OCCUPANT KINEMATICS, INJURIES AND BIO-MECHANICS IN ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION

This 5 day seminar is designed for an experienced law enforcement officer, accident reconstructionist or  engineer who are involved in the investigation and litigation of motor vehicle accidents. Students attending must have had previous training in accident reconstruction.  The intent of the seminar is to heighten the awareness and knowledge of criminal justice and accident investigation professionals in biomechanics to explain occupant movement within a motor vehicle and to assist in determining who was driving in a motor vehicle accident.   Medical and forensic science interpretation of this concept will be provided by a medical doctor/forensic pathologist to illustrate the potential for injury or death in vehicle accidents.  The course will include training in a basic review of mechanics, dynamics, airborne equations, and understanding vehicle and occupant behavior in an accident. 

Topics:

Momentum and energy
Delta V and G load
Low speed impact
Air bags and sensors
Occupant restraint systems
Occupant kinematics
Physics review
Vehicle geometry
Black boxes and future technology
Clinical forensics, trace evidence & methods of nvestigation
Blunt and sharp injury
Forensic toxicology & DNA
The medicolegal autopsy and report

Instructors:

INTROTECH ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION

Henry P. Lipian - ACTAR accident reconstructionist, expert witness and consultant, former Ohio State Trooper, former Police Officer, retired U.S. Coast Guard officer.

James P. Crawford - ACTAR accident reconstructionist, expert witness and consultant, retired Captain in the U.S. Coast Guard, Master's degree in aeronautical engineering.