10/06-10/2025 – San Diego
03/30-04/03/2026 – San Diego
10/12-16/2026 – San Diego
Course Description
Vehicle vs. pedestrian or bicycle crashes often result in severe injuries, escalating the importance of thoroughness and accuracy in the investigation and reconstruction processes. This course incorporates classroom lecture, demonstrations (through field exercises with crash test dummies, exercise as well as determining coefficient of friction and drag factors, speed estimates from various equations and crash testing, case preparation and courtroom testimony. Students will learn the math equations to model such collisions. Students will also learn how to determine first-contact positions of pedestrians, bicycles, and vehicles to estimate the speed of a striking vehicle.
Course Topics:
- Auto/Pedestrian Traffic Investigations
- Math, Physics & Equations
- Pedestrian Study
- Documentation
- Reconstruction
- Human Factors
- Photography
- Pedestrian Injuries and Kinematics
- Speed Computations
- Practical Application
Course Prerequisites:
Successful completion of the Basic Traffic Collision Investigation Course, Intermediate Traffic Collision Investigation Course, and Advanced Traffic Collision Investigation Course, or equivalency, is a pre-requisite to this course. If you have any questions or issues about these prerequisites, please contact the GTA/RTC as soon as possible.
Course Certification Number: 9070-33631
Course Certification Hours: 40
Course Fee Information:
POST Reimbursement Plan N/A: Tuition is $622. There is no reimbursement for travel and per diem.
Non-POST Reimbursable agencies: Tuition is $622. There is no reimbursement for travel and per diem.
Cancellation Policy: Cancellations received more than ten (10) business days prior to the start of the class will not be charged. If payment has already been made, it will be refunded. Cancellations received ten (10) or less business days before the start of the class will be charged at full price. This late cancellation charge compensates RTC for the non-refundable costs incurred prior to the start date of the course.
No Shows: A No Show on the day of the class will result in a full charge for the class.