One of the more critical attributes of any vehicle purchase is safety, as our passenger’s well-being is of the upmost importance. With this in mind, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) tested the 2023 Chevy Silverado 1500 with its updated crash test procedures, and the Bow Tie brand’s full-size pickup truck didn’t perform very well.
In the recent testing, the Silverado 1500 was rated as acceptable in regard to side-impact crash safety. However, when it came to the updated moderate overlap front crash test – which specifically measures back-seat safety – the Silverado was one of three pickups that received a poor rating. In fact, only the Toyota Tundra managed a marginal rating.
Of course, this isn’t to say that passengers riding in the back seat of a 2023 Silverado 1500 are doomed in the event of an accident. This is quite the contrary, as the rear seats remain the safest spot for children to reside.
“Like most other vehicle classes, large pickups don’t perform as well in the new moderate overlap evaluation as they do in the updated side test, which is now a requirement for our Top Safety Pick awards,” IIHS President David Harkey claimed in a prepared statement.
It’s worth noting that the IIHS didn’t test the GMC Sierra 1500. However, it would stand to reason that these ratings would apply to Big Red’s full-size pickup truck as well.
As a reminder, the Chevy Silverado 1500 is available with a wide range of powertrain options, including the turbocharged 2.7L I4 L3B gasoline engine, rated at 310 horsepower and 430 pound-feet of torque, the naturally aspirated 5.3L V8 L84Â gasoline engine, rated at 355 horsepower and 383 pound-feet of torque, the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 L87 gasoline engine, rated at 420 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque, and the 3.0L I6 LZ0 turbodiesel Duramax engine, rated at 305 horsepower and 495 pound-feet of torque.
In regard to structure, the Silverado rides on the GM T1 platform, while production takes place at the GM Fort Wayne plant in Indiana, the GM Oshawa plant in Canada, and the GM Silao plant in Mexico.
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So a non governmental agency comes up with a new test requirement years after these vehicles were redesigned, and surprise , no one can pass the new test.
The next design cycle will address this issue.
Well said
You singled out GM trucks while every full size except the Toyota rated poorly. This authority writings still rate subpar.
Looking at Highway Safety (IIHS) 2023 90 top safety picks cars & trucks, not a single GM model made on to the top safety picks, did somebody at GM pee on the IIHS testers cornflakes?
Tat back seat dummy got some good air in the first video.
A collision is a guaranteed improvement to the front end styling. The Yukon is ok, as is the Escalade, but I will not be buying a new GM pickup until they fix this hot mess. Whatever happened to proportion and flow?
I have never considered a crash safety test when purchasing a new vehicle.
The new Chevy pickups look great and are selling very well in my free red state, leave them alone.
Well said, the ICE Chevy/GMC trucks very much keep GM afloat financially as a company worldwide in profits. None of GM’s models made Highway Safety (IIHS) 90 model top picks, why spotlight the best seller?
Don’t like discussing unfortunate crashes nobody wants, but sadly they happen. Why are there no rear test impacts crashes that happen in the real world would not fancy my my chances of surviving sitting in the back seat of a Mini or Fiat 500 with the head just positioned inches from the rear glass if hit up the back by a Ram thats probably why they don’t do it the results would be horrifying if they did. A full sized with better height & more weight with all the safety devices thats not a top tip will all ways fair better in a collision Highway Safety (IIHS) test top pick small car or medium or even low sitting large car in real world accidents, a small top tip car will only do better in an accident with a similar sized small car thats not rated so highly by Highway Safety (IIHS). Sadly in the real world you don’t get to pick & choose what sizes of car you will hit in an accident, God forbid nobody wants to ever be unfortunate to be involved in one.
Wish you could say the same for those new gm electrics Avalanche EV’s just 18 sold in all US 50 States in Q3 in the last few months, hoping Barra will move the production line lever speed up a notch from tick over, so the Q4 numbers look a lot better.
Ford Lightning EV sales dropped to 3,503 -45% compared to last years 6,464 sales in Q3 2022 Ford are not up to speed sales going backwards, Rivian R1T has 65% market share of the electric pick-up market. Pretty fair to say pick-up owners are onboard are not warming to want expensive EV trucks. ICE Colorado 25,520 sales outsold all US electric pick-up truck brands sales combined in Q3 12,595. How will these electric trucks cost to insure in the future, insurance companies are insisting complete battery pack need to be replaced even on small impacts as nobody knows what internal damage has been done to battery cells. Can’t believe a LED F-150 rear tail lamp cost $5,600 to replace, not a big fan of EV light bars that blind you at night, can see insurance companies writing off perfectly good 10 year old F-150 trucks in the future because rear LED tail lamp gets bumped what a waste? What was wrong with a good ole $50 lens & filament? No wonder insurance costs are going through the roof.
Good points, a relative recently questioned a bump in insurance premium for their 2020 Equinox. State Farm said the cost to repair the late model Equinoxes is high. That’s just ridiculous. There’s no reason for basic vehicle parts to be so high tech and expensive. I get it that LED’s are very efficient and last longer than incandescent, so use a typical plug-in bulb light assembly with a replaceable LED bulb. No problem.
Well supposely the manufactures work with the Insurance companies to make them less expensive to repair. However i think in trying to do this and making less parts its not working out that way. Seems that less parts mean bigger parts so they cost more. The headlight on my Terrian is 700 bucks to replace if it goes out. They really need to start looking into being able to replace the bulbs/led unit not the whole headlight. I have heard there are some aftermarket people able to fix these. The other issue to get to the headlight assembly you have to remove the bumper. So labor adds up to.
I couldn’t care less. I drove Ford trucks for years with the gas tank in the cab behind the seat. Used to love hearing the gas slosh back and forth while driving and turning. My hat and jacket used to ride just fine on the top of the tank.