Tested under the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) new standards, the 2021 Ram 1500 crew cab has scored a Top Safety Pick award.
The pickup truck was rated as ‘good’ in most tests, with its front crash prevention system helping it avoid collisions at 12 and 25 mph (19-40 km/h).
It also avoided hitting the pedestrian dummy or slowed down substantially to mitigate the force of impact. However, the system failed to slow down the vehicle in the evaluation that simulates an adult pedestrian walking in the travel lane in the same direction as the car.
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“The Ram 1500’s Top Safety Pick win affirms FCA’s longstanding commitment to robust engineering innovation as a means to serve our customers”, said the brand’s chief, Mike Koval Jr. “Such rigor helps us deliver on Ram’s unique combination of ruggedness, utility and refinement.”
The pickup truck scored ‘good’ ratings in all six crashworthiness tests, including the small overlap front driver- and passenger-side, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraints & seats. However, it failed to qualify for the Top Safety Pick+ top rating as it does not have ‘good’ or ‘acceptable’ headlights on all trim levels.
According to the IIHS, three out of the four headlamp packages available for the new 1500 have earned ‘marginal’ scores, and the only one to score a ‘good’ rating was the curve-adaptive LED projector assembly unit offered on the Laramie Longhorn, Limited and TRX.
