Modern cars are, that one brand notwithstanding, safer than ever before. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Don’t believe us? The numbers don’t lie : 100 years ago, there were around 18 motor vehicle-related deaths per 100 million miles driven; in the mid-1960s, the age of Chevy Impalas and Ford Mustangs, you could expect about 5.5 over the same distance. Today, the figure is just a little over a single death per 100 million miles.

But perhaps those odds are still too high for your liking. Is there some way of making your chances of survival even better? Well, if you’re okay with not being in the driving seat, then potentially yes.

“The rear middle seat is the safest place for most passengers,” Lucas Waldenback, c

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