Arlington, VA – The 2022-23 Rivian R1T, a new electric large pickup, earns a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
To earn either of the Institute’s two awards in 2022, a vehicle must earn good ratings in six IIHS crashworthiness evaluations, including the driver-side small overlap front, passenger-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, original side, roof strength and head restraint tests. It must also be available with a front crash prevention system that earns advanced or superior ratings in vehicle-to-vehicle and daytime vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluations.
One good or acceptable headlight system must be available for the lower-tier Top Safety Pick. For the higher-tier Top Safety Pick+, good or acceptable headlights must be standard across all trims.
The R1T crew cab pickup meets all the requirements for the higher-tier award. All trims have good-rated LED projector headlights and a standard front crash prevention system that earns superior ratings in vehicle-to-vehicle and daytime vehicle-to-pedestrian tests.
About – The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an independent, nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing deaths, injuries, and property damage from motor vehicle crashes through research and evaluation, and education of consumers, policymakers and safety professionals.
The Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) shares and supports this mission through scientific studies of insurance data representing the human and economic losses resulting from the ownership and operation of different types of vehicles and by publishing insurance loss results by vehicle make and model.
