I have an 11 year old SUV that I use to tow a trailer. Came with loads of airbags, ABS, traction control, stability control, disc brakes around. I feel incredibly safe in it and have zero incidents.

Age is being used as a really sloppy proxy for safety features, when a lot of these things were completely standard 10 years ago. As mentioned in another post, a 2009 Range Rover came with every major safety feature.