If you’re looking for a safe and powerful pickup, the 2016 Ford F-150 is at the top of its class. It’s the toughest, smartest, most capable and safest F-150 ever.
The 2016 F-150 SuperCrew and SuperCab are the only large pickups in the industry to earn an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Top Safety Pick Award and the only full-size, light-duty truck to receive the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s five-star safety rating in all crash test modes and cab configurations.
IIHS Crash Test Findings
IIHS conducted a series a crash tests on seven large pickup trucks that evaluated the protection of occupants in rear impact, rollover, side and forward crashes. Only three of the pickup trucks being tested earned an acceptable or higher rating for occupant protection in a small overlap front crash, which replicates what happens when a vehicle runs off the road and hits a tree, pole or clips another vehicle that has crossed over the center line. The F-150 outperformed every truck in its class by being the only large pickup to receive a good rating in the small overlap test and the only one to receive the Top Safety Pick Award.
Occupant Safety
Crash tests revealed that the F-150 was the only truck to not have moderate to severe intrusion into the driver footwell area during the small overlap test. Drivers in some of the worst-performing pickup trucks would need help freeing their legs from the wreckage following a small overlap crash. In one pick-up, the crash pushed the steering column back toward the driver dummy.
The F-150’s excellent crash test performance is enabled by up to 700-pound weight savings through the use of high-strength steel in the frame; high-strength, military-grade aluminum alloy in the body; and smart engineering. Drivers and occupants in the 2016 F-150 will have the most protection in the event of a collision thanks to the pickup’s 31 safety-related innovations.
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