Why Cars Rarely Crash into Buildings in the Netherlands

I've lived in the Netherlands for a year and a half and I realized that I haven't seen a car crash into a building yet.

You would think that cars regularly crashing into buildings would signal a problem to most people, but a lot of Americans and Canadians just accept it as normal. This is extremely rare in the Netherlands, and it's due to safer street design that has come from a very different approach to road safety.

Bicycle Dutch modernization of 1960s street design:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q57sa7tjSNk

Netherlands house crashes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edhg2s_VufA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRoPWsocLHQ

Speeding driver through intersection by Toronto Drivers Exposed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=putyl28Ct1I

Gezicht in de Carnegiedreef te Utrecht:
Photographed by P. van der Linden, 1969
https://hetutrechtsarchief.nl/beeldmateriaal/detail/22e53839-19d0-5e6c-bc97-5d9ed09b1225/media/0a2be07b-15b1-ec18-417c-eda84f33e972?mode=detail&view=horizontal&q=Carnegiedreef&rows=1&page=25

Various news articles:
https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/5ijyl8/so_this_happened_today_at_queen_and_parliament/
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/part-of-parliament-st-closed-after-car-crashes-into-pole-storefront-1.3223782
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/school-bus-rollover-students-injured-1.4149380
https://twitter.com/vcazan/status/872442343605121025
https://twitter.com/PCPappy/status/917805337276813313
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/03/12/car-into-shoppers-drug-mart/
https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/no-injuries-reported-as-car-smashes-into-tecumseh-shoppers-drug-mart-1.4770540
https://globalnews.ca/news/4111368/ottawa-shoppers-drug-mart-crash/
https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/photos-car-crashes-into-shoppers-drug-mart-window/
https://twitter.com/London_Traffic/status/1006565474388402176
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7247356-no-injuries-as-car-crashes-through-front-window-of-shoppers-drug-mart-in-courtice/
https://sydenhamcurrent.ca/2018/01/15/car-crashes-shoppers-drug-mart-wallaceburg/
https://globalnews.ca/news/6680079/car-crashes-into-shoppers-drug-mart-storefront-in-peterborough/
https://www.saltwire.com/news/local/car-crashes-through-window-at-shoppers-drug-mart-147549/?location=nova-scotia
https://blackburnnews.com/london/london-news/2015/07/10/car-crashes-into-shoppers-drug-mart/
https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/vehicle-crashes-into-shoppers-drug-mart-in-south-london/
https://www.theobserver.ca/2017/06/20/vehicle-crashes-into-shoppers-drug-mart-in-sarnia/wcm/4ed51850-8f3a-b3be-dc36-cbb2149fb473
https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/7517324-photos-driver-injured-after-crashing-into-shoppers-drug-mart-at-popular-brampton-plaza/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/new-glasgow-shoppers-drug-mart-crash-1.3491175
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/car-crashes-into-shoppers-drug-mart-truro-1.3362653
https://globalnews.ca/news/6608052/van-crashes-no-frills-keele-street-toronto/
https://www.cp24.com/news/three-transported-to-hospital-after-vehicle-crashes-into-north-york-condo-building-1.4821514
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/02/17/bayview-arena-crash/
https://www.cp24.com/news/police-investigating-after-a-driver-crashed-into-driveway-of-home-in-toronto-1.4616478
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/08/29/vehicle-crashes-into-brampton-home/
https://www.cp24.com/news/intoxicated-man-crashed-into-plate-glass-windows-of-ndp-campaign-office-police-say-1.3956445
https://www.cp24.com/news/two-in-custody-after-car-crashes-into-home-in-etobicoke-1.4497764
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/06/27/two-victims-in-hospital-after-car-crashes-into-mississauga-restaurants-patio.html
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/01/07/driver-arrested-after-crashing-into-porsche-dealership/
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/01/20/driver-taken-to-hospital-after-car-crashes-into-home-in-the-beaches/
https://www.cp24.com/news/driver-sought-after-crashing-into-convenience-store-downtown-1.3876867
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/scarborough-collision-1.4630469
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/13/man-in-hospital-after-car-smashes-through-wall-at-fairview-mall.html
https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/video-no-one-hurt-as-car-crashes-through-shoppers-drug-mart-entrance/
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/10/08/car-crashes-into-store-in-scarborough/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UznLovcn6EE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHrqPWnbe_I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kZ4YmJhLD8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxFutlx296U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhMZsNzgVJQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMsvvHtkVpI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFRxTVNvrDM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqAfnCZv76M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb1epUwg9rk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdYFhHMyANU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7quO1_LL9o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ0m4nRNqtU

Various images:
https://i.redd.it/4z3ul1w3e3l31.png
https://i.imgur.com/Ne6fh.jpg
https://i.redd.it/41eitus294b31.jpg