Car Accident Reconstruction
A car accident reconstruction
and investigation is a process of obtaining, recording, refining, and
analyzing information from an accident. This data comes from a variety
of sources, but overall, the evidence is obtained from the vehicles, the
accident scene, and witnesses/drivers. To the untrained observer, this
data may be an unrecognizable jumble of information. Introtech's skilled
auto accident reconstruction experts assemble this data and sort it
into a package of organized evidence that is ready to be scientifically
evaluated. The result is a compilation of facts and evidence that is
then used to reconstruct a transportation casualty.
Accident Reconstruction & Investigation Process
The investigative process of
any auto reconstruction works back through the chain of events from the
final rest positions of the units involved. Therefore, this process
involves a skillful and disciplined study of the evidence and
application of basic science.
Not every question about an
automotive accident can be answered to a reasonable degree of certainty. Some issues may remain indeterminate. The quality and quantity of information is critical to a reconstruction. As a result, the Introtech staff uses logic and facts to arrive at conclusions about automotive accidents.
Ultimately auto accident reconstruction strives to answer key questions about an accident.
To read more in-depth about Introtech's car accident reconstruction process, check out our case studies page.
An in-depth investigation should include:
- Position of the vehicles on the roadway at various points of time
- Analyzing the links in the chain of events
- Determining speed of the vehicles
- Direction of travel
- Accident avoidability
- Calculating time, speed, and distance relationships
- Analyzing driver actions or inaction
- Plotting vehicles at first contact, maximum engagement, and disengagement
- Calculation severity of collision metrics
- Driving strategy and tactics
- Evaluating whether traffic law violations were a factor to the cause of an accident
- Who was driving?
- Evaluating contributing factors
- Lines of sight and visibility factors
- Effect of weather and road conditions
- Effect of alcohol and other psychophysical considerations
- Lines of sight and visibility factors