# Would you die from 11 meters drop **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 21, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270 "2020-02-21T00:38:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Emma33559637](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a4c791/32.png) [@Emma33559637](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emma33559637)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/1 "2020-02-21T00:38:47Z")
I need to know this for my homework and I cant really fond it anywhere so can you die from landing head first from a 36 foot drop onto concrete. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/2 "2020-02-21T00:55:40Z")
You can die from falling _any_ height, even just from tripping on your shoelaces while walking down the sidewalk. Are you looking for the probability of death? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/3 "2020-02-21T01:00:12Z")
Yeah - no definitive Yes/No answer - just probabilities ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/4 "2020-02-21T01:01:40Z")
Emma, gravity acts at 32 feet per second/per second, so you would hit your head at something near that speed. And since Force=Mass \* Velocity, you can calculate how hard that would be. Others may have better answers than that. A question for you is what class is this, what grade/school level is it, and how bad do you need this class? Press on. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/5 "2020-02-21T01:03:06Z")
Force does not equal mass times velocity. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/6 "2020-02-21T01:04:42Z")
> [@](#): > > Emma, gravity acts at 32 feet per second/per second, so you would hit your head at something near that speed. At _what_ speed? If you’re going to say “at that speed”, then you really ought to calculate a speed. And mass times velocity is a momentum, not a force, and damage to a body depends more on energy than it does on mass or force, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/7 "2020-02-21T01:04:43Z")
Would I, me personally, die? God, I’d hope so. It would suck to do all that work of climbing up to end up crippled or maimed. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/8 "2020-02-21T01:05:51Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > Force does not equal mass times velocity. I sit corrected. It is F=MA, or acceleration. In mitigation, it has been 45 years since my last Science class. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/9 "2020-02-21T01:09:40Z")
Some people across the street from me were having some work done on their house. The worker fell off the ladder (or roof maybe) and died. He hit hard enough to leave ‘gray matter’ on the concrete. It’s a normal two story house, he likely wasn’t more than 25 feet or so off the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/10 "2020-02-21T01:11:04Z")
Impact would be at about 22.5 mph. Regardless of how you land, It’s liable to hurt. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/11 "2020-02-21T01:11:20Z")
I thought we weren’t supposed to do people’s homework for them. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/12 "2020-02-21T01:16:55Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I thought we weren’t supposed to do people’s homework for them. I guess things have changed? With a mod helping figure out the answer, all bets are off. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/13 "2020-02-21T01:20:26Z")
Head first? From 36 feet? On to concrete? “Can you die”? I mean, yes, fucking of course yes. People die at far shorter falls. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/14 "2020-02-21T01:21:19Z")
Also depends on what you’re landing on. If it’s into water and you do it properly, you might be an Olympian! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/15 "2020-02-21T01:32:47Z")
I fell off a chair(from sitting) onto bamboo flooring and got a concussion. Heck yeah, you’ll die or be seriously injured. IMO as a consummate klutz. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/16 "2020-02-21T01:34:06Z")
Don’t listen to these wimps. You’ll be fine. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/17 "2020-02-21T01:39:22Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Don’t listen to these wimps. You’ll be fine. …and don’t forget to use the key phrases “hold my beer”, “keep those likes coming”, and “don’t forget to subscribe” ---
**Author:** ![cmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@cmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmore)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/18 "2020-02-21T02:03:04Z")
using the swag method to determine this, the average person would have a better than 80% (1) chance of dying. also using the swag method, 17% (1) of the people that didn’t die wished they would have. (1) +/- 2% dependent on many factors ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/19 "2020-02-21T02:14:31Z")
> [@Emma33559637](#): > > I need to know this for my homework and I cant really fond it anywhere so can you die from landing head first from a 36 foot drop onto concrete. It’s not hard to begin to find an answer. Google something such as “how high a fall will kill you”. Also, work on your writing and punctuation skills. ---
**Author:** ![pirviii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pirviii/32/3233_2.png) [@pirviii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pirviii)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270/20 "2020-02-21T02:52:18Z")
I had a neighbor that was knocked backwards and hit his head on a curb and died, and people whose parachute failed hit the ground and lived, so it depends. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-die-from-11-meters-drop/848270.md?page=2)