A car accident? Was your car declared a total loss?

I once got into a crash that was my own fault. There was damage to the front on the driver's side. I was told it cost €7,000 to repair, which meant that car came close to being totaled. Nothing wrong with the car now but it turned out six months later that the tie rod connecting the wheels had been bent by the impact, which had to be fixed separately. They had somehow missed it during post crash inspection. The man at the shop that I dealt with said the insurance company was unlikely to compensate for that as part of the repairs due to the crash as it could not be stated with certainty that the crash was the cause. However, it did, which I was very happy about because that meant I saved €1000.