If a train goes at 100mph and hits a cow, how far does it splatter the remains on the track?

Question

This is a sick question but I need to know. So if the train goes at 100mph, hits a cow, the animal remains will splatter about for quite a long stretch of the track. But how long? Also, do you know how long this splatter would be if the train hit a badger, deer or any medium-sized animals? How about human remains? Honestly, I'm not being sick I need to know this.

Answer 1

In my former job I was an Accident Investigator, so we had to deal with this sort of thing all the time. When a train is traveling at 60mph -90 mph a cows can de-rail a train and it is classed as a large boned animal and the details has to be sent to the HSE (Health & Safety Exectutive.) Any way their remainds could be spread up to half a mile depending on the speed & how long it took the train to stop!

Answer 2

A train travelling at speed and hitting a cow is likely to be derailed by the impact. How far the dismembered remains of the cow are thrown by the impact would depend on what position the cow was standing in when hit.

A human or smaller animal is more likely to be dragged under the wheels and dismembered that way. The remains might be caught up in the wheels of the train or thrown between the rails or clear of the track.

Answer 3

I know you are having a laugh, but it really depends whether it is a locomotive or a driving unit. A locomotive will remove the cow or anything from the track without endangering the train. A driving unit which has very little weight, in terms of the train behind it, is in danger of being destabilised by hitting an object at this speed and derailment is a possoibility. It was a cow being hit by a propelled driving unit at Camelon on the Edinburgh to Glasgow main line in the mid 80s that caused a terrible crash that resulted in 13 people dying.

Answer 4

Smaller animals, including people, are usually knocked off of the right of way. If you really want to see what happens, go to YouTube, sign in, and search "Banned from TV - Train accident." Warning! This is an extremely graphic video of a persons last moments. You will not be able to view this video unless you are over the age of 18.

I have hit cattle here and there during my career, although never at anywhere near 100 miles an hour. But, cows, horses and the occasional human being gets what we called "rolled up." With reference to one of the cows, it was ran over and, because of the clearance issues, is rolled along the ground under the train, with the equipment wheels slicing it up like a large scale version of the meat slicer in your local delicatessen. The resulting hamburger doesn't travel very far.

Answer 5

If the train hit a highland cow, with horns, the train would actually implode on impact and the train would splatter for several miles. This is because the cow had been drinking Iron Bru
There wouldn't be any remains as the rest of the cows would have devoured the carnage.
So in answer to your question, there would be no remains!!!
Glad to been of help?

Answer 6

If a train hits a cow or a bull at 100mph not only will it splatter the blood of the object hit, it will splatter the blood of the passengers on the train as the train would crash.

Answer 7

If the impact doesn`t cause the train to de-rail, the carcass of the cow would be immediately on impact blown to pieces, some pieces such as skin and bones would attach themselves to the front and to the sides of the engine, the remainder would be blown away.

Answer 8

They will splatter becuase of the impact. The force of the train will mean that it won't drag the cow or vehicle, it will just make it explode on impact, basically.

Answer 9

I'm guessing about 10 feet on the track because the train is going so fast it's going to push the guts past the point of impact in an instant.

Answer 10

One meter in front of the train when it stops, as the blood would be on the front of the train and when it stoppes sundenly it will spray off slightly, therefore the lenght is from where the cow was hit to where the trains acually stops and then one more meter on that.