http://www.americancorpus.org/x3.asp...e&w13=crash&r=
http://www.americancorpus.org/x3.asp...ed&w12=from&r=
http://www.americancorpus.org/x3.asp...ived&w12=by&r=
As you can see in the examples;
one survives the accident, fire etc.
one is survived by the firefighters, a friend etc.(by whom) or by the skin of his/her teeth.(how)
I guess when one uses "survive(d) from" it refers to the things(items, buildings,etc.) that date back to some certain eras and are still intact.

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