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Today's larger cars are actually safer... but for their occupants only. In a sea of trucks and giant SUVs it's a little scary so everyone wants a big car. Even small cars are big now, look at a Fiat 500!
Not necessarily true. Bigger car doesn't necessarily mean a safer car. It's complicated and SUVs have made car accidents more dangerous because they are heavier and are much more likely to flip compared to a car with a low centre of gravity. They also are far more dangerous AGAINST sedans and hatchbacks due to the mass difference
https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/are-suvs-safer-than-smaller-cars/
Here's an article that looks at some of the research.
SUVs do provide perceived safety because drivers are higher up and in a bigger car but that's not valuable whatsover in an accident.
I don't know about the rest of the world but in Australia SUVs were treated with less restrictive emissions standards as sedans or hatchbacks so car companies pushed them very hard, some fleets completely removing sedans and hatchbacks from their line up and replacing them with Compact SUVs.
I'm pretty certain most of the SUV craze is just very effective marketing.
Same is true in US and Canada, trucks are loopholed for safety to save production costs.
Small cars have all but disappeared from the market, even a Civic is HUGE compared to a Civic from 20 years ago... but it's also a lot safer (check the crash tests between similar vehicles from the 1990s and contemporary ones).
I'm in Canada and for winter driving up north you definitely want a larger vehicle with decent ground clearance.
Incorrect, large SUVs are legally trucks and have less crash protection. Larger vehicles also get into more crashes because of longer stopping distances, poor handling, tendency to flip, and sliding off roads easier in winter.
F150 and Silverado are the two most commonly crashed vehicles.
They're also the most common vehicles on US roads.