INTRODUCTION TO CRASH INVESTIGATION AND RECONSTRUCTION

DAY 1

• Introduction to collision reconstruction.
• Inspection of a scene
• Vehicle condition and inspection; Thrust diagrams Lights and glass
• Debris, tyre marks and gouges
• Friction and friction measuring devices
• Resultant drag factor - effective factor

DAY 2

• Measurements and diagrams, geodimeter total
• Survey station
• Photographs
• Speed from skid, yaw, flips and vaults
• Trucks, articulated vehicles, taco graphs trip computers

DAY 3

• Pedestrian collision reconstruction - vehicle Speed Estimate Formulae
• Motorcycle reconstruction
• Dynamics, time, distance, acceleration

DAY4

• Energy, damage, vehicle stiffness
• Conservation of momentum, rear end, head on, intersection collisions, examination
• review

DAY FIVE

• Involves case studies, written examination and learning assessments