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• Human Factors in Traffic Crash Reconstruction

  • Start
    Monday, April 13, 2026
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    Friday, April 17, 2026
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Skokie Police Department - 7300 Niles Center Road, Skokie, IL 60077
  • Spaces left
    21

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  Overview:

  This introductory course examines a variety of human factors to determine "why" a collision occurred. We utilize lectures, discussions, in-class demonstrations and outside field exercises to give you an appreciation for the importance of human factors in explaining collision causation. You will gain an understanding of how frail human evidence is and why the ability to interpret and analyze physical evidence is critical to the success of any collision investigator.

  In addition to the driver, vehicle and roadway characteristics that must be considered in an investigation. This course explores essential research that sets the standard for conducting scientifically robust crash investigations and for understanding driver responses in the context of what is typically expected under normal driving conditions.

  

  Course Topics:

  • The underlying science behind drivers’ response time
  • Understanding the proper times to be used in Time and distance calculations
  • How to perform a proper methodology
  • Factors affecting driving performance, such as age, alcohol/drug use, fatigue, divided attention, driver distraction, and many others
  • The nature of driver perception and response times including when it starts, when it ends, and how it is different for many crash types
  • Day vs. night
  • Driver looking behavior
  • The nature in which drivers accelerate and steer.
  • Factors influencing drivers speed choices
  • Important vehicle and roadway factors that should be considered
  • How contrast, lighting, expectancy, pattern recognition, and hazard size influences nighttime recognition.
  • Understanding of the factors related to camouflage and how many roadway hazards may exhibit these factors.
  • Determining when an object is a cue (warning) or a distractor.
  • How to properly document information after a nighttime crash when recognition might be a factor.

  

  Prerequisite(s):

  You must have completed IPTM’s Traffic Crash Reconstruction course or its equivalent.
  

  

  What to Bring:

  • A laptop to access electronic data and materials

  

  ACTAR CEUs:

  40 ACTAR credits will be available (application pending), and the cost for the application will be covered by IATAI.

  

  Additional Information:

  Refunds, minus a $50 processing fee, will be made if the cancelation occurs more than 30 days prior to the course.  Substitutions of attendees can be made with prior notice to an IATAI board member.

  If paying by check or invoice, approval is needed from the IATAI Treasurer.  Please Contact Brad Brachear at treasurer@iatai.org.  All checks must be received before April 6th, 2026.

  
  

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