Some years ago, early 80’s maybe, my Dad was in a highway accident. He had a mint, 1960’s, no rust, Chrysler Imperial. The other people had a newer car. Dad walked away.
And in a car like that, he didn’t have much chance of avoiding the collision.
A few years back, I had a guy in a full-size pickup pull out in front of me, about 30 feet ahead of me.
If I had been driving a barge like the Imperial, I might have walked away. But I also would have t-boned the pickup and I doubt the driver would have been walking for a while, if ever.
But because I had an unsafe modern car, with excellent suspension and brakes, I missed his rear bumper by a foot, and we BOTH got to drive home that night.