Pickup safety lags behind cars, SUVS

"It might seem that the strength and mass of a truck would help protect passengers in a crash, but body-on-frame pickups tend to be more rigid than unibody passenger cars and as a result do not collapse as easily in a front-end collision. They end up transferring that energy into the passenger compartment."
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/b...ags-behind-cars-suvs-safety-ratings/39291477/

Interesting to note, the 2019 Ridgeline is the only one to earn IIHS top safety designation.