Incorrect. Modern vehicles are built with force absorbing crumple zones, which significantly reduce impact to people and injury/death.
My youngest son was hit head-on by a drunk driver in a Ford F-150, while my son sat at a stop sign.
The crumple zones and airbags on his 2019 Toyota Corolla SAVED HIS LIFE. He escaped the car with a few bumps and bruises. It's a miracle he's alive.
That would never have happened in a vehicle from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, or 90's.
I have a picture of my youngest son on top of his vehicle after it was towed to the junkyard. It was completely unrecognizable.
Yes, I helped him buy another Toyota Corolla. I drive a Tacoma myself. Toyota fans for life.
Incorrect
High speed crashes are just as deadly in a new an an old car the check the stats and obits the safety devices are more for slower in town crashes.
Bonus round check out junk yards and note all the blood in the newer cars they didn’t live.