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train crashes
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How likely am I to survive a train crash if I am on the last carriage and the train is hit at the front?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Surely there are too many unknowns here:
- How many carriages are there?
- How fast is the train travelling?
- Is the track straight or curved?
- Is the train in a cutting, in a tunnel, under a bridge, on an embankment?
- Are you standing or sitting?
- If sitting, are you facing the direction of travel?
- Are there any other passengers (who may fly forward and hit you)?
etc, etc, etc
- How many carriages are there?
- How fast is the train travelling?
- Is the track straight or curved?
- Is the train in a cutting, in a tunnel, under a bridge, on an embankment?
- Are you standing or sitting?
- If sitting, are you facing the direction of travel?
- Are there any other passengers (who may fly forward and hit you)?
etc, etc, etc
Have a look at this, second chapter, 'Details of incident', it doesn't tell you exactly what your after, but it does describe how the carriages behaved, bearing in mind, this was in a tunnel, and it hit a brick wall, but you may be able to do some calculations.
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Moorgate_ tube_crash
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Moorgate_ tube_crash