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World's fastest ever crash test: Family car vapourised as it smashes into wall at 120mph (a speed most runabouts can hit)

By Gareth Finighan
Last updated at 8:02 AM on 24th October 2011

This is the terrifying moment a Ford Focus smashes into a solid concrete wall at 120mph in the world's fastest ever crash test.

Industry experts EuroNCAP normally crash vehicles at speeds of 40mph when giving production cars a safety rating.

But Five's motoring show Fifth Gear wanted to see what would happen in a head-on collision at three times this speed - a figure most family cars are capable of....

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As much as I hate to pee in Fifth Gear's shreddies, America's Myth Busters already slammed a rocket-powered snow plow into a car at 550 mph (880 kph). And when it comes to crash testing, it matters not whether the bat hits the ball or the ball hits the bat.

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