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Originally Posted by JulianLW
People with experience say otherwise
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I agree with you regarding high speed falls.
I was thinking of the aftermath of a typical high-speed modern truck collision, however. As an example, there are plenty of approximately human-sized deer dead by the side of U.S. highways with bones at least partially intact.
Someone directly in front of something so big and fast that they can't get at least partially out of the way, which doesn't have provisions for victims to "bounce off" (e.g., a railroad train or old-style flat-nosed heavy bus or truck moving at high speeds) will end up more or less like you describe. They're then likely to get pulled under the vehicle due to gravity and the vehicle's forward momentum, where they get pulped even more by its wheels and possibly underbody. The body might be torn to pieces, with pieces caught in the vehicle being dragged for miles.
Modern heavy trucks and school busses have redesigned front ends, in part to reduce damage in pedestrian collisions.