" Fires following a collision are the leading cause of vehicle
deaths."

I don't know where they got those stats. I was a highway cop for 30 years, been to more fatal collisions than I care to remember, and only four or five of those involved fires. Most of the dead folks I got to pick up were ejected from an overturning vehcle because they were not wearing seatbelts. Right behind those were those in head-on or high speed broadside collisons. Fire is waaayyyy down on the list...