Traffic Crash Investigations Involving Pedestrians

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Prerequisite: At a minimum, it is mandatory for each student to have successfully completed the 80 hour Advanced Traffic Crash Investigation Course. Student should have a good knowledge of time and distance concepts.
 
ALERT! Attendee must furnish a scientific calculator and a Crash Investigator's Template for this course.
 
Dress Code: Attendees are required to dress comfortably for this course. BDU style pants with agency logo knit shirts are suggested. If the attendees’ agency requires certain dress code for training classes, it will be the responsibility of the attendee to adhere to that agency policy.
 
This course is designed for the traffic crash investigator to enhance their ability to investigate pedestrian involved traffic crashes. This course also includes techniques that will assist in the investigation of crashes involving bicycles and special circumstances related to pedestrian hit-and-run crashes.
 
Topics Include:
  • Crash dynamics
  • Understanding of time and distance relationship between vehicles and pedestrians
  • Injury analysis of pedestrians to provide information on the vehicle type involved
  • Obtaining valid pedestrian walk and run speeds to be used in front line investigations
  • Visibility issues in low-light and night time crashes
  • Various roadway safety design issues (lighting, crosswalk styles, urban v. rural, etc…)
  • Case preparation
This course includes several hands-on practical exercises. This enables the student to learn first-hand about the dynamics involved in investigating this type of crash.
 
When
February 9th, 2015 8:00 AM to February 13th, 2015 5:00 PM
Location
225 Pine Mountain Road
Training Room B
Pigeon Forge, TN 37863
United States