Comment Tiger Woods wasn’t lucky: it was a car doing exactly what it’s supposed to in a crash The golfer’s “accident” proves how safe the latest cars are. Perhaps now we need to look again at avoiding the carnage in the first place 25 February 2021 • 4:30pm The incident immediately made the news. This is a still of the aftermath from LA media outlet KABC-TV Credit: KABC-TV Tiger Woods may not think so if his injuries do end his stellar career, but US authorities say he’s a lucky man. Police also claim the golfer wasn’t impaired by drink or drugs and that the crash was “purely an accident” on a road notorious for them.