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Urban Road Traffic Accidents

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:19:00 +0000

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As always, we are unable to include details of individual cases whilst they progress through the courts. But this scene demonstrates the level of detail that we can achieve in our accident reconstructions without revealing any specifics.

3d animations are based on the information gathered in court reports, usually commissioned by solicitors or insurance companies. Court reports are immensely detailed and can run up to fifty pages long. They will include details of weather and lighting conditions, road surface information, statements from witnesses, any evidence gathered at the scene, alongside photographs and diagrams.

All of this information is then analysed by the accident experts, calculations of speed and distances travelled are made based on the laws of physics and the result is presented to us. It’s then our job to visually represent the information as accurately as possible.

Urban night scenes are not unusual for us, and this is hardly surprising. They do present additional challenges however, as there are often many sources of artificial light, each casting shadows. But realistic effects are always achievable.

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Two Sides To Every Road Traffic Accident Story

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:19:10 +0000

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There are usually two sides to every story and road traffic accidents are no exception. In version one of this reconstruction shown above, the driver of the police car has taken a corner moving into the centre of the road. The oncoming Landrover, whose driver was from the European mainland, is shown driving on the wrong side of the road.

However, in the second version of the reconstruction seen below, a similar outcome is explained in completely different terms.

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This time the driver of the police car has taken a corner and ended on the wrong side of the road. The oncoming Landrover is forced to take evasive action.

Working backwards from the collision point and taking into account all the forensic evidence including road marks, we were able to show that both scenarios were plausible. And the virtual 3d cameras were able to be placed at specifically strategic points in order to show the possible paths taken by the cars as well as both drivers’ points of view.

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Road Traffic Accident: RTA Sample One

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:22:34 +0000

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This animation of a real life road traffic accident sets the scene as two red Ford transit vans travelling together were overtaken by a blue Audi.

In version one of this accident reconstruction the driver of the blue car is shown trying to overtake the two transit vans, failing, and forcing the oncoming green car to take evasive action.

The 3d illustration shows several camera angles which all support this version of events.

However, the opposing argument demonstrated that the driver of the green car had veered into the line of oncoming traffic, forcing the driver of the blue car to avoid the collision with the red transit van.

This had to be created as a seperate animation and the two versions of events were held up to scrutiny by the legal teams.

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