A car crash at 20 mph s like falling off a building of how many stories?

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It would be roughly equivalent of speed of falling from about 8 or 9 m height, although I would much much much rather have a car crash at the same velocity than falling to concrete.

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For one you have a seat belt protecting you

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20mph is rouphly 9metres per second. Gravity accelerates you to 9.8 metres in approximately one second take away a little for air resistance and that means you will reach 9metres per second (20mph) in approximately 1 second.

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Say the average storey is 3 metres high, you are looking at about 3 stories to get to 20mph

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Just under two stories.... about 18 feet.

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ten stories would be over 60 mph.

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