Not to nitpick your dilemma, there will always be a dilemma, but at any speed where children in the road are likely (<70km/h, 45mph), the driver of a modern car

Not to nitpick your dilemma, there will always be a dilemma, but at any speed where children in the road are likely (<70km/h, 45mph), the driver of a modern car will have a 90% chance of survival against the wall. Cars really are much safer than they used to be even at the instant where you are meeting the wall. (Ok, I used a "head on collision" number because I couldn't find a wall number, but the physics are probably pretty close. Numbers from a New Zealand Ministry of Transport PDF from 2012: http://www.transport.govt.nz/assets/Import/Documents/_versions/4041/Speed-crash-facts-2012.1.pdf http://www.transport.govt.nz/assets/Import/Documents/_versio... )