This kind of happened to my dad. It was in the late 70s and my dad rear ended someone I think. He had a metal steering wheel and bent it forward he hit it so hard but seemed otherwise unphased and was uninjured. They found a bunch of thick black inch long hair in his car and kept asking him where his dog was only to realize it was his lol they figured he was fucked up and his dog was dead but he was fine and there was no dog.