I just realized a reason why some rollover accidents occur in what would seem to be a minor impact.
This clip shows a car's right front tire impacting the left rear wheel of another, and riding up over it into a rollover.
The impacting car likely has his brakes locked before the impact, and the car he strikes has wheels turning, to with the rear part the struck tire moving upward.
If the front car is moving fast, the rear part of his rolling tire would be moving quickly upward when impacted, and the good traction between two tires squishing together propels the striking car into the air.
In this clip, though the video is not as clear as the first, you can see how violently the impacting car is thrown upwards.
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