I'll happily bet that mine is in better shape than 80% or so of what rolls of the assembly line. It's better than it was when it was first built. Anyway, it's interesting how 'old' is immediately associated with 'unsafe', whereas the main deciding factor isn't really how old the car is but how well it has been maintained, what price bracket it is in (cheap cars are much less safe than expensive ones) and what make & model. Then there is the driver, experience level, whether they drink and drive and are well rested. Because the best way to survive an accident is to avoid getting into one in the first place. There are obvious outliers on all of these and my personal safety is rather high on my list of things to be careful with.