iihs vice president raul arbelaez is the sector doing well enough in the crash test?le class is not performing as well as we would like to see. look to see. >> reporter: all trucks met safety standards. insurance institute tests are more rigorous. iihs looked at extended cab pickups and small overlap front end crashes, the test simulates part of the truck hitting a pole or clipping an oncoming car at 40 miles an hour. the insurance institute says those types of accounts account for about 1/4 of driver and passenger deaths. the lowest safety score, the dodge ram. test video shows part of the truck collapsing into the driver's seat. >> likelihood of being trapped in the vehicle. seriously likelihood of injuries to extremities. two gm pickups, silverado, sierra, toyota tundra, double cab acceptable. larger models managed marginal as the did the ram. automobile magazine's todd lasa. >> these tests are important. they're going to be pushing auto makers to meet tougher safety standards and create the ability to survive a crash, a hard crash in a number of different situatio

. >> raul arbelaez. >> the lower ex-tremly injury measures indicated likelihood of serious injury. >>er: researchers found that situation occurred in the dodge ram, the truck is ranked at the bottom of the list managing marginal ranking. and low marks for roof strength. 44% of fatalities in pickups occur in rollover crashes. while the institute began small overlap testing in 2012 this is the first time for large pickups with extended cab or four-door cab. onlyd silrado and si.ling fared worse.>> safety is a big issue. one of the top reasons people buy cars or trucks. the detroit bureau chief for automobile magazine. these tests are important because they're going to be pushing auto makers to meet tougher safety standards and create the ability to survive a crash, a hard crash in a number of different situations. >> reporter: the f-150, the crew cab and extended four-door cab, top safety pick with the, additional collision avoidance technology you can get in the vehicle. from the maker of dodge, they tell us its vehicles are designed for real world performance and no single test determ

iihs vice president raul arbelaez. is this sector doing well enough in these crash tests? >> this vehicle class is not performing as well as we'd like to see. >> reporter: all of the truck met federal safety standards but the insurance institute's tests are more igerous. iihs has looked at large extended cab pickups pickups and siewld small overlap front end crashes. the test simulates part of the trick hitting a pole at 40 miles per hour. the insurance institute says those types of accidents account for about a quarter of driver the lowest safety score, the dodge ram. test video shows parts of the truck collapsing into the driver's seat. >> there's likelihood of being entrapped in the vehicle, serious likelihood of injuries to lower extremities. >> reporter: two g.m. pickups, the silverado and the sear double cab anded justin trudeau double cab all scored acceptable. automakers' todd lassa. >> these tests are important because they are going to be pushing automakers to meet tougher safety standards and create the ability to survive a crash, a hard crash, in a number of di