Well, this does not necessarily shed a negative light on his status as Mr. Safety.
If you are at the wrong place at the wrong time (example perhaps going 60 plus miles and hour and a Deer jumps right in front of you from out of the brush at last instant at night) You may well end up dead .....with no oppurtunity to react. You get a brief nano second in which you realize that something very bad is about to happen.
Unfortunately some will make light of his Mr. Safety status no doubt.
Kinda like minding your own business and having someone cross the center line unexpectedly and take you out head on...not much you can do to prepare for some things. You just hope it aint your time to go in that manner.