Dearborn, Michigan – The 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty Crew Cab 4×2 has earned the government’s highest possible crash rating of five stars. The 2017 F-Series Super Duty is the only heavy-duty pickup truck to earn National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) highest safety rating.
Advanced materials and safety features developed by the Ford truck team earned the 2017 model a five-star overall vehicle score in NHTSA’s New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), as well as a five-star rating for frontal driver crash tests. Side crash ratings for front and rear remain five stars.
Super Duty’s improved performance is enabled by weight savings of up to 350 lb through the use of high-strength, military-grade, aluminum alloy in the body and box. This leads to more local frame stiffness at strategic locations to deliver considerable improvement in occupant protection. The weight savings is then reinvested into an all-new fully boxed frame that is more than 95% high-strength steel and up to 24x stiffer than the previous frame.
Options such as 360º camera system, adaptive cruise control with collision mitigation, lane-keeping alert, and inflatable seatbelts also influenced safety performance.
Source: Ford Motor Co.