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, when, and why. For insurers and legal teams, this means earlier certainty on speed, braking, steering inputs and seatbelt status, strengthening decisions on causation and liability at a point they…
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 solicitors at their London office about traumatic brain injury in road traffic collisions. They were joined remotely by other solicitors from their Manchester and Belfast offices. The TRL presentation showed…
How video enhancement can reveal essential information about the events of a collision by transforming blurry images
How human vision works, and its relevance in an collision investigation when a driver is temporarily unable to see their surroundings.
About EDR – Part 4. Combining EDR data with other evidence can transform the understanding of the sequence of events in a collision
About EDR – Part 2. EDR has a particularly useful application in working out if the car accelerated on its own, or if the driver pressed the wrong pedal
About EDR – Part 3. Five typical collision scenarios in which EDR data is extremely useful as forensic evidence
About EDR – Part 1. What is it, and how can it be used for collision investigation?
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 court
An unusual case involving a horse and rider in a road collision, in which TRL’s expert witness testimony earned praise from the judge
Motorsports incidents are rare, but many of the same techniques are applied in investigations.
A new TRL research report provides valuable performance data about e-scooters which helps understand vehicle dynamics in collisions.
