72km/hr = 72000m/3600seconds(we convert km/hr to m/s
= 20m/s
Velocity= 20m/s
In 4seconds,distance covered=20x4= 80m
Therefore,an accident occurs because in 4seconds, the car would have moved past 20m
Kinetic energy, KE, is modeled by the formula

, where m is the mass in kg and v is the velocity in m/s.
In this scenario, mass and one-half are constant but the velocity changes.
You can see that by squaring twice the velocity, that is equal to four times the original KE. Therefore, the answer is 4k.