Why does high speed collisions like falling cause more damage?

Question

I’m kinda confused, obviously it’s because there is more force involved in the collision compared to a slow speed collision, but why? It’s just the way the universe works, or what?

In: Physics

Answer 1

There is an equation f=ma, f being force m being the objects mass and a is its acceleration. So the heavier/faster you are the more force is applied when something hits something else