[naturalized]

It had more than 400,000 miles on the clock when a distracted woman driver smashed into the back of the car, pushing it into the car in front of me. She hit me so hard that the drivers seat (with me in it) landed on the back floor.

lol. How do you know it wasn't the crappy Volvo seatback that failed? Thank God there wasn't a child sitting behind you.

Volvo safety is one of the most overhyped lies sold to a gullible public by an avaricious advertising industry. If this had been a Chevrolet, the OP would have been filing a lawsuit.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Not just the seat back; the whole seat, frame and all, ripped out of the floor. I saw her coming in the mirror and braced myself for the hit. I sounded the horn to try to wake her up but she didn't touch the brake.
When the cop arrived, she told them I backed into her. Just then, two scrub-faced kids stepped forward and told the cop they'd heard the horn and turned to see her hit the Volvo.
The cop asked what they were doing in the neighborhood. They said they were Mormon missionaries, calling for the Lord...