Gorski Consulting
Gorski Consulting is a forensic motor vehicle accident reconstruction firm offering expert analysis and opinion to the legal, insurance, and private plaintiff/defendant communities for the resolution of civil and criminal litigation issues.
Since 1980, Zygmunt Gorski, the principal of the firm, has worked in the safety research and accident reconstruction fields. He has provided reconstruction analysis and expert opinions and testimonies for hundreds of vehicle accidents.
Recent Posts
COVID-19 Virus Effects on Traffic on Clarke Road in London Ontario
Traffic volume reductions on Clarke Road in north-eastern London, Ontario continue to demonstrate the effect that the Corona Virus has on the functioning of our society. This site has been monitored for the past 10 years and a number of articles have been posted on...
COVID-19 Virus Effects on Highway 401 Traffic in South-Western Ontario
Gorski Consulting has collected data regarding the change in volume and composition of traffic on Highway 401 since the COVID-19 pandemic has taken effect. In the fall of 2018 Gorski Consulting conducted a number of 2-hour, videotaping sessions along Highway 401...
Hwy 404 Fatal Impact of Bridge Pillar Should Not Occur
The superior design of expressways such as Highway 404 in Toronto should not result in a fatal impact to a bridge pillar. Yet, from the scant description provided by the OPP on their Twitter account this is what reportedly occurred. The collision likely occurred in...
Results From 560 Observations of Urban Traffic Signal Responses
Gorski Consulting has now completed the documentation of 560 instances of driver response to a red signal turning green at numerous intersections throughout London, Ontario. A dashcam was used in a vehicle that was positioned behind the drivers who were stopped at a...
A Head-on Collision In Huron County – A Review
Although the most severe, head-on collisions also provide the greatest opportunity to use the structure of vehicles in riding down the destructive forces of that impact. This was clearly shown in the OPP photo shown above, relating to a serious head-on that occurred...
Desolate Corona-Virus Highways Could Be Relief For Safety But Not Good News
It is hard to have traffic fatalities when there is no traffic. This may be what is in store in the short term as the Corona virus turns society on its head. A domino effect can be initiated when the Corona virus response causes large numbers of businesses and events...
Pandemic Puts Road Safety News In Last Place
If this were a horse race, all would be losers except Pandemic, the horse who came from behind quick, and from nowhere. Unfortunately this is not a horse race, a test drill, or a Hollywood script. It's the real thing. Hopefully, in a year or two we will look at these...
Preliminary Data on Reactions to Traffic Signals
Some preliminary results are available from our documentation of driver's reactions to the change of a traffic signal from red to green. This data is for the year 2018 and includes 174 observations. The analysis involves examining the videotape of scenarios such as...
Do You React To A Traffic Signal Like You Do To An Impending Impact?
Do you respond to an impending collision in the same way as you respond to a traffic signal? That question is being examined through research by Gorski Consulting. In the past fews years vehicles stopped at traffic signals have been videotaped with a dash camera in...
Unexplained Frontal Crush to OPP SUV in Unidentified Collision
Unusual things happen, but explanations would help. How does an unoccupied OPP SUV sustain major frontal damage with no injury to the occupants of the opposing vehicle? Firstly, the front ends of OPP SUVs are very stiff. Something like a Ford Explorer that may be...
Transport Truck Collisions In Winter: A Demonstration of Expressway Safety Problems
Poor weather, large numbers of heavy trucks and a lack of safety education are a toxic mix on Ontario's expressways. This has been made apparent again when a winter storm passed through southern Ontario in the past couple of days. Police posted warnings before the...
Failures at Hwy 403 Median Cross-over Collision Near Brantford
Officially, the cause of a loss-of-control, median cross-over collision on Highway 403 near Brantford yesterday is claimed to be unknown. But certain facts point to failures and possible causes. Without official presence during the investigation it is difficult to...