In its final 2025 model evaluations, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) awarded the Tesla Cybertruck a Top Safety Pick rating for crew cab models built after April, confirming strong crash test and avoidance performance from prior tests. This places the Cybertruck alongside the Toyota Tundra as one of only two large pickups to earn the honor this year, part of a release recognizing 16 additional models.
The IIHS's final 2025 awards list includes the Tesla Cybertruck crew cab pickup (built after April 2025) as a Top Safety Pick recipient, building on its earlier strong evaluations in crashworthiness and safety features. Key structural enhancements to the front underbody improved frontal crash protection, earning 'Good' ratings—the IIHS's highest—in driver- and passenger-side small overlap front, updated moderate overlap front (including rear passenger safety), and updated side tests. The standard pedestrian crash prevention system and headlights also rated 'Good,' excelling in daytime/nighttime avoidance scenarios.
Among large pickups, only the Cybertruck and Toyota Tundra secured Top Safety Pick awards this year. The announcement added 16 more models to the list, bringing total Top Safety Pick+ winners to 66.
This bolsters the Cybertruck's safety reputation, despite past IIHS criticisms of Tesla's Autopilot for poor driver monitoring.