2018 Nissan Titan

large pickup / Extended cab pickup

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Small overlap front: driver-side
Moderate overlap front: original test
Side: original test
Head restraints & seats

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Headlights
Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle
Not available

Other available safety features

  • Optional blind spot detection

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.

Small overlap front: driver-side

Rating applies to 2017-19 models built after August 2017

Tested vehicle: 2017 Nissan Titan S King Cab (with SV alloy wheels)

The Nissan Titan King Cab (light duty pickup with gasoline engine) was redesigned for the 2017 model year after a one-year absence from the market. Beginning with 2017 models built after August 2017, the front-end structure was modified to improve occupant protection in small overlap crashes. (Information about when a specific vehicle was manufactured is on the certification label typically affixed to the car on the driver door or adjacent B-pillar.)

Driver-side small overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Nissan.

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Hip/thigh
Lower leg/foot
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID VTN1817
Lower occupant compartment
Lower hinge pillar max (cm) 13
Footrest (cm) 11
Left toepan (cm) 7
Brake pedal (cm) 11
Parking brake (cm) 12
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) 3
Upper occupant compartment
Steering column 2
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) 8
Upper dash (cm) 7
Lower instrument panel (cm) 7

Driver injury measures

Test ID VTN1817
Head
HIC-15 165
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.6
Extension bending moment (Nm) 17
Maximum Nij 0.32
Chest maximum compression (mm) 33
Femur (kN)
Left 1.1
Right 1.5
Knee displacement (mm)
Left 2
Right 9
Knee-thigh-hip injury risk (%)
Left 0
Right 0
Maximum tibia index
Left 0.63
Right 0.78
Tibia axial force (kN)
Left 2.2
Right 0.4
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 65
Right 59

About the small overlap front test

Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 2017-19 models

Tested vehicle: 2017 Nissan Titan S King Cab

The Nissan Titan King Cab (light duty pickup with gasoline engine) was redesigned for the 2017 model year after a one-year absence from the market. Moderate overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Nissan.

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

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID VTF1828
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 12
Left (cm) 10
Center (cm) 7
Right (cm) 4
Brake pedal (cm) 7
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 1
Right (cm) 1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 4
Rearward (cm) 0
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 2

Driver injury measures

Test ID VTF1828
Head
HIC-15 255
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.3
Extension bending moment (Nm) 43
Maximum Nij 0.42
Chest maximum compression (mm) 28
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 1.8
Femur force - right (kN) 0.3
Knee displacement - left (mm) 10
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.80
Maximum tibia index - right 0.82
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 2.7
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 1.2
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 107
Right 83

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2017-19 models

Tested vehicle: 2017 Nissan Titan S King Cab

The Nissan Titan King Cab (light duty pickup with gasoline engine) was redesigned for the 2017 model year after a one-year absence from the market. Side ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Nissan.

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
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID VTS1826
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -17.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Test ID VTS1826
Head HIC-15 182
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.9
Compression (kN) 1.0
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 53
Lateral force (kN) 2.2
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 46
Average deflection (mm) 40
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 5.29
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 1.13
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 2.0
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.6
Combined force (kN) 3.5
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.3
L-M moment (Nm) 82
A-P moment (Nm) 9

Passenger injury measures

Test ID VTS1826
Head HIC-15 153
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.8
Compression (kN) 0.2
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 29
Lateral force (kN) 1.5
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 34
Average deflection (mm) 28
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 4.41
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.36
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.4
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.5
Combined force (kN) 3.6
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.7
L-M moment (Nm) 80
A-P moment (Nm) -45

About the original side crash 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) 30
Distance below top of head (mm) 18
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 14.4
Head contact time (ms) 52
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 0
Max neck tension (N) 379

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

Headlights

Ratings are given for 2 different headlight variations available on this vehicle.

Trim level(s)

  • S trim
  • SV trim
Low-beam headlight typeHalogen reflector
High-beam headlight typeHalogen reflector
Curve-adaptive?No
High-beam assist?No
Overall rating
Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:
car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler 0 ft 100 ft 200 ft 300 ft 400 ft 500 ft 600 ft Low beams Optimal low-beam illumination High beams Optimal high-beam illumination

Low beams
On the straightaway, visibility was fair on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was inadequate in all 4 tests.

The low beams never exceeded glare limits.

High beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on the right side of the road and inadequate on the left side. On curves, visibility was inadequate in all 4 tests.

Technical measurements for this test
Trim level(s)
  • S trim
  • SV trim
Low-beam headlight type Halogen reflector
High-beam headlight type Halogen reflector
Curve-adaptive? No
High-beam assist? No
Overall rating
Applies to 2017-19 models
LOW BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)		 Amount glare
exceeded threshold
Straightaway right edge 80.9 m None
Straightaway left edge 50.8 m None
250m radius right curve, right edge 48.4 m None
250m radius left curve, left edge 47.4 m None
150m radius right curve, right edge 44.5 m None
150m radius left curve, left edge 44.3 m None
HIGH BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)
Straightaway right edge 146.6 m
Straightaway left edge 121.4 m
250m radius right curve, right edge 61.5 m
250m radius left curve, left edge 63.4 m
150m radius right curve, right edge 49.3 m
150m radius left curve, left edge 51.8 m

Trim level(s)

  • Pro 4X trim
  • SL trim
  • Platinum trim
Low-beam headlight typeLED projector
High-beam headlight typeHalogen reflector
Curve-adaptive?No
High-beam assist?No
Overall rating
Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:
car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler 0 ft 100 ft 200 ft 300 ft 400 ft 500 ft 600 ft Low beams Optimal low-beam illumination High beams Optimal high-beam illumination Some glare

Low beams
On the straightaway, visibility was fair on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was fair on the sharp right curve and inadequate on the gradual right and both left curves.

The low beams created some glare.

High beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on the right side of the road and inadequate on the left side. On curves, visibility was fair on the gradual right curve and inadequate on the sharp right and both left curves.

Technical measurements for this test
Trim level(s)
  • Pro 4X trim
  • SL trim
  • Platinum trim
Low-beam headlight type LED projector
High-beam headlight type Halogen reflector
Curve-adaptive? No
High-beam assist? No
Overall rating
Applies to 2017-19 models
LOW BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)		 Amount glare
exceeded threshold
Straightaway right edge 81.4 m None
Straightaway left edge 51.5 m None
250m radius right curve, right edge 52.7 m None
250m radius left curve, left edge 47.0 m None
150m radius right curve, right edge 46.3 m 23.4%
150m radius left curve, left edge 43.5 m None
HIGH BEAMS Average minimum useful
illumination distance (5 lux)
Straightaway right edge 152.4 m
Straightaway left edge 100.5 m
250m radius right curve, right edge 68.6 m
250m radius left curve, left edge 62.7 m
150m radius right curve, right edge 52.1 m
150m radius left curve, left edge 49.1 m

About the headlight evaluation