McHenry Forum - Crash Reconstruction & Simulation

Q: Are WinSmash, EdCrash, WinCRASH just clones of CRASH?

A: Yes! WinSmash, Edcrash and wincrash are all simply clones of CRASH.

• They are no more accurate than any other.
• WinSmash was created ONLY for NHTSA use to keep NHTSA out of all the litigation related false claims of accuracy attributed to CRASH and implying NHTSA endorsement of CRASH.
• CRASH is a first approximation technique

CRASH was created as a simple pre-processor for SMAC.
Fast fwd 40+ years to now and litigation 'experts' claim crash as a bonfide stand alone accurate crash reconstruction technique!

• Obviously if only damage data available then damage analysis must be used

There are limitations to the accuracy of damage analysis so try to augment with other crash reconstruction techniques.