COURSE FEE: $1,050

COURSE LENGTH:  5 DAYS

COURSE SCHEDULE:  6/4/2012 - 6/8/2012

COURSE LOCATION:  Evanston, IL

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3.4 CEUs (34 PDHs)

Traffic engineers should have enough knowledge of crash investigation and reconstruction to assess the quality of data collection and analysis contained in police crash reports. In addition, many times it is necessary for the traffic engineer to conduct an independent investigation to determine how the crash occurred, and to assess the potential involvement of the roadway design and traffic operational factors in crash causation. This ability is an important ingredient in identifying and correcting hazardous roadway features. It is also a critical step in evaluating the potential liability of a highway agency. Each crash has its own story to tell about how the crash happened.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The Accident Reconstruction for Traffic Engineers Workshop is designed to provide traffic engineers with the fundamentals of crash investigation and reconstruction. It also provides an understanding of the potential contribution of roadway conditions to crash causation.

The workshop includes lectures, discussions, case studies, and class projects. Participants should have a background in engineering or physics. Each participant receives a reference manual which contains comprehensive coverage of all presented topics.

COURSE CONTENT

Introduction to Traffic Crash Reconstruction 

•    -Purpose, scope, and process of reconstruction

Information from the Road

•    -Interpretation of marks on the road and other physical evidence

Information from the Vehicles

•    -Analysis and interpretation of vehicle damage
•    -Direction of thrust
•    -Area of contact damage
•    -Vehicle rotation

Perception and Reaction Time

•     -Driving process
•    -Types of reactions
•    -Perception delay

Speed Estimates

•    -Drag factor 
•    -Speed from skids, yaws, falls, flips, vaults

Momentum and Energy

•    -Momentum analysis of co-linear and angle collisions
•    -Speed estimates from vehicle damage

Computer Applications in Crash Reconstruction

•    -Program types
•    -Capabilities
•    -Limitations
•    -Use of computer animation

Roadway Condition Analysis

•    -Roadway design and traffic
•    -Operational features as potential causative factors