Main reasons that end a car’s life…

Accident damage today is much more thorough, compensated by survival and some medical savings.

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What is the leading cause of vehicles being consigned to the scrap heap?
Age or accident, engine, other mechanicals or bodywork?  Was it ever thus, or have things changed? 
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The bottom line for arriving at the graveyard is the same for almost all cars, vide: when they are worth more dead than alive.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.