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
Questionable Life-Threatening Injuries in Several Collisions In Past 24-Hours
Some collisions in the past 24-hours have reportedly resulted in life-threatening injuries that should not be expected. As an analyst under contract to Transport Canada I studied the mechanisms by which persons sustained their injuries in motor vehicle collisions for...
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Fire at 2-Vehicle Collision Is A Warning Of Future Tragedy
The fact that 5 people escaped a vehicle fire with only minor injuries is not something we should cheer. It is only a matter of time when such an incident with become a future tragedy. The above photo taken by Spencer Taylor shows how a fire engulfed both vehicles...
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Questionable Impact Performance of ET-Plus Guardrail Terminal Near Strathroy Ontario
Once again an ET-Plus terminal manufactured by Trinity Highway Products of Dallas Texas has demonstrated its questionable safety performance. Yesterday morning, Tuesday, November 6, 2018 police reported that a car was westbound on Calvert Drive, south-west of...
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Lest We Forget: 6 Seat-Belted Dead, 3 Un-Belted Survive
In 1976 the Province of Ontario enacted legislation requiring the use of seat-belts. On a wintery April in 1979, a church-going family of six adults put on their seat-belts and set out in their Oldsmobile on Highway 2 west of Woodstock, Ontario. They became involved...
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Hwy 401 – Preparations for Another Round of Traffic Documentations
How will the new installation of High Tension Cable Barriers between Chatham and London, Ontario be repaired in a timely fashion after sustaining impact damage? That is an important question. This is one of many important issues facing Highway 401 between Chatham and...
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Highway 407 Fuel Tanker Fire & Double Fatal – Research To Find Similar Causes
The following photos depict a single vehicle's motion that was documented during our study of possible causes of collisions on major expressways such as Highways 401 or 407. Signage was present for over 1 kilometre warning this driver that the right lane was...
read moreYes, Speed May Kill, But Acceleration May Be The Silent Killer
A while ago a visiting acquaintance with a past life in auto racing asked me to step into his high performance sports car for a "short ride around the block". Just after pulling out of my driveway on a residential speed he accelerated to 110 km/h before he reached the...
read moreHwy 407 Tanker Truck Fire – Further Analysis
Constable Kerry Schmidt, speaking on behalf of the OPP investigation into the fiery tanker truck collision of yesterday, reported that investigators now believe that both of the vehicles that were engulfed by the fire on Highway 407 on the outskirts of Toronto were...
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Highway 407 Tanker Truck Fire – Dashcam Analysis
Two obvious issues needed to addressed from yesterday's explosive fire that erupted when a tanker truck crossed over a concrete median barrier on Highway 407 between Keele and Dufferin Streets on the outskirts of Toronto, Ontario. A driver's dashcam captured the...
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Highway 401 – Median Barriers, Construction & Other Complaints Are Studied
At highway speeds, with high traffic densities and a sudden emergency, drivers need to make quick decisions that could cost them, or drivers around them, their lives. Decades of research has helped to create the roadway environments that reduce the need to make those...
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Farm Tractor Lighting – Not Enough, Too Much or Too Confusing
Farm tractor lighting can lead to collisions when drivers do not understand their difference from typical motor vehicles. Farm tractors, much like construction equipment, often contain extra, flashing, lights that are located at portions of the vehicle that are not...
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OPP Speed Enforcement on Hwy 401 – Actual Observations Indicate Greater Problem
The OPP reportedly conducted a two-day "aerial blitz" of speeding vehicles along Highway 401 last week. The number of charges are far below the actual number of speeders that could have been ticketed. It was reported that 72 charges were laid, 38 of which were for...
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