Vehicle Examinations
Site Surveys
Crash Data Recorders
Video Analysis
Accident Analysis
Expert Reports
Trials and Testimony

Site and Vehicle Examinations
If possible, call us immediately after an accident occurs so we can attend the crash site and document evidence before it is altered and destroyed. We can also provide examinations after vehicles are moved to a holding compound.

During examinations, we use still and video cameras to document evidence and measure the site to create a scale diagram. Any evidence found is secured for analysis. At the holding compound, vehicles are photographed and the location of collision evidence is measured along with the profile and magnitude of crush. The status and functioning of safety devices are documented – the Crash Data Retrieval toolkit is used to download crash data from air bag control modules.

Accident Analysis
If required, we re-attend the collision site or vehicle for additional observations and analysis. At a collision site we may set up a roadway grid to document the speed, position, and specific behaviours of drivers. Testing may involve set-up of multiple video cameras that are synchronized with respect to time so that we can follow the paths of vehicles performing similar motions to those of the collision-involved vehicles. We may conduct testing to document the steering inputs required to pass through a collision site. We may document the motions of a test vehicle and its accelerations while travelling through the site. Laser scans are used in some instances to capture the full, three-dimensional details of a site.

Computer simulation and reconstruction using the McHenry Software, including M-Smac, is employed.

We re-create night time accident scenarios using similar vehicles and lighting conditions. Police assistance may be used to close a road segment or natural reactions are obtained without a driver’s awareness of the testing.

CISS

The National Automotive Sampling System (NASS), a division of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), has been an invaluable database to those in the insurance and legal industries. This system has now been transitioned into the CISS (Collision Investigation Sampling System). Gorski Consulting utilizes this database of real-life collisions to compare to the evidence in an assigned case.