CRIM 2083 — Advanced Traffic Crash Investigation
Course is designed to provide the student the training necessary to complete a technical crash investigation. At this advanced level of training, the student will be able to recognize, interpret, and prepare physical evidence for further use in the reconstruction of the crash. At the conclusion of the course, the student will be able to examine vehicle lamps to determine if the lamps were illuminated at the time of collision; explain formulas used for speed estimates from skid marks, kinetic energy, airborne situations, scuff marks, conservation of linear momentum; explain physical evidence, vehicle dynamics, Newton’s Laws of Motion, basic physics and mathematical concepts in their relationship to the crash investigation; gain knowledge to the concept of time, distance and motion; examine vehicle tires to determine if they contributed to the crash; explain the concept of hydroplaning as it applies to vehicle movement; use the latest photography, video recording and computer imaging concepts in their presentations and evidence in court; understand the proper use of geometry and trigonometry in crash investigations; understand uses of airborne equations in crash investigations; understand vehicle damage analysis and its use in determining collision movements and forces involved; use conservation of linear momentum and vectors and how they apply to traffic investigations.