IIHS Low Speed Crash Results: Small Pickups

Bumpers should protect car bodies from damage in low-speed collisions, the kind that frequently occur in congested urban traffic. But many don't. The Institute conducts four 5 mph crash tests to assess bumper performance: front-into-flat-barrier, rear-into-flat-barrier, front-into-angle-barrier, and rear-into-pole. Vehicles are listed in alphabetical order by manufacturer.

NOTE: Repair costs are as of November 2001. Where two or more models are grouped together on the same line, bumper tests were conducted on the model listed first.

	Front into flat barrier	Rear into flat barrier	Front into angle barrier	Rear into pole	All four tests	Average damage per test
CHEVROLET S-10 GMC SONOMA
1998 models	$506	$35	$1,811	$391	$2,743	$686
DODGE DAKOTA
1998 models	$484	$1,477	$1,312	$1,397	$4,670	$1,168
FORD RANGER MAZDA B SERIES
1998 models	$200	$421	$1,581	$1,392	$3,594	$899
NISSAN FRONTIER
1998 models	$1,255	$351	$1,929	$1,268	$4,803	$1,201
TOYOTA TACOMA
1998 models	$1,077	$942	$2,173	$345	$4,537	$1,134