Glad to hear you’re OK. I had an EMT license for a while. Some of the crashes you see are nuts. I have seen crashes that there is no way people could have lived yet they walk away. Then there are people who trip on a crack in the side walk and die. I heard about a statistic once that said seat belts have a 50% chance at saving your life. There are just as many accidents where seat belts hold you in place when it would be better to be thrown out. I don’t think I believe it. I personally wear mine. It’s better to be held in place in my experience from what I have seen. Keep your chin up.
As for the 20+ I still love to open my VW TDI up on the flat stright roads in the middle of Nevada. 27 years old doesn't hold me back from 140 mph.