Damaged Cars (salvage) can be shocking to look at - shattered windscreen’s, bent suspension - missing front wings or scratched sidepanels. I find myself oddly attracted to looking at salvage, when I see it on a car website I often stop to take a look - you can often tell which are the safe cars to drive - by looking at what isn’t messed up completely - damaged salvage.
For instance I have recently noticed a huge amount of newish french cars that have been involved in accidents that land them on thier roof - mazda’s seem to do ok I dont know that many mazda breakers. Ncap 5 or not I still don’t like the odds.
It is generally true the newer the car the safer it is - unless you buy a tvr or similar 
- Whether you like cars, have a brand new motor or are looking to buy - checking out salvage damaged cars is always kinda bad fun.