Traffic Crash Reconstruction (Level III)(v.1)
Issued by
Virginia State Police Academy
The course builds upon IPTM's Advanced Traffic Crash Investigation by assisting the student in understanding vehicle dynamics. The student will study time/distance calculations, two-dimensional momentum and impact speed calculations using momentum equations. This program will teach derivation and origin of the commonly used speed formulas, speed of vehicles at impact using conservation of linear momentum, and behavior of vehicles in a collision using Newton's three laws of motion.
- Type Validation
- Level Foundational
- Time Months
Earning Criteria
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The methods of assessment include quizzes, examinations, performance-based testing, and practical exercises with a minimum passing score of 75 percent.
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The methods of instruction include audiovisual materials, case studies, practical exercises, lecture, discussion, and classroom exercise. The general course topics include review of fundamentals of crash investigation; general airborne equations; pedestrian crash investigation conservation of momentum both vector and algebraic solutions; time and distance equations and analysis.