Forensic Investigations News

EDR support is expanding, and its changing collision investigation

More vehicles than ever now support Event Data Recorder (EDR) downloads, giving investigators rapid access to objective pre and post‑crash data that clarifies what happened,

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Fieldfisher PI team receive CPD training from TRL

Victoria Eyers and Stephen Jowitt of the TRL’s Forensic Investigation team, and Professor Chris Uff, a London neurosurgeon, gave technical presentations to Fieldfisher personal injury

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Using video enhancement to reveal critical clues in ‘fail to stop’ collisions

How video enhancement can reveal essential information about the events of a collision by transforming blurry images
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There to be seen

How human vision works, and its relevance in an collision investigation when a driver is temporarily unable to see their surroundings.
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Event data recorders: Uncovering the hidden data in vehicles

About EDR - Part 4. Combining EDR data with other evidence can transform the understanding of the sequence of events in a collision
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Using EDR data to explain Sudden Unintended Acceleration (SUA) events

About EDR - Part 2. EDR has a particularly useful application in working out if the car accelerated on its own, or if the driver
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When is EDR data useful?

About EDR - Part 3. Five typical collision scenarios in which EDR data is extremely useful as forensic evidence
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Event Data Recorders

About EDR - Part 1. What is it, and how can it be used for collision investigation?
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Motorsports and leisure sports incidents

Motorsports incidents are rare, but many of the same techniques are applied in investigations.
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Driving with a person trapped under your vehicle: would you know?

Dr Richard Lambourn looks at the factors involved in a very rare event and describes the physics involved which would provide evidential guidance to a
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Case study: Equine collision investigation

An unusual case involving a horse and rider in a road collision, in which TRL's expert witness testimony earned praise from the judge
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E-Scooter collisions: understanding performance factors

A new TRL research report provides valuable performance data about e-scooters which helps understand vehicle dynamics in collisions.
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