Chance Jones, BSME, F.E., FAACDP, ACTAR

Background

Mr. Chance Jones received a B.S. from the University of Utah in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Jones’ primary areas of consulting expertise include accident reconstruction and investigation of heavy truck, automobile, bicycle, motorcycle, side-by-side or UTV, and pedestrian collisions. Mr. Jones is trained and knowledgeable in specialized technical aspects of accident reconstruction, including electronic data retrieval and interpretation, physics, traffic signal analysis, tire models, photogrammetry, failure theories, vehicle and rollover dynamics, and crash testing. Every collision requires knowledge about electronic data retrieval and interpretation, physics, tire models, human factors, failure theories, and vehicle dynamics. Computer simulations and mathematical models are used to analyze vehicle dynamics involved in the collision.  He is also a Certified Vehicle Accident Reconstructionist through the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction.

In the course of an accident reconstruction, Mr. Jones inspects the involved vehicles, documenting damage and mechanical condition, and retrieves electronic data. He inspects collision sites, including digital mapping with laser scanners and drones, documenting visibility and gathering and analyzing traffic-signal data. He analyzes collision records, including police reports and photographs, driver and witness statements, and video from dashcams and security cameras. Mr. Jones uses momentum and energy-based methods for determining speeds and computer simulations and mathematical models to analyze vehicle dynamics in collisions. Once a collision is reconstructed, graphical representations of incidents are generated, working closely wth Rimkus’s team of graphic artists to create courtroom-quality video demonstratives at our client’s request.

Engineering services include accident reconstruction, including heavy truck, automobile, motorcycle, bicycle, and pedestrian accidents; state-of-the-art computer simulation and animation production; and engineering services, including vehicle and site inspections, re-enactments, visibility studies, traffic signal analysis, simulations, Hollywood-style animations, vehicle dynamics, rollover dynamics, crash testing, mechanical failure analysis and design evaluation, and more. Collision evaluation services via computer-based analysis, as well as momentum and energy-based equations, are also conducted.