Originally Posted By rubymorgan
Have you ever wondered what would happen to the occupant of a very mini car in a front and rear end shunt...... very thin sandwich.
I like to have a bonnet in front and a boot to the rear, and I think that this modern trend to try to make everything smaller is dangerous, unsafe where cars are concerned and stupid to the inth degree.
Crumple zones have to have something in which to compress into. ranting

Well the answer in part seems to be here.