Craig Arnold, MSc, ChFP MCSFS, FIMI AAE

Background

Craig Arnold is a Chartered Forensic Collision Investigator and Director of Road Traffic Collision Investigation at Rimkus, leading the firm’s Road Traffic Collision practice across EMEA. He is an expert witness with over 20 years of specialist experience investigating, reconstructing, and analysing road traffic collisions. He regularly provides expert evidence in complex and high-value personal injury cases.

Craig is recognised for his expertise in forensic collision investigation and reconstruction, with particular specialisms in pedestrian, motorcycle, and commercial vehicle collisions. He regularly undertakes advanced sightline analysis, vehicle dynamics assessments, and 3D modelling and visualisation to assist courts, legal teams, insurers, and other stakeholders in understanding complex collisions.

Craig is a digital data expert specialising in the interpretation and analysis of Event Data Recorder (EDR) evidence, telematics, tachographs, and accelerometer data. Craig has used digital data in several complex fraud cases involving staged collisions. He is a Certified Forensic Video Technician (CFTV) with expertise in video enhancement, comparison, audio analysis, and speed analysis. His work encompasses emerging new forms of mobility, such as connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), e-bikes, and e-scooters.

Craig has prepared expert reports, joint expert statements, and Single Joint Expert (SJE) reports, and has delivered expert testimony across Criminal, Civil, Coroner’s Courts, and Public Inquiries. He is regularly instructed in cases involving complex digital evidence and has extensive experience in commercial vehicle operations, including load security and the handling of abnormal loads.

Before joining Rimkus, Craig served as Technical Lead for the Forensic Investigations team at the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), where he led forensic collision investigations on behalf of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and provided technical leadership to expert witness teams. His international casework experience spans the United Kingdom, Europe, South America, Africa, and the Middle East.

Alongside his expert witness practice, Craig is actively involved in advancing forensic science. He is Honorary Secretary of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, sits on the Editorial Board of Elsevier’s Science and Justice journal, peer reviews technical publications for Elsevier and SAE International, serves as a subject matter expert on speed analysis for the Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Video Association (LEVA), and contributes to industry guidance and standards relating to collision investigation.

Craig combines extensive frontline investigative experience and specialist knowledge of digital and vehicle-borne data to deliver reliable, evidence-based opinions in the most challenging road traffic collision cases.

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