Living in South Africa we are used to dodgy vehicles on the road. You know the kind. Hell, even our taxis are sometimes held together with ducktape, while a monkey wrench substitutes the all important function of steering wheel. But you might be safer in that than in any of these cars. Auto Shippers has listed the ten least safe cars of all time.

Best you get rid of that Smart ForTwo. Shame on you for owning it in the first place. Hitting something at 60 km/h and becoming airborne is not ideal.

Remember the Chev Corvette (1984-1988)? This car has claimed more lives than any other vehicle in history. And you thought your parents were just being pissy when they refused.

The Chevy “killing machine” Corvette

And then there’s the Ford Pinto, which was known one more than one occasion to explode with the not much more than a minor fender-bender. We would definitely have fewer woman around if this car was still being produced.

Explosive little guy

And if you own one of these…Again, the shame. Here we have the Kia Rio. You may want to ensure you have a head-on collsion rather than being hit from behind in this vehicle. Bizarrely, occupants who had suffered rear collisions in one of these little puppies were more likely to end up expired or in ICU.

Rather get rear-ended

Check out some of the other deathtraps here.

[Source: autoshippers]