YOU SAID:
crashed my car into a tree
INTO JAPANESE
私の車を木にぶつけた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
banged my car into a tree
INTO JAPANESE
車を木にぶつけた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
smashed the car into a tree
INTO JAPANESE
車を木にぶつけた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
smashed the car into a tree
That didn't even make that much sense in English.