something like happened to be about 3 years ago. i was driving home at night and this black cat was on the side of the road. it ran out just i was passing him by and he hit my tire. i ran over him.
When I went back to see, the cat was nowhere to be seen or found. I guess he was okay and walked home?
Cats can be weird like that. I'ts almost as if they have so sense of fear at times.