2015 GMC Sierra 1500

large pickup / Extended cab pickup

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Moderate overlap front: original test
Side: original test
Roof strength
Head restraints & seats

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle
Optional system
Basic

Other available safety features

  • Optional lane departure warning

Key

  • G
    Good
  • A
    Acceptable
  • M
    Marginal
  • P
    Poor
  • Superior
  • Advanced
  • Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 2014-18 models

Tested vehicle: 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT Double Cab 2wd

The Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 Double Cab were redesigned for the 2014 model year.

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Leg/foot, left
Leg/foot, right
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics

Action shot taken during the moderate overlap frontal crash test.

The dummy's position in relation to the steering wheel and instrument panel after the crash test indicates that the driver's survival space was maintained well.

During the crash, the dummy's head grazed the side curtain airbag and dislodged headliner and then rebounded against the head restraint, as indicated by smeared greasepaint.

Intrusion into the driver's space was minimal, and all leg and foot injury measures were low.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CEF1601
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 4
Left (cm) 5
Center (cm) 15
Right (cm) 8
Brake pedal (cm) 7
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 1
Right (cm) 1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 3
Rearward (cm) -3
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0

Driver injury measures

Test ID CEF1601
Head
HIC-15 258
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.8
Extension bending moment (Nm) 23
Maximum Nij 0.39
Chest maximum compression (mm) 18
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.1
Femur force - right (kN) 0.3
Knee displacement - left (mm) 1
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.36
Maximum tibia index - right 0.74
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.5
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.2
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 66
Right 81

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2014-18 models

Tested vehicle: 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT Double Cab 2wd

The Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 Double Cab were redesigned for the 2014 model year.

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Driver head protection
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Rear passenger head protection

View of the vehicle and barrier just after the crash test.

View of the vehicle after the crash with doors removed, showing the side airbags and damage to the occupant compartment.

Smeared greasepaint shows where the driver dummy's head was protected from being hit by hard structures by the side curtain airbag.

Smeared greasepaint shows where the rear passenger dummy’s head was protected by the side airbag.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES1604
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -21.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Test ID CES1604
Head HIC-15 83
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.7
Compression (kN) 0.6
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 21
Lateral force (kN) 1.1
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 23
Average deflection (mm) 20
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.22
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.30
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.9
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.7
Combined force (kN) 4.6
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 1.1
L-M moment (Nm) 94
A-P moment (Nm) -14

Passenger injury measures

Test ID CES1604
Head HIC-15 116
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.2
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 32
Lateral force (kN) 1.2
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 42
Average deflection (mm) 29
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 4.91
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.78
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.2
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.8
Combined force (kN) 2.8
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 1.2
L-M moment (Nm) 102
A-P moment (Nm) -32

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Rating applies to 2014-18 models

Tested vehicle: 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LS Double Cab 2wd

Overall evaluation
Curb weight 5,093 lbs
Peak force 23,993 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 4.71

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Manual cloth seat

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Manual cloth seat
Geometry
Backset (mm) 29
Distance below top of head (mm) 35
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 14.5
Head contact time (ms) 54
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 0
Max neck tension (N) 405

About the head restraint & seat test
Currently, IIHS tests apply only to front seats.

Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle

System details

  • Optional Forward Collision Alert

Package name

  • Optional Driver Alert Package

Overall evaluation

Applies to 2014-16 models

Basic
Basic
with optional equipment
  • This system meets the requirements for forward collision warning.
  • Autobrake not available.

About the original front crash prevention test