Most pickup trucks have unsafe rear seats, new study finds
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The front seats of a pickup truck are the safest place on the vehicle to be in the event of a collision. That's according to a new crash test designed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to evaluate rear-seat passenger safety. Four out of 5 compact pickup trucks in the study earned substandard ratings. Just one truck, the 2022-2023 Nissan Frontier, clinched an "acceptable" rating. "All these things tell us that the rear seat belts need improvement," IIHS President David Harkey said in a statement. A high risk of head and chest injuries was behind the majority of the disappointing safety ratings. The 2023 Nissan Frontier was the only truck (along with the 2022 model) to clinch an "acceptable" rating in a new crash test designed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to evaluate rear-seat passenger safety. Nissan...