.9 seconds before impact.

Front crash prevention: pedestrian (night)

Night

System details

  • standard Pre-Collision Assist with Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB)

Overall evaluation

Includes high-beam assist credit

This rating applies to all 2022-24 models
Basic
Basic

Crossing adult

  • In the 12 mph test, impact speed was reduced by 11 mph when using its high beams. When using its low beams, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 25 mph test, impact speed was reduced by 18 mph when using its high beams. When using its low beams, impact speed was reduced by 11 mph.

Parallel adult

  • In the 25 mph test, impact speed was reduced by 13 mph when using its high beams. When using its low beams, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 37 mph test, impact speed was reduced by 8 mph when using its high beams and a warning was issued 1.5 seconds before impact. When using its low beams, impact speed was reduced by 3 mph and a warning was issued 1.3 seconds before impact.

How front crash prevention is evaluated

Seat belt reminders

Rating applies to 2022 models

Overall evaluation
Front row
Unbelted occupant alert (audible & visual)
Initiation time
DurationNegligible (under 8 seconds)
Volume
Audio frequency
Second row
Startup status alert (visual)
Initiation time
Duration at least 60 seconds
Belt disengaged alert (audible & visual)
Initiation time
Duration at least 30 seconds
Volume
Audio frequency
Technical measurements for this test
Background cabin sound pressure level at 24 km/h 52 dB
Audible signal sound pressure level at 24 km/h 62 dB
Difference between background and signal 10.4 dB
Background cabin sound pressure level at 40 km/h 56 dB
Audible signal sound pressure level at 40 km/h 61 dB
Difference between background and signal 5.0 dB
Dominant audio frequency 736 Hz

How seat belt reminders are evaluated