Damage to a parked car?
When: Modern day
Location: South of England in a busy city road.
Main character: A male in his early forties and is quite fit and healthy.
My main character is just about to get into his parked car, which is parked behind a parked minibus, which has people getting into it. He has his hand on the handle and is about to open the door, when his car is hit by another car, travelling about 90 miles an hour from behind. The car that hit his car was a Land Rover with a grill on the front which then sped off. My main character's car is a lime green classic model Volkswagen Beetle. The police and ambulance would be called.
I need to know a few things;
1. How far forward would my main character's car and the minibus travel after being hit? I know that it would shunt the minibus forward but I need to know by how much.
2. How much damage would it cause my main character's car or the minibus? What about the car that hit them? I'm guessing the grill on the front would absorb some of the impact but I'm not entirely sure.
3. Would there be any injuries to the people in the minibus? Or to my main character? As the car handle was sort of wrenched from his grasp, I was wondering if he would have any shoulder injuries.
4. Would my main character be breathalysed, even though he wasn't in the car or driving?
Searched: "impact damage" "cars" "crash" "volkswagen beetle" "parked car" "police procedure after accident"
ETA: As 90mph is too fast, if the driver was going about 60mph would that make a difference?
ETA2: I want my main character to be injured but not too much. Broken bones are fine. I'll have to slow the hitting car down more to about 30 - 40mph to make it more feasible.
ETA3: My main character isn't carrying anything in his hands. He had put his work stuff into the passenger side as he was heading off to work. He also has a loose grip on the handle so would his car get knocked out from under his hand?
Thank you to everyone who has replied.
Location: South of England in a busy city road.
Main character: A male in his early forties and is quite fit and healthy.
My main character is just about to get into his parked car, which is parked behind a parked minibus, which has people getting into it. He has his hand on the handle and is about to open the door, when his car is hit by another car, travelling about 90 miles an hour from behind. The car that hit his car was a Land Rover with a grill on the front which then sped off. My main character's car is a lime green classic model Volkswagen Beetle. The police and ambulance would be called.
I need to know a few things;
1. How far forward would my main character's car and the minibus travel after being hit? I know that it would shunt the minibus forward but I need to know by how much.
2. How much damage would it cause my main character's car or the minibus? What about the car that hit them? I'm guessing the grill on the front would absorb some of the impact but I'm not entirely sure.
3. Would there be any injuries to the people in the minibus? Or to my main character? As the car handle was sort of wrenched from his grasp, I was wondering if he would have any shoulder injuries.
4. Would my main character be breathalysed, even though he wasn't in the car or driving?
Searched: "impact damage" "cars" "crash" "volkswagen beetle" "parked car" "police procedure after accident"
ETA: As 90mph is too fast, if the driver was going about 60mph would that make a difference?
ETA2: I want my main character to be injured but not too much. Broken bones are fine. I'll have to slow the hitting car down more to about 30 - 40mph to make it more feasible.
ETA3: My main character isn't carrying anything in his hands. He had put his work stuff into the passenger side as he was heading off to work. He also has a loose grip on the handle so would his car get knocked out from under his hand?
Thank you to everyone who has replied.