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
GMC 18-Passenger School Bus Testing on Wellington Road in London Ontario
Little is publicly known about the effects that a rough road surface can have on the motion of a motor vehicle. Gorski Consulting has recently conducted testing with school buses to supplement the growing results of testing already posted to this website on this...
Testing of School Bus Response to Irregular Road Surface Conditions
The condition of road surfaces can be easily identified using the accelerometer and gyro sensors of a smartphone. This has been demonstrated in testing performed by Gorski Consulting using an iPhone and multiple video cameras attached to a 2007 Buick Allure passenger...
Cyclist Observations – 8 Year Study in London Ontario
Gorski Consulting has completed a review of 8 years of photos of cyclists riding on or adjacent to roads in London, Ontario. The years 2013 to 2020 showed the characteristics of the riders, their actions and the safety of the roads on which they travelled. For...
Skating to Church in a Pine Box
Undoubtedly, adjusting your skates in full flight will deliver you to church in an unexpected way. This gentleman must have believed he was invincible as he skated along a street in London Ontario without paying attention to traffic.
Gender of Cyclists Observed on Streets in London Ontario
At Gorski Consulting we have stepped up our efforts to provide data about cycling in London and South-Western Ontario. As governments in North America are rapidly changing their roadway networks to create more access to active transportation, it is believed that the...
Detailed Collision Data Needed To Understand Risk Of Unusual Roadway Behaviours
A Highway Traffic Act cannot solve all of our road safety problems. We need detailed collision information in order to recognize the relative risk of unorthodox human behaviours on our road systems. As shown in the above photo, an elderly male rider has...
Is That A Garbage Bag Lying On The Road?
If you observed this view for 1 or 2 seconds would you correctly identify the object in the road? Hindsight causes many to judge the actions of a driver based on what they know after a collision has occurred.
Cause of Collisions Is Often Not Correctly Detected
Many persons who are deserving of charges are not captured by typical investigations of motor vehicle collisions. Look at the scenario above which commences when traffic is diverted due to a closed lane. The driver of the BMW SUV has been forced into the left lane...
Walking With Your Back to Traffic – Why Is It OK If You’re A Cyclist?
Why is it irrational to see a pedestrian walking within a travel lane with their back to traffic? Let us consider the photo below which shows a pedestrian walking on a cycling lane. Is this dangerous? Not only is his back to traffic but the next photo shows that he is...
A Lot of Useful Lessons Could Be Learned From Tiger Woods’ Collision – But They Won’t Be
As regrettable as they are, collisions involving celebrities are a time when a large segment of society is interested in knowing what happened. And this can be a valuable opportunity to educate those who may otherwise be unreachable. But those opportunities are almost...
Zygmunt Gorski Gives Virtual Presentation to American Academy of Forensic Science
Sometimes evidence that may be uncommon can break open a case if an investigator/analyst understands that evidence. That was the message given to members of the American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS) in a presentation given by Zygmunt Gorski at its annual meeting...
Is London Ontario Prepared for More Cyclists?
Climate change is the impetus that is forcing more infrastructure to be built to accommodate cyclists. It is believed that more infrastructure will cause more cyclists to use that infrastructure. That simple conclusion may be debatable. But are we prepared for the...