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Accident Investigation & Reconstruction Course
Descriptions
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Accident Investigation & Reconstruction Course
Descriptions 11-25
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Accident Investigation 11 -- Vision, Night Visibility & Lighting
Requirements
A two-day course
on vision, night visibility factors, and lighting requirements. It is will
assist officers with determining whether a driver could have and should
have seen an object in sufficient time to avoid striking it. Since a night
visibility field exercise is included, Day 1 starts in the afternoon.
Accident Investigation 12 --
Pedestrian
Accidents
A
three-day course that deals with factors unique to pedestrian collisions.
Includes determining impact points through vehicle evaluation and
estimation of impact speeds based upon pedestrian movement and vehicle
damage characteristics. A session with a forensic pathologist regarding
pedestrian injury patterns is included.
Accident Investigation 13 -- Advanced Traffic Accident Reconstruction
A five-day course
that focuses on vector sum analysis, determination of Delta V's, principal
direction of force (PDOF's), and special momentum problems.
Accident Investigation 14 -- Crush Measurements
A
two-day course explaining the importance of precise vehicle damage
information. Actual demonstration and participation in how to take
measurements and develop profiles of accident involved vehicles. The
measurements can then be used with computer reconstruction software (see
Accident Investigation 15 series) to determine speed changes from damage.
Accident Investigation 17 -- Accident Avoidance
A
three-day course for AI-9 grads. This course will assist the investigator
in determining whether a traffic accident was avoidable if appropriate
accident avoidance maneuvers were undertaken by the driver of an
automobile, motorcycle, or commercial vehicle. The major topics that will
be covered in this course are: lane change and swerve formulas; maximum
speed to stop at point of impact; maximum speed a vehicle can travel and
miss a vehicle that travels across its path; view
obstructions (right angle and other than right angle); safe following
distance; constant velocity; passing time to avoid a head-on crash while
passing; braking or steering avoidance; and passing with changing velocity.
Accident Investigation 18 -- Motorcycle Accident Reconstruction &
Research
A
three-day course that focuses on motorcycle accident avoidance capabilities;
use of linear and angular momentum in motorcycle accidents; motorcycle RPM
analysis; crush analysis; and motorcyclist ejection speeds as a result of
impact. The course will include case studies to apply the concepts to real
accidents.
Accident Investigation 19 -- Crash Data Retrieval (CDR) System Training
A two-day course
covering both the retrieval and interpretation of a vehicle’s air bag module-stored pre-crash and crash data. This data is
obtainable now from most late-model GM cars, and will be from Ford
vehicles. The data is downloaded to a laptop computer for further analysis.
This course is being offered as a joint effort through the MSU Highway
Traffic Safety Programs, Collision Safety Institute, General Motors, and Vetronix Corporation.
Accident Investigation 20 --
Energy
Applications in Accident Reconstruction
A five-day
advanced course for AI-9 and AI-13 graduates. The course focuses on using
kinetic energy analysis to solve for speeds from crush. Calculating EBS
(Equivalent Barrier Speeds) and using A, B, and G stiffness coefficients
are included. The determination of co-linear speeds in head-on, rear-end,
and oblique angle crashes using energy and momentum is a major subject.
AI-24 B – School Bus Accident Reconstruction
This five day
seminar covers various scientific and engineering traffic crash
reconstruction principles related to school buses. The crash investigator will become
familiar with school bus speed determinations via kinetic energy, momentum,
force balance, and delta V’s.
Extensive braking, turning and acceleration testing/research will be
conducted, in addition to discussion of physical configuration,
terminology, and operating systems associated with school buses. Investigator must be an AI-9 graduate or equivalent
to participate.
AI-25 – Forensic Mapping (Total Station)
This course aims to provide basic-level
instruction for agencies with an electronic total station and data
collector who wish to update or go beyond their current knowledge in using the
system. Daily “reality”-type exercises will be used to demonstrate the
everyday usefulness of the system, and will be geared toward both beginning
and experienced users. Also included will be instruction on getting the
total station, data collector, and software functioning efficiently prior
to actual forensic mapping.
Other topics will
include incident management skills; precise documenting of both
“short-lived” and “long-term” evidence; downloading data collector
information from both traffic and crime scenes into diagramming software;
troubleshooting techniques; and courtroom demeanor as it relates to
testimony about the forensic mapping process.
PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE EDR FOR
ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION
[NOTE: This is an Advanced EDR /
Reconstruction Course]
This
is a 4 day class that will cover trigonometry for police officers as it
relates to the EDR download. The laws of sines and cosines will be covered
and students will utilize these concepts in order to determine speeds
at impacts, Delta Vs and PDOFs on practice problems and then on actual
case studies. Must be an AI-9 Graduate as well as have previously taken a
Basic EDR Course.
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PROGRAM INFORMATION
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Please check back often as programs and schedules are updated
frequently.
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To view course descriptions link to the
pages listed below:
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To find class listings, dates and locations
visit our: Program Training Schedule
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For contact and registration information
link to: Contact & Registration Information
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For inquires or further information regarding our
training programs please contact:
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Daniel
G. Lee, Ph.D.
Director
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Tim Howery
Assistant Coordinator
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Ted Foster
Assistant Coordinator
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Highway
Traffic Safety Programs, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Michigan State University
2857
West Jolly Road, Okemos, Michigan 48864-3547
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Telephone:
(517) 355-3270 - Fax: (517) 432-9217
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E-mail: htsp@msu.edu // leed@egr.msu.edu
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