Scientific crash investigation has been a part of the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety since its inception in 1936.
In addition to two core textbook sin the field, Traffic Crash Investigation and Traffic Crash Reconstruction, NUCPS offers on-ground and online comprehensive traffic crash investigation and reconstruction courses that range from core crash investigation courses through advanced crash reconstruction electives.
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Traffic Crash ReconstructionHardcover Traffic Crash Reconstruction is a product of numerous individuals experienced in accident reconstruction, and is geared toward data interpretation and directed toward engineers and people with technical backgrounds. The manual relies heavily on mathematics to interpret how an accident occurred, as is consistent with the progression from data collection to reconstruction. Real world accident cases are used to illustrate each topic whenever possible. Beginning with an overview of the process of traffic accident reconstruction, the manual discusses:
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Traffic Crash InvestigationHardcover: 590 pages Traffic Crash Investigation is recognized today as fundamental to a sound program of traffic control and accident prevention. This manual is designed to facilitate proper training in this field by serving both as a textbook and an instructional guide. Unique in the field of police publications, it offers for the first time in a single volume a thorough, practical and understandable treatment of the facts and techniques with which the competent investigator must be familiar. This volume is the 11th Edition of the Investigation book. After the first edition was published in 1940, the subsequent editions (through 2001) were nearly all written by J. Stannard Baker. Mr. Baker passed away in 1995. The primary author/editor for this volume is Lynn B. Fricke. |
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About the Authors:
Gary W. Cooper
Gary has B.S. and A.S.A. degrees in Mechanical Engineering Technology and an A.S.A. in Supervision from Purdue University. From 1976 to 1984, Mr. Cooper was a trooper with the Indiana State Police. The last five years of his tenure with the Indiana State Police he served as the Area IV and V Accident Reconstruction Specialist. Mr. Cooper was with the Northwestern University Traffic Institute (now known as the Center for Public Safety) from 1984 through 1992. Mr. Cooper authored and co-authored several topics in the earlier versions of the Traffic Crash Reconstruction, book, published by Northwestern University and is the principle author of the newest version of that book. He has taught courses offered by Northwestern in the area of collision investigation and reconstruction while also serving as a consultant and expert witness throughout the country. From 1990 to 1992 he was Director of the Accident Investigation Division at the Institute. Mr. Cooper was a principal with Fricke Cooper Engineering from 1992 to 2004 specializing in traffic crash reconstruction. He retired from consulting as a principal with Cooper Barrette Consulting, LLC. He is now working as a consultant to the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety.
Lou Peck
Lou is a licensed mechanical engineer and an ACTAR-accredited accident reconstructionist, and also serves on the Governing Board of Directors for ACTAR. He has testified in multiple state courts, as well as Federal court, and has presented at conferences both nationally and internationally. As a forensic engineer and former Expert level road-racer, he has a unique understanding of motorcycle dynamics and capabilities. In addition, Lou has a strong understanding of rider behavior, having conducted research analyzing the performance of motorcycle riders including: hazard response time, glance behaviors, and deceleration capability.
Roger W. Barrette
Roger is a consultant that specializes in vehicle collision reconstruction. Mr. Barrette has a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and an M.S. degree in Engineering from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, with additional post-graduate education in Injury Biomechanics from Wayne State University. He was an accident investigator with the Lake County Sheriff’s Police from 1985 to 1993 and has taught at Northwestern Center for Public Safety since 1991. He joined Fricke Cooper Engineering in 1993 and is now a principal in the consulting firm of Cooper Barrette Consulting, LLC in Woodstock, IL. He is also a police officer with the Lake Villa Police Department and Deputy Commander of the Lake County Major Crash Assistance Team (MCAT). Mr. Barrette is also a contributing author for the Traffic Crash Investigation manual (10th Edition) and the Traffic Crash Reconstruction manual (2nd Edition).
Wesley Grimes
Director of Forensic Services, Wesley joined the Mecanica Scientific team in early 2022. Prior to joining Mecanica he was the owner and president of Collision Engineering Associates, Inc., an Arizona company that served clients throughout the United States for 28 years in the field of accident reconstruction and fast response documentation. Wes, has been documenting, analyzing and reconstructing vehicular accidents for over 40 years. He is a registered professional engineer with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University. He is certified to image and analyze data from passenger vehicles using the CDR tool and is also trained and qualified to image ECMs from heavy trucks. Wes has attended more than 30 courses for specialized training in the field of accident reconstruction. He received the Forest R. McFarland Award from SAE for his 10 years of service as a technical session co-organizer of the accident reconstruction sessions at the SAE World Congress. He has taught courses in this field for more than 20 years, including the advanced HVE course held at the HVE Forum. Mr. Grimes has published over two dozen technical papers in this field. He has qualified to testify in federal and state courts throughout the United States.