It doesn't matter what you use for tie downs, often there is a chance the crash will cause forces significantly higher than the rating of the chains/straps.
I don't know how heavy that load was, how fast they were going or how suddenly it stopped but here is an example of force applied to a vehicle in a crash.
A 6000lb vehicle traveling 60mph suddenly stops in a 6ft distance will have a force of 13.5 tons, that is 27,000 lbs. Double those numbers if you cut the stopping distance in half.
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