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Video: Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Dodge Ram 1500 and Nissan Titan fare poorly in side impact crash tests

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 06:01 AM

Three popular trucks have received bad ratings in side crash tests from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a non-profit group backed by car insurance companies. Here's video via YouTube:
The IIHS test results don't all jibe with ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, where the Silverado gets five stars for side-impact safety. You can look up all the safety ratings for your car or truck at the NHTSA's safercar.gov Web site.

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