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Our Vehicles & Crash
Reconstruction Group includes Vehicle, Highway, and Human Factors Experts supported by our
Tires, Materials, Biomechanical, Illumination, Meteorology, and Fire/Explosion Experts. The input of all these Experts provides the needed
information for our Crash Reconstruction Experts to perform complex crash reconstruction
analyses and provide demonstrative evidence for courtroom testimony. These Experts have analyzed all types of crashes
involving cars, trucks, trailers, buses, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles,
boats, ATV’s, and pedestrians.
Our Vehicle Experts, including Automotive, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineers, have
analyzed, designed, manufactured, tested, and operated vehicles and their components. These experts can determine how the vehicle
initiated or contributed to the severity of crashes.
They are experts in steering, suspension, brakes, lighting, seats, airbags,
seat belts, structural components, fuel systems, and crashworthiness.
Our Highway Experts include Civil
and Structural Engineers with design, construction, and maintenance experience for roads
(including slopes, banks, surfaces), bridges, guardrails/barriers/medians, lighting,
drainage, and traffic controls. They can
determine if the existing highway conditions, including work zone safety, contributed to
the initiation or the severity of the crash.
Our Human Factors Experts can
evaluate driver fatigue; operator perception and reaction; and actual or possible
avoidance maneuvers, to determine their affects on the initiation or severity of the
crash.
Our Tire Experts can determine if
tires were defective or were damaged in the crash, and also the all-important interaction
between the tires and the vehicle. Likewise,
our Materials Experts can evaluate damaged vehicle components to determine 1) if they
initiated or were a result of the crash and 2) the likely method of failure (e.g. fatigue,
corrosion, etc).
Our Biomechanical Experts can
evaluate crash forces and render an opinion about crash severity from a biomechanical
viewpoint. They can examine the forces acting
on the human body and predict how the body will react to those forces. Finally, they can render opinions concerning
likely types of injuries that could result from a crash and the specific mechanics of
those injuries.
Our Illumination and Meteorology
Experts can evaluate how poor lighting and/or weather conditions could have contributed to
the crash.
Finally, our Fire/Explosion
Investigators can inspect the vehicle and the vehicle site to determine if a fire or
explosion caused the crash, or were the results of the crash. Electrical, fuel, and other vehicle components can
be inspected and tested to determine if they were the origin and cause of the fire or
explosion. They can also evaluate whether the
fire or explosion, including carbon monoxide exposure, contributed to the severity of any
injuries or deaths.
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