Trained traffic collision reconstructionists can look at the light bulbs inside a vehicle’s headlamps and tail lights to determine if these lights were on or off at the time of collision. In many cases, this information can be quite valuable. If at the time of collision, headlamps or tail lights were not properly illuminated –…
Joey Stidham, Owner of Stidham Reconstruction and Investigation, and Shelly Rice, Crime Scene/Incident Scene Reconstructionist, conducted training Monday at the 43rd annual Public Defender Education conference at the HYATT Regency Downton Lexington, KY regarding the scientific analysis of forensic evidence from a shooting incident to determine the most probable sequence of events. The session included…
Today, most vehicles on have an onboard computer system, which constantly monitors your driving. In the event that you are involved in a traffic collision, this computer can be imaged and its data used to prove what you were doing when the collision occurred. Retrieved data can include, but is not necessarily limited to: speed,…
To some, this is an ordinary crime scene photograph. But, to an expert with and Interpretation training, knowledge and experience, these photographs reveal much more. Although highly recognized, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Interpretation (BPAI) is NOT generally utilized in the investigation of most crime scenes. SRI, however, realizes that BPAI is essential to the reconstruction of…
When a major accident or crime occurs, of utmost importance is quick response to properly document scene evidence. That’s why SRI has a mobile forensic unit, outfitted to respond at a moment’s notice to major accident or crime scenes. Available around the clock for urgent requests, SRI’s experts stand ready and able to get to…
Over the past 24 years I’ve worked and or reconstructed countless traffic collisions involving commercial motor vehicles. I’ve read hundreds of not thousands of depositions of truck owners and drivers. One thing that has become abundantly clear is that virtually no one out there understands the regulations when it comes to truck inspections. This blog…
SRI completed an accident reconstruction case where a car ran off the edge of the road and impacted the end of the guard-rail. The guradrail traveled through the passengers compartment of the vehicle injuring our client. We concluded that the guardrail was installed too high and the end treatment of the guardrail was installed improperly.…
During our recent medical investigation, we learned that doctors can run a KASPER report on themselves to check for potential mistakes and problems. We reached out to KASPER and requested directions on how physicians can obtain this information. Here is the email we received: Mr. Stidham, Physicians in Kentucky are able to obtain copies of…
SRI is investigating a case that requires us to figure out who is driving the vehicle. The crashed vehicle was brought to our office/lab to determine the PDOF (principle direction of force). The occupants paths of travel is represented in the attached photographs by red and blue string. The red string represents the drivers path…
I followed this truck across the parkway a couple of weeks ago and realized just how hard it would be to see this truck at night. The tail lights were completely covered with dirt to the point that I couldn’t see the brake lights when they were applied or they simply weren’t working. Over the…
Did you know that the average time to dial and send a 10 digit telephone number is 10 seconds. Traveling 55 mph you travel 80.6 feet per seconds and in 10 seconds you travel 806 feet. This is almost the length of 3 football fields. Typically on most KY roads it only takes 4 to…
3 years ago SRI was retained by a law firm out of Nashville, TN to represent a truck driver that had been rear-ended on I-40 in Memphis, TN. The case was settled in excess of a million dollars on behalf of our client. After the settlement of that case the insurance company for our client…
Did you know that your car or truck may have a computer on board that can tell a trained analyst what your actions are during a traffic collision? Braking, acceleration, seat belt usage, turn signals speed, whether you steered to avoid the collision and much more may be documented by this system. SRI provides crash,…