Is the 2026 Toyota Tundra a safe car?

IIHS has published 3 of the 4 primary tests and 3 of the 4 occupant-protection details for the 2026 Toyota Tundra, so it is not yet in the ranked list. Missing results are never treated as passing or failing; the reported results are on this page.

Is the 2026 Toyota Tundra an IIHS Top Safety Pick?

No. The 2026 Toyota Tundra does not hold an IIHS Top Safety Pick award for the 2026 model year, which can reflect a result below Good in a qualifying test or tests that IIHS has not yet completed.

How does the 2026 Toyota Tundra compare with other large pickups?

The class leader is the 2026 Rivian R1T at 79.7/100. The comparison table on this page lists the closest-scoring current large pickups with complete records.

2026 Toyota Tundra Safety Rating

Name: 2026 Toyota Tundra
Brand: Toyota

Large pickups · Current IIHS listing · IIHS data updated 2026-09-04

Provisional record

The 2026 Toyota Tundra is not yet ranked. IIHS has published 3 of 4 primary tests and 3 of 4 selected occupant-protection details. Missing results are shown as missing, never assumed.

Reported so far: Small overlap front Good; Side (updated test) Good; Headlights Acceptable.

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Safety score / 100

Awaiting 2 results

No award

IIHS award

No current award

31

Class driver death rate

per million vehicle-years; all vehicles 38

IIHS crash-test results

Front Crash Prevention: PedestrianAcceptable

Small Overlap Front Good

Side: Updated Test Good

Headlights Acceptable

Detailed results by test (38 entries)

IIHS publishes these under the test they belong to, so the same label can appear more than once. Rear restraints and kinematics, rear head protection, structure and safety cage, and front restraints are the four that count toward the score (25%).

Small overlap front

Overall driver-side evaluation Good

Structure and safety cage Good

Driver injury measures

Head/neck Good

Chest Good

Hip/thigh Good

Lower leg/foot Acceptable

Driver restraints and dummy kinematics Good

Overall passenger-side evaluation Good

Structure and safety cage Good

Passenger injury measures

Head/neck Good

Chest Good

Hip/thigh Good

Lower leg/foot Good

Passenger restraints and dummy kinematics Good

Driver injury measures

Head/neck Good

Chest Good

Hip/thigh Good

Lower leg/foot Good

Driver restraints and dummy kinematics Good

Side: updated test

Overall evaluation Good

Structure and safety cage Good

Driver injury measures

Head/neck Good

Torso Good

Pelvis Good

Driver head protection Good

Rear passenger injury measures

Head/neck Good

Torso Good

Pelvis Good

Rear passenger head protection Good

Headlights

Overall rating Acceptable

Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:

Overall ratingApplies to 2022-26 models Acceptable

Front crash prevention: pedestrian

Overall evaluation Acceptable

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How the score is built

Primary IIHS tests (55%)

87.8

3/4 reported · small overlap, updated moderate overlap, updated side, headlights

Occupant-protection details (25%)

88.0

3/4 reported · rear restraints, rear head, safety cage, front restraints

Pedestrian front crash prevention (10%)

75.0

IIHS pedestrian AEB result: Acceptable

Class context (10%)

64.5

Damped class-level driver death-rate term; award status is shown above but carries no weight

Injury-measure average (tiebreak only)

99.14

Mean of 29 published injury measures across the three crash tests. Orders vehicles with equal scores; carries no weight in the score.

Full formula, weights, and missing-data rules →

Real-world context

Measure	Result	What it covers
Class driver death rate	31 per million registered vehicle-years	Large pickups as a class, adjusted for driver age and sex (Farmer, 2023); all vehicles average 38. Class context only.
Toyota Tundra Double Cab short bed 4WD (2018-20) driver death rate	12 (95% CI 0–28)	Earlier model years of this nameplate; class average for that study 28.5. Reflects who bought and drove those cars as well as the car.

Compared with other large pickups

Closest-scoring current large pickups with complete IIHS records, plus the class leader. See every large pickup ranked →

Vehicle	Class rank	IIHS award	Rear restraints	Starts at	Score
2026 Tesla Cybertruck	#1 of 6	TSP+	Good	$69,990	96.5
2026 Rivian R1T	#3 of 6	—	Marginal	$69,900	79.7
2026 Ram 1500	#4 of 6	—	Poor	$44,775	62.5
2026 Ford F 150	#5 of 6	—	Poor	$46,730	57.5

Our analysis

The 2026 Toyota Tundra belongs to the Large pickups class. This class has a driver death rate near the national average of 38 deaths per million registered vehicle-years. The class figure is adjusted for driver age and sex, which removes a large part of the selection effect in raw death rates. It is still a class average, not a measurement of this model.

The Toyota Tundra has no IIHS Top Safety Pick award for 2026. That can mean a result below the award threshold in one test, or tests IIHS has not completed. Absence of an award is not evidence that the vehicle is unsafe.

Across the 3 IIHS rating categories reported, the Toyota Tundra earned 2 Good ratings. One result sits below Good; the verdict at the top of the page names it.

This analysis is produced independently; we have no affiliation with Toyota or any manufacturer. Read the full methodology or learn more about us.

Safety recalls for the 2026 Toyota Tundra

No recalls on record. NHTSA lists this model year and currently shows no recall campaigns against it.

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Questions about the 2026 Toyota Tundra

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