April 22, 2015
Patrick Rall

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has recently adopted a tougher scoring system for their annual crash test safety rating and the 2015 Ford F150 has used this new method to show us that even with a lightweight new body, this half ton pickup is safer than the outgoing model. The NHTSA recently published their results for the 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew and while the aluminum bodied pickup didn’t score 5 stars in every single metric – it did improve everywhere there was room for improvement while also receiving a 5-star overall score.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration safety ratings are based on a variety of different tests, all of which factor into the overall score. The three types of impacts are Front Crash, Side Impact and Rollover and there are breakdowns for driver and passenger in each of the first two, along with a chance of rollover percentage for the final figure. The new F150 scored 5 stars in Front and Side, 4 stars in Rollover and an Overall safety rating of 5 stars. Most importantly, the new F150 has improved a great deal over the prior generation, even though this new truck is considerably lighter.

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