And by the same train of thought, there was a C172 with a engine failure in my part of the world.
Instead of going for the wide open fields which are usually anything but what they look like from the air. She elected to land on the road and did so with no issues. Not a single scratch.
Plane is back up and flying after they fixed the engine.
Equally I know of other aircraft that have landed in fields and walked away with the same result.
Its a hard one to figure out and it just depends where it happens. Just gotta hope for the best and that it all works out in the end.