Where is the safest seat on a train if it were to ever crash?

Question

This does not include the driver's seat if anyone wants to be witty!!

Answer 1

In the event of a collision the front end would be smashed up, the rear end would most likely be whipped round, so the safest part will be somewhere in the middle of the train.

Answer 2

At the back of the last carriage

Answer 3

on the one in the sidings

Answer 4

The rear facing one in the last car. The couplers ( buffers to you Brits ) actually absorb the energy of the collision.

Answer 5

the one in the waiting room your sitting on, as you missed the train that just crashed

Answer 6

The middle sections are least likey to be hit by another train.

Answer 7

At the front!!!

HEHE!!!

Answer 8

i would put the middle carrage as it should not get a scrape as if the engine hits first then the blow will smash up the first carrages not yours but if its a high speed crash follow the driver to the other end quickly

Answer 9

studies have been done and if you sit forward facing and the carriage stops at 30 mph you would be thrown forward with a force of about 3 tonnes and still in a seated position until you are stopped by something solid like a seat your knees hit the seat throw you forward and your forehead hits the seat and breaks your neck.

un less you sit rear facing then you are pushed back in to the padding of the seat but when a train crashes i would want to be on my sofa watching it on television

Answer 10

the front carriage...its always the middle and the back that gets the damage  because it buckles and the rails get up lifted and go into the carriages...

Answer 11

Strangely enough, this is impossible to answer.

If it is a front-end collision, then you need to be in the back. But if it is a rear-end collision, then you need to be in the front. And, if the collision is side on (as it was at Ladbroke Grove), then the middle of the train should be avoided.

However, since most collisions involve sharp de-acceleration, then if you sit with your back to the direction of travel, then, instead of being thrown forward during the de-acceleration, you will be pushed back into your seat. (You just have to contend with the passenger sitting opposite to you falling into your lap!)

Answer 12

I guess, it makes no difference.

As it depends how the crash or scenario happens

Answer 13

on the plane or in the car :)

Answer 14

There is no such thing as the safest seat on a train except for the cab of the locomotive, which isn't to be mentioned.

The reason for this is the definition of "crash", front end, back end, side of a car, etc.

I'll give a scenario of each:

Front End:  Two Trains head on collision may depend on how fast, and the number of cars involved.

-In this case if the rear of the train didn't derail then the back seat was the safest.

Back End: Another train collides into the back of your train.

Once again it all depends on speed and numbers of cars.

-In this case the car behind the locomotive was the safest.

Side Collision:  A train or vehicle ignores a signal or crossing gates and slams into the side of your train.

-In this case no car is exactly safe.

So if you think you'll  be safe at the rear or front end, you should think again!

The only chance you may have is in the Engineers' seat if it wasn't a head on incident!

Answer 15

the seat in the waiting room

Answer 16

There is no safest seat - it depends on the impact etc. and what carraiges are affected. x

Answer 17

in the engine next to the engineer. unless you go over a bridge into the water, then you mite try the last car.

Answer 18

Sit in the middle.  Your train may hit something ahead or be struck from behind.  It can derail however, in which case there is no seat safer than another.

Answer 19

modern UK carraiges are immensly strong and have survived some immense crashes relativly intact. General advice is to read the safety information provided either on posters around the train or on safety cards by your seat, so that you know how to release the doors and leave the train.

Answer 20

Generally speaking, any seat at the back carriage is safer, of course because at the time of crash each carriage sequesncially absorbs some of the crash energy!! so the further back the carriage is, the lesser the impact of the crash!!!

Answer 21

The safest seat would be in the carriage furthest from impact if that were the type of crash. If it was a derailment then all are equally at risk. We are told in training that if you are heading for impact then to get out of the drivers seat and get into at least the 2nd carriage, then to sit on the floor with your back against any fixed object and to face the rear of the train.

Just for info for the poster above who thinks that drivers are never injured - what a load of tosh. Drivers rarely walk away from a serious accident, the reason you never hear of driver injuries/deaths is that the media do not place any importance on the life of a driver, of ANY public transport.

Answer 22

................. next to you guardian angle ................... all are as safe or as prone .................

Answer 23

As others have said, it entirely depends on the nature of the crash. Assuming it's a "normal" front or rear collision, rather than a sideswipe, however, roughly in the middle with your back to the direction of travel is statistically the best place due to inertia.