Skidding is a term for when a vehicle's line of travel begins to
deviate from the line of travel the driver is asking of the car via the
steering wheel etc. The tires begin to slip. A skilled driver generally
will be able to "get out" of the skid, or, when driving very quickly,
put the car into a slight controlled "skid" to go around a corner
faster. For someone to lose control of their car and hit a pole, you
have to be doing something incorrectly. Speed is generally only one
factor. If the driver handled the situation differently, either
correcting the course of the car, slowing down, etc then it wouldn't
have happened.

Power in a car is only a number. A more powerful car typically is more
responsive, and handles better in most situations. Since the car is
more responsive, it is a much safer car to drive, and for an
inexperienced driver, perhaps a better choice. Of course, an unskilled
driver who pushes the car beyond it's limits will be going at a much
higher rate of speed than he would if he pushed a lesser car too far -
but that doesn't necessarily mean he would be better off.

The CAR is not the problem here. The problem was the driver lost
control, probably from doing an irresponsible manoever.