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IIHS Full-Size Pickup Rollover Crash Testing - Click above for high-res image gallery
Like their body-on-frame SUV cousins, full-size pickup trucks are more prone to roll over than a standard passenger car. That's exactly why it's so important to have a vehicle that earns good marks in roof-strength tests. The
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has just released the data on its recent volley of tests on full-size pickup trucks, and both the
2011 Ford F-150 and
2011 Toyota Tundra earned the coveted
Top Safety Pick designation. The vehicles earned the highest possible rating of 'good' in the institutes crush test, where a large steel plate is pressed against one corner of the roof to calculate a strength-to-weight ratio.
Meanwhile, the
2011 Nissan Titan took home an acceptable rating in the rollover evaluation while the
2011 Chevrolet Silverado,
2011 GMC Sierra and
2011 Ram 1500 netted marginal scores.
IIHS says that the roof on the Toyota Tundra stood up to 4.5 times the truck's weight while the F-150 handled 4.7 times the pressure. A vehicle must withstand 4 times its weight before five-inches of crush is detected before being awarded a Good rating.
Hit the jump for the full press release.
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