B & G Security Consultants Inc

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B & G Security Consultants Inc

 

Collision Investigation and Reconstruction

 

Our collision analysis and technical services teams at B&G Security Consultants are proud to announce that we are now fully capable of both analyzing and recreating auto and other accidents.

 

Using the latest in physical analysis and 3D animation technology, our team is able to accurately establish the movement of vehicles and other traveling bodies, and to effectively reproduce events as they occurred, and then recreate the incident in a way that enables our clients to view the evidence from various points of view.

 

Our team members bring with them more than forty years of combined related experience in analyzing collision occurrences and then recreating them through the use of computer generated 3D imagery. This integration of skills and technology enables us to offer attorneys, insurance investigators, and auto accident reconstruction experts a new way to present evidence regarding auto accidents, slip and fall events, and other liability related matters.

 

Our technical services specialists will visit the location of the collision soon after the incident, at which time they will meticulously photograph, videotape, and measure every relevant component of the collision scene. They will also seek out and question all known and potential witnesses. These details are then analyzed using both physical and computer generated techniques, before a path of motion is calculated based on the physical forensic evidence.

 

Every detail is reviewed, including road and weather conditions, lighting, measurements of every kind, vehicle specifications such as wheelbase, weight, windshield height, etc.; all of which is forwarded to the computer analysis and recreation team for reconstruction. Advanced technology has enabled our team to generated sequences of true to life images that have been used successfully as evidence in civil litigation and arbitration.

 

Our team uses only the latest 3D animation software, ensuring that animated sequences are true to life and believable. An eye witness can suffer from memory loss, or they can move and not be found for trial, and they can just plain refuse to testify in a civil matter. Forensic evidence that was properly recorded and documented on the scene shortly after the event is not vulnerable in any of these ways, and neither is the computer generated recreation.

 

The forensic evidence is as relevant years after the incident as it was the day it was recorded. This is especially true when dealing with a forensic reconstruction animation. Our animators will convert the data supplied by our forensic reconstruction specialists to create a three dimensional wire frame model of the event. The wire frame is then fleshed out by researching details on the vehicles involved and area of the incident.

 

The length, width, wheelbase, weight, and all other relevant factors pertaining to the vehicles are obtained directly from the vehicle manufacturer, and any aftermarket augmentation is noted, measured and reconstructed directly from the vehicles themselves or from the wreckage. All details of the area of the incident, such as the location of driveways or buildings that could have blocked a driver's view, are noted and recreated to the smallest detail.

 

Every possible source of visual impairment, and every item or object that could have in any way influenced the actions of the drivers or the response of their vehicles is documented and recreated to the smallest detail.

 

In addition to visiting and recording the details of the scene, our technical services technicians scrutinize the police reports, and they view the vehicle directly at the body shop or vehicular wreckers if such action is possible.

 

Weather details are then obtained from various sources, and are cross checked against each other. The placement of the sun, the type of clouds present on the day, and the amount of light that was available are then duplicated as realistically as is physically possible. Road conditions are duplicated from those recorded by the police, or as seen in any available news footage. Every detail available is duplicated to the highest possible level.

 

While on the scene, specially trained members of our reconstruct team will interview local residence with the intent of finding eye witnesses who are willing to provide details of the event that might otherwise have been missed. Our technicians will record the exact location from where that witness observed the accident, and they will use that spot as one of the reference points from which the animation will be recreated.

 

When the animation is completed they will return to the witness with a portable video player, and they will ask the witness to confirm that the animation reflects what the witness saw.

 

Whenever possible the eye witness will be asked to confirm the authenticity of the animation by notarized affidavit; or by video recorded testimony if the witness is less cooperative.

 

This map demonstrates the detail to which our technicians go when reconstructing an auto accident or other forensic reconstruction assignment.

 

This map, which covers a 300 meter section of the road prior to the point of impact, includes every detail that could be relevant to the view and line of sight for each vehicle.

 

The original map is a vector based graphic, meaning that it can be increased to any size without losing quality, enabling us to print the map out to a very large size for court use, or for adding details that cannot be observed in the smaller format.

 

Insurance companies pay out millions upon millions of dollars in compensation for personal injury, loss of income, pain and suffering and other issues pertaining to liability from collisions. They then spend millions more on surveillance services in an attempt to establish fraud.

 

This technology of recreating collisions can help to ensure that the facts as they occurred match the version of events told by the claimant, and it can help to ensure that fraudulent claims are minimized.

 

A judge or arbitrator will listen to both sides and decide for themselves who is telling the most truth in any given situation, but no matter what such a decision is often, and in fact almost always, made by one person, based on their own personal and professional experience.

 

Hard data in such a graphically illustrated form is hard for anyone to ignore, and as such animated collision reconstruction is a very powerful tools of persuasion.

Our team at B&G Security Consultants would enjoy the opportunity to demonstrate to you the advantages of our computer generated collision reconstruction technology.

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