Achtergrond
Een aanrijding met twee voertuigen vond plaats op een kruispunt. Een Chevrolet reed in oostelijke richting en naderde een kruispunt. Een Ford van reed in noordelijke richting op een andere weg en naderde het kruispunt. Volgens het uniforme ongevallenrapport reed de Chevrolet de kruising op en werd aan de rechterkant geraakt door de Ford, waarbij de bestuurder en passagier van de Chevrolet gewond raakten.
Geleverde diensten
Rimkus was retained to reconstruct the collision. Rimkus’ rapid response team was requested to mobilize to the scene. During the course of our investigation and analysis, Rimkus photographed the scene and measured critical evidence at the accident scene. The event data recorders of both the Chevrolet and the Ford were downloaded and reviewed.
Op basis van onze analyse hebben we geconcludeerd:
- De politie die de plek onderzocht, observeerde en concludeerde dat de bandensporen op de plek afkomstig waren van de Ford en concludeerde ook dat de Ford te hard reed op basis van de lengte van de remsporen.
- Rimkus determined that the width between the tire marks was wider than the actual width between the Ford’s tires. We also determined based on the direction of the tire marks, the tire marks were the result of a vehicle attempting to rapidly slow down to negotiate a turn at the intersection and did not align with the area of impact.
- Rimkus reviewed the data collected from the event data recorder on the Ford, which verified that the Ford was not speeding. The Ford was also determined to have an anti-lock braking system which typically will not result in substantial skid marks to be produced during hard braking.
- Rimkus met with the police department at the scene to review our findings and to measure the width of the tire marks at the scene and to measure the width between the tires on the Ford. Based on the additional evidence, the police concluded that that the tire marks were not from the Ford and revised the accident report to show that the Ford was not speeding.