The Insurance Institute tracks vehicle fatalities. Their report last year had 11 vehicles with ZERO “driver deaths per million registered vehicle years”.
Vehicles like Jeep Cherokee 4WD, Toyota Tacoma Double Cab long bed 4WD, and the lowly Volkswagen Tiguan 2WD are among the safest vehicles ever made. Nothing from the ‘60s can touch them for safety.
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/sr/statusreport/article/52/3/1
You missed the point. Mechanically and electrically, there is no question that vehicles are safer.
What is UNSAFE are the electronic computer controls that emerged out of fuel and emission mandates.
When you look at the TOTAL system and break it down into system components, you should notice that most components are evolved over many, many decades EXCEPT for the computer controls imposed by EPA mandates.
So focus on this aspect of safety and go back and scan through the thread I linked to. You should then get the point.
And please stay on topic and focus on the subject matter.