Doesn't look like a head on collision to me. The Vios was hit in the front it seems, the Golf was hit in the side. Or perhaps a small overlap crash at high speed. Quite weird. We don't get to see the other side of the Vios btw.

They say it happened while overtaking, the Golf couldn't make it back on it's lane in time. That suggest small overlap, but also a crash that should have occured on the right side of the car. Look at the Vios, it is limping, the right side looks like it is completely gone, while the front left wheel is still attached. The door is dented, perhaps from the attempt to open the door. It looks much more like the Golf U-turning and the Vios crashing into it sideways, because the car is dented in a way that suggest the impact was on the right side of the car, and you can also see the left side of the front end of the Golf looking rather intact.

Doesn't match the description though, but how about the Vios and the Golf colliding, then the Golf spun out of control and into the pole you can see in the background (or another one we can't see). That's what has brought the car totally out of shape. That would also explain why the left front end of the Golf is relatively ok, where it should be completely crumpled.

Great illustration. I think dares angle makes sense, however I think the right of the Vios should have been the point of impact, but that wouldn't work. The Metro pic doesn't show any damage apart from the side impact, so that is where the Vios had hooked in.

I doubt the Golf was out of control, it should have ESP and handle well enough. Getting it to go completely sideways isn't easy.

While the damage does look a bit odd, I suppose it could be possible. The Vios isn't per se a weak car, it just lacks in side protection and skid protection.

I've had an accident at such an angle before (but from back to the front), the damage to my Citroen was relatively big (bad angle I suppose...) compared to the damage to the other car that hid my side (Focus). Both cars are from the early 00s. The speed was low so not much happened, even the side airbags didn't have to deploy, neither did the front airbag of the Focus. That the Vios didn't suffer so much damage doesn't surprise me, that the driver died does. The speeds must have been rather high... probably the Vios going around the speed limit perhaps, the VW since it was trying to overtake more? I can imagine that due to the angle the Vios was redirected, and the driver must have hit the airbag at a suboptimal angle and moved on into the A pillar or something like that.

The Golf position really confuses me. I can see how the Vios was redirected a bit towards the center of the road, but the Golf? The Vios must really have hooked into the Golf and sent it backwards, but it is a lighter car...

If the Golf driver had gone for a straight head on collision, with as much overlap as possible, perhaps everyone could have survived (well, at least those in the Golf, due to it being the bigger car).

Keep in mind the smaller the overlap, the more serious the accident, because it is much tougher on the car/crumple zone. Unless you drive that Suzuki D segment car or a Volvo (or an ancient Citroen DS).
cars have systems to redirect the car in a small overlap crash.

But the Golf was damaged only on the left side, which would indicate that unless the Golf had done a 180 (which is pretty unlikely, unless they pulled the handbrake perhaps) the Vios would have to have hit the Golf with it's left side too. And even so, a frontal collision should be fine for a Vios. It is a bit softer than the Fiesta, but it's still okayish. I could imagine that the driver missed the airbag, or not have worn seatbelts. Or the crash happened at a too high speed, but then we should be seeing more damage to the Vios.

So what?

These two crashed into each other:



No chance of survival whatsoever in the Bel Air.

Wira:


Fiesta:


The point is to pick the car that, under the same circumstances, offers the (almost) best protection. Not all crashes are between lorry and car. And if you crash into a Wira for example, your chances of survival are simply much better in a modern safe car than a Wira or Iswara. There is no guarantee to survive, but the chances are higher. That was the point of this thread, and all that you have managed to show is that there can be freak accidents.

You just don't understand, or don't want to, right?

I am saying old cars in general are not safe. And by old I mean old designs. It doesn't matter if it is still produced. A 2013 produces Iswara would still be very dangerous. The same goes for an old Mercedes, Volvo, ... Any old car is dangerous, period. That is the point. I do have crash test results for the Wira, and it is a popular car in Malaysia. No point showing people a car they have never seen is unsafe. (btw. the Trabant isn't so bad... It simply won't reach a high enough speed ).

Did EuroNCAP really test the Beetle? Can you show me any proof? I'd like to see photos/videos of that. They only started testing in 1997... and cars that were already on the market and then tested were quite bad. Especially some small Rover which was essentially a car from the 70s with few visual changes.

DSG can hardly cause accidents. Toyotas are much more prone to that. Brake failure, accelerator stuck, ...

anything but korean car. i even willing to take preve