G forces

Calculate deceleration of car (as multiple of gravitational acceleration g = 9.81 m/s2) which occurs when a car in a frontal collision slows down uniformly from a speed 111 km/h to 0 km/h in 1.2 meters trajectory.

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G =  40.4 g

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