Can easily die from a car accident?

Question

Can easily die from a car accident?

Answer 1

Not at 5 miles an hours, but definitely at 75 miles an hour.

Answer 2

Yes, over a lifetime, the odds of ding as a car occupant are 260 to 1.  Not alarming, but not great either.

From what I read, speed is less of a cause of death than people think.  Obviously driving under the influence will probably have the highest odd of killing or getting killed in an accident.  Driving like an idiot across all the lanes of a highway including the breakdown lane, will also do it.

Driving recklessly during bad weather will do it.  Most importantly, wearing a seat belt is the best thing you can do to tip your odds of survival heavily in your favor, and even more important, making sure that all your passengers wear them is also important because during an accident they will become moving objects and strike you from  within the car.

Have fun

Answer 3

I think it depends on your speed and the car. the faster you are going than the object you are colliding with, then the more damage you will do to the object that is going at a slower velocity than you.

Answer 4

Can easily die from anything [sic].  Safety is an illusion and life is fragile.  Treasure the time you have.

Above, you can easily die at five mph: five mph off a cliff.  Five mph and someone travelling seventy-five hits you head-on.

Answer 5

e.g. (for example)

17 yr old boy had hot little car (in my county in Florida)

had his GF and 4 other friends in car -  did not realize this extra

QUARTER ton slowed his car down

at 3 am - only 2 vehicles on the road ( 4 lane divided highway)

Him at a stop sign

18 wheeler semi at 60 mph in a 65 mph zone ( i.e. NOT speeding)

the thought he could make it

he will not make that mistake, again

results: 2 airlifted by trauma helicopter

2 by ambulance to ICU

truck driver shaken up, but not injured

17 and girlfriend - did not clear the scene *

removed by the coroner

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I was the sheriff's dispatcher who had to coordinate all

the units to assist - not a happy night

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very easy to die - BUT - only 5 seconds to miss ICU

take the 5 seconds and be grateful

all the best

Answer 6

Yes you can and all you need to do is watch the news it happens everyday...............

Answer 7

yes if it's severe

Answer 8

If you're not wearing your seatbelt!

Answer 9

well also if you where a seatbelt and your car might get on fire you are a goner but it is still very safe to wear a seatbelt. If you like start doing flips and glass breaks you might die

Answer 10

yes if yout wearing a safety belt and you hit enougher car u coud get chest trauma

Answer 11

like anything it depends on the severity.

If I jump out my window I might twist my ankle.  If I jump off the CN tower... splat.

Same thing with car accidents

Answer 12

If you are driving on the highway at 70 miles per hour.

And someone is coming from the other direction at the same

speed. That is a 140 mile per hour "impact."

Yes. You can die from a car accident. Sorry. <}:-{(

Answer 13

depends on whos driving..

a)drunk

b)mad person

c)angry person

d)person hu 4got 2 look

Answer 14

if its severe enought

Answer 15

if it is a toy car... sishh.. you people don't think of the details ._.

Answer 16

Most definitely. Often times people break their necks / skull from the impact or puncture their lungs causing their lungs to collapse. There are also cases of suffocation from air bags, or burned to death from gas leak. Trust me, there are many different ways to die from a car accident.

Answer 17

that depends on a lot of things;

are you wearing your seatbelt?

how bad is the accident?

etcetc.

Answer 18

it depends on the impact of the hit

Answer 19

unless you really want to commit a suicide but please don't do it.

Answer 20

Velocity times mass times impact angle [and location]

The car is made of metal

a human is made mostly out of water

dying in car accidents is easy

Answer 21

dwepends on a lot of things but consider the speed at which you are hit, where you are hit (front, side, rear) and if you remembered to wear your seatbelt.

Answer 22

since the invention of the motorcar 25million people have died as a result of them,

so not difficult to die

Answer 23

It is much easier to die...You don't have to be in a hospital wrapped in bandages or with a tube stuck down your throat breathing for you or a machine pumping your blood..Or you don't have to worry about loosing your family if a spouse decides to divorce you because this the last straw...Or you are served with legal papers stating that you are being sued for several million dollars for negligent homicide...Or you are in jail because your blood alcohol was over the legal limit and your vehicle was impounded and you've been fired from work for another unexcused absence...Life as you know it is over...And you think insurance will cover these little situations?..Guess again!...Dying is easy and you only do it once.

Answer 24

Sadly, yes. It happens too often.