Small Pickups Falter In Side-Impact Crashes
By JONATHAN WELSH
Pickup-truck drivers thinking about switching to a smaller model to save on fuel might want to reconsider. Recent tests indicate small pickups are less crash-worthy than larger trucks, cars and sport-utility vehicles.
In side-impact crash tests carried out on five small pickups by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, only one model -- the Toyota Tacoma -- received the group's highest occupant-protection rating of "good."
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