Foundations of Human Factors & Crash Reconstruction

Join our renowned, 5-day live, virtual course designed to equip crash reconstruction professionals with the scientific foundation and practical tools needed to accurately interpret driver behavior. Taught by expert instructor Tim Maloney, this 35-hour program moves beyond simple assumptions, enabling you to provide data-driven, evidence-based opinions in your professional casework.

What You Will Learn 

This course provides clear, accessible instruction through structured modules, focusing on integrating human-factors science directly into real crash reconstruction work.

• Core Definitions and Onset Principles: Establish a rigorous vocabulary and understanding of the foundational concepts of event sequencing.
• Hazard Anticipation & Early Detection Concepts: Deconstruct the critical time windows involved in a driver’s pre-crash awareness and reaction.
• Intro to Nighttime Visibility & Lighting Documentation: Learn the basics of human visual constraints in low-light conditions and proper scene documentation techniques.
• Basics of Walking Speeds, Acceleration Profiles, and Lane-Change Behavior: Gain practical data and methods for modeling pedestrian and driver movement.
• Practical Time–Distance and Human-Factors Analysis: Master techniques for applying scientific principles directly to reconstruction calculations and scenarios.
• Foundational Analysis of Distraction, Fatigue, and Impairment: Understand the mechanisms and measurable effects of key driver performance degraders.
• Research on Why Drivers Do, or Do Not, Pull into Traffic: Review current literature on driver decision-making in intersection and merging scenarios.
• A Scientific Foundation for Advanced Human-Factors Casework: Build the necessary knowledge base to pursue more complex and specialized human-factors analysis.

Who Should Attend

This course is ideal for investigators, reconstructionist, and analysts who are starting a scientifically rigorous practice or seeking to strengthen the human-factors component of their existing work.

Daily Class and Lunch Schedule

Contact

Please contact Matthew Muttart at mmuttart@driverreseachinstitute.com for more information.