This is known as active and passive safety in car engineering. Active safety talks about how (un)likely the car is to get into a crash. Visibility, brakes, gri

This is known as active and passive safety in car engineering. Active safety talks about how (un)likely the car is to get into a crash. Visibility, brakes, grip, driver assists play a major role. Passive safety talks about thr survivability of a crash once it happens. Passenger cell, crumple zones, seat belts, airbags, etc. Most crashes (iirc) are single-vehicle incidents. Amount of energy involved is the biggest factor here. You’re more likely to survive crashing a small car into a tree than a big car … with some fudginess around a bigger car having more ability to absorb the energy. I think it usually about cancels out. Most deadly crashes between cars are t-bones in an intersection because of people chasing yellow lights. You are more likely to die in a big car because of rollovers. Sideways crumple zones are very small in all car sizes. I haven’t kept up with the science the past 10 to 15 years but this stuff was a big interest of mine for about a decade. Can nerd out for days :) tldr: please don’t chase yellow lights. It’s among the deadliest common behaviors. Bonus funfact: Large vehicles are safer for pedestrians because they spread the load across more of the human body when you hit them. That’s why all modern cars have tall flat noses.