I'd think that the "skateboard" architecture with even typical crumple zoning would make them more safe for the both - the driver and the other driver - than th

I'd think that the "skateboard" architecture with even typical crumple zoning would make them more safe for the both - the driver and the other driver - than the typical front-engine layout of an ICE car which is really like a ram (until special measures are taken to drop the engine down or something similar during the impact). Plus the EVs drive better - better acceleration plus regenerative braking (so you can always slow down without wasting the energy/fuel thus driving more defensively more naturally), so you're much more in control of the situation. For example EVs are much better at doing the STOP correctly - as the low speed torgue is high, so you're really comfortable doing the real legal STOP.