Accident Reconstruction

Accident Reconstruction and Investigative Services

Raley and Associates, Inc. provides evaluations of many types of accident reconstruction. This may involve an injury sustained while working, vehicle crashes, marine failures, other machinery or component failure, or improper use.

Accident reconstruction involves the inspection of scenes to preserve physical facts relating to an incident by utilizing photographs, recording devices onsite, videos and measure techniques. The process involves analyzing human factors as well as physical facts using proven scientific principles. Our engineers can tell you about the injuries sustained using validated scientific models.

Biomechanics Team

Raley and Associates, Inc. offers support via validated scientific models. We can provide valuable expertise in the area of injury biomechanics, pathological joint motion, and/or joint forces as a result of trauma and assessing the level of injury severity sustained by humans.

Investigations

If the incident is involving a vehicle, the investigation begins with an analysis of police accident reports and photographs, media coverage, on-site inspection and survey, vehicle examination, witness statements, and interviews. Site inspection includes analysis of marks on road, crash debris, vehicle fluid spills, line-of-sight surveys, and road defects. All police marks should be identified, located by measurement, and recorded. Dynamics of the vehicle must be analyzed including determination of speed, lines-of-travel, impact areas, and crush stiffness coefficients.

Analysis

A proper scientific analysis based upon verifiable fact and natural las is established. By utilizing MADYMO (Mathematical Dynamic Model) tools to construct validated scientific models, our engineers can provide valuable expertise in the area of injury biomechanics, pathological joint motion, and/or joint forces as a result of trauma, and assessing the level of injury severity sustained by humans. Injury dynamics and the role of various types of equipment and environmental conditions are effectively modeled and tested using mathematical simulations specifically targeted to subject kinematics/kinetics to confirm injury causation. Information gathered from the incident location can be used to create an environment which envelops the subject with detailed points of contact.