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Traffic accident reconstruction involves applying principles of dynamics, perception and general physics to the movements of vehicles, bodies and other objects during and after collision. From a properly done analysis, speeds, positions of vehicles and passengers, and driver responses that led to the accident and/or took place at impact and post-impact can be determined. Additionally, analysis performed from available evidence can be used to determine mechanical failure of critical vehicle components -- such as steering, brakes, suspension systems and tires, which could have been the cause or a contributing factor to the accident.
The following articles illustrate various areas of interest:
- Traffic Accident Investigation & Reconstruction Defined
- Traffic Accident Investigators & Reconstructionists Levels of Training
- Objectives of Traffic Accident Investigation and Reconstruction
- Traffic Accidents and Law and Order
- Series of Events Analysis in Traffic Accident Investigation and Reconstruction
- Coefficient of Friction and Drag Factor Definitions
- Coefficient of Friction and Drag Factor Testing
- Drag Sled Use in Traffic Accidient Investigation and Reconstruction
- Lamp Examination and Terms and Definitions in Traffic Accident Investigation and Reconstruction
- Tire Failure Investigations and Terms and Definitions in Traffic Accident Investigation and Reconstruction
- Seat Belt, Air Bag, Safety Restraint Analysis in Traffic Accident Investigation and Reconstruction
- Traffic Accident Investigators' and Reconstructionists' Accident Investigation Inventory
- Field Measurements and Scale Diagrams in Traffic Accident Investigation and Reconstruction