I just spent 30 minutes toggling through the filters and can confirm this, along with my own similar experiences.
Trucks don't seem much safer for occupants, while being much worse than expected for other parties.
Trucks don't seem much safer for occupants, while being much worse than expected for other parties.
That other large SUVs like Suburbans/Tahoes (same platform as GM trucks) do not have the same opposing death rate, could suggest that things like driver behavior play an equally large role. This theory (along with the seat belt usage) could be supported by the high rates of driver fatalities in the Dodge muscle (marked as large, but RWD Hemi...) car segment.
A small truck like a Tacoma or Colorado scores somewhere in the 40-50 range for other driver death rate. This on par with a Honda Accord, for example. In contrast, a RAM 3500 scores 189! Makes you really wonder if such things should be legal.