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Who Should Attend:  Individuals that have completed SRR's Advanced Crash Investigation and/or SRR's Crash Reconstruction or their equivalence.

This class is a comprehensive review, plus known updates, in the field of crash investigation.  Crash investigation and reconstruction is a skill that requires those individuals that are called upon to investigate motor vehicle crashes to be a finder of facts.  Were human factors involved?  Was reduced visibility a causative factor? Could it be that the crash was unavoidable? Was mechanical failure an issue? Was it preventable?  These, an numerous other issues, will be discussed in this week long review with others charged with answering the same questions, "Who and/or what caused the crash?"

Required Material:

It is the responsibility of the student to bring a scientific calculator, traffic template (Blue Blitz), 360° protractor, notes and textbooks from previously attended classes.  Pencils, hi-liters and paper will be provided.

Laptops with crash investigation software encouraged, but formulas will be performed by hand first.

What to expect:

• Review of reconstruction principles
• Table-top exercises
• Scenario training
• Field Exercises
• Presentations
• Open Group Discussions
• One-on-One Interaction
• Practice Tests

Topics to be covered:

• Traffic Template Usage
• Basic Physics Concepts;
• Newton's Laws of Motion;
• Vehicle Damage Analysis;
• Perception and Reaction Times;
• Visibility Assessments;
• Time and Distance Studies;
• Airborne Equations;
• Conservation of Linear Momentum;
• Vector Analysis;
• Photography;
• Advanced Measuring; and
• Diagramming.
• Lamp Examination
• Vehicle Dynamics
• Tire Marks and Tire Evidence
• Roadway Evidence Determination, Recording and Preservation
• Photography
• Conservation of Linear Momentum;
• In-line Impacts;
• Oblique Impacts;
• Utility Pole Impacts;
• Multiple Departure Momentum Analysis;
• Vector Analysis;
• Pedestrian Collision Reconstruction;
• Derivation of Equations, Including: Kinetic Energy Formula, Minimum Speed Formula, Combined Speeds, Critical Speed Equation and Yaw Radius Equation.
• Use of Quadratic Equation;
• Motorcycle Speed Estimates;
• Commercial Vehicle Collisions;
• Fundamentals of Reconstruction Computer Software Programs; and
• Case Studies.