Winners or Losers in Crash Reconstruction

Post by **MSI** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 2:13 pm

Recently got an email from a colleague who consulted on a case and we got a thank you email which ended with:

"I believe it was the right decision. Unfortunately, there is no winner in this case."

To which we waxed philosophically in our response which we repeat here:

Crash reconstruction isn’t about winners or losers.
- Crash Reconstruction is the proper application of science to objectively determine what happened in a crash.
Can also be restated as
- Crash Reconstruction is the careful examination and evaluation of all evidence and to come to a proper and correct scientific conclusion.
That is the best any of us can hope to do.

which now reminds me of our quote from our seminars and book:

As scientists, engineers and accident reconstructionists, we should not let the unlimited possibilities of making anything look real (with animation) obscure our duty to perform a careful and detailed engineering analysis while also continually testing and evaluating the applied techniques, including computer programs, to achieve the most accurate reconstruction possible.