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Thank you for the formula!

Thank you for the link too.

I believe the car coming from a linear motion, doing a 360 may involved some transition from linear to angular momentum, which may possibly be a much stronger force just before it hit the embankment and stopped.

just a thought..

There are many answers to your question and none are exact without exact numbers to use in SolarEagles equation.

When you first look at the equation you probably think of the speed and mass of the car. That takes you down the path toward one answer.

There actually were many crashes the day of "the crash". The car was stopped by whatever it crashed into. Your torso was stopped in a different distance and a different amount of time by whatever you hit (or were restrained by) inside your car. Your head has a hinge called the neck and it was stopped in a different distance and a different amount of time and therefore the forces on it were different. Your heart, lungs, brain and other organs are sloshing around in a meat and jelly container called the human body. All of them stopped differently.

The car was spinning so in some cases the torque (twist) may have been a more significant issue than the forward component of the impact.

If you think about it the many parts of your body that can move and many parts of the car stopped in different distances and different amounts of time during "the crash". If you had fine enough instrumentation there are thousands of different answers to your question. Even a millisecond of difference can be significant when you are involved in the rapid disassembly of a car.

What type of car does a 360° spin traveling down a slight grade with a curve?

Also.. what type of tire? Does someone overinflate the tires to increase mileage?

The impact would be like jumping into your car ...from the roof of the garage.

Agree with SE. These injuries will slow you down for a few days, aggravate you for a few weeks, and remind you for a few months.

Glad it's only tires that popped.

One traveling on a wet road ten to fifteen miles over the speed limit with little tread left on the tires. You are right, I am glad the tires is all that popped.

Speed limits are there for a reason. Looks like the reason has been discovered.

There is a reason for tread being on the tyres/tires. Looks like the reason for that has been discovered...

The short answer is, with the information provided, no one can calculate the forces involved, and how those forces were transferred to your body.

"Traveling at 35 mph on a slight down grade highway when a curve caused our vehicle to start spinning" seems totally illogical. There must be more to the story.

You give no indication as to the conditions of the road, your vehicle and tires.

Any informed answer would only come with much more information.

Consult your insurance carrier.

The force doesn't matter so much as how and where it was applied.
Falling 4' can kill you, while people have survived falling from a 6 storey window onto tarmac.
Del

Not sure what year your car is or if you want the insurance company involved. But I believe modern day cars have a so called black box in them that will show just about everything you are asking for. The insurance company may not be willing to give you the info even if you ask nicely.
There may even be a way not involving the insurance company to get the info.

Hurrah for crumple zones!

Will the incident appear on one of those car crash videos on YouTube?

It's a good job no other road user became <...out of alignment...>.

Knowing the force of impact won't help you. If you are out of alignment you should see a chiropractor, or a masseuse might do.

Agreed, a quick checkup with a chiropractor may be all that is needed if it is a simple misalignment issue caused by the accident. A hospital visit won't pick this up.

First, go back to the doctor and insist on a more thorough examination. If you felt delayed pain, find out the medical reason, as soon as ou can...