Direct-Examination of Accident Reconstructionist
Maryland Wrongful Death Case

QUALIFICATIONS
■ NAME BUSINESS ADDRESS

■ EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

■ EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND

■ CURRENT POSITION

■ NUMBER OF YEARS ON THE FORCE

■ BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON TRAINING

■ BASIC TRAINING

■ SPECIAL TRAINING IN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION

■ SPECIAL TRAINING IN ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION

■ HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE YOU INVESTIGATED

■ TYPES OF ACCIDENTS YOU INVESTIGATE

■ NUMBER OF YEARS IN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION

■ WHAT DEGREES, LICENSES, OR CERTIFICATIONS DO YOU HOLD

■ HAVE YOU BEEN QUALIFIED TO TESTIFY IN THE FILED OF ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION BEFORE

■ EXPLAIN WHAT AN AUTO ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION IS TO THE JURY

■ HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE FILED OF ACCIDENT RECON

■ WHO DO YOU DO THE FORENSIC WORK FOR

■ CAN YOU BE HIRED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO DO AUTO ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTIONS?

■ ARE ALL INVESTIGATING POLICE OFFICERS ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTIONISTS? HOW MANY IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND
■ OFFER AS AN EXPERT IN AUTO ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION
WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE FOR INVESTIGATING AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A DEATH

WERE THOSE PROCEDURES FOLLOWED IN THIS CASE

INVESTIGATION OF THE SCENE AND THE ACCIDENT
■ WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT

■ HOW WERE YOU NOTIFIED ABOUT THE ACCIDENT

■ WHEN DID YOU ARRIVE AT THE SCENE

■ WHERE DID THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN

■ WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE AT THE SCENE

DESCRIBE THE AREA AND ROADWAY
■ DESCRIBE THE AREA

■ WIDTH OF THE ROADWAY

■ ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THE WEATHER

■ HOW MANY LANES ANY INTERSECTIONS NEAR BY

■ ANY OBSTRUCTIONS TO THE DRIVERS VIEWS OF THE AREA WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED

■ WERE THERE ANY SKID MARKS IN THE ROADWAY

■ WAS THERE ANY DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY

■ WHERE WAS THE POINT OF IMPACT

■ WHERE DID THE VEHICLES TRAVEL AFTER THE POI

■ ANY DAMAGE TO THE ROADWAY

■ ANY CURVES IN THE ROADWAY

■ ANY HILLS IN THE ROADWAY

■ WHAT IS THE SPEED LIMIT ON THAT ROAD
■ WAS THERE ANY SKID MARKS IN THE ROADWAY

■ WAS THERE ANY DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY

■ WERE THERE ANY GAUGE MARKS IN THE ROADWAY

■ DID YOU DO COEFFICIENT OR FRICTIONS STUDIES

LIGHTING IN THE AREA
■ WHAT WAS THE LIGHTING LIKE IN THE AREA WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED

■ WERE THE VEHICLES LIGHTS ON

■ WAS A LAB TEST DONE TO SEE IF LIGHTS WERE ON

DESCRIBE THE SCENE WHEN YOU GOT THERE
■ WERE YOU ABLE TO LOCATE THE DRIVERS OF BOTH VEHICLES

■ WERE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE DRIVERS

■ WERE YOU ABLE TO SPEAK TO ANY WITNESSES

■ THE DRIVER THAT WAS STILL THERE, WHAT WAS HIS VERSION OF WHAT HAPPENED

■ DID YOU EXAMINE BOTH OF THE VEHICLES

■ DESCRIBE THE VEHICLES AND THE DAMAGE THEY HAD FROM THE AUTO ACCIDENT

■ WHERE DID BOTH THE VEHICLES COME TO REST

■ HOW WERE THE VEHICLES REMOVED FROM THE SCENE

■ WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIRECTIONS OF THE VEHICLES BEFORE IMPACT
■ WHERE PICTURES TAKEN AND REVIEWED BY YOU

■ WHERE MEASUREMENTS TAKEN

POINT OF IMPACT
■ ARE YOU ABLE TO DETERMINE THE POINT OF IMPACT AFTER INVESTIGATING AN ACCIDENT

■ WHAT DATA OR FACTS DO YOU USE TO MAKE THIS DETERMINATION

■ WHAT ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES DO YOU USE

■ DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION WITHIN A REASONABLE DEGREE OF ENGINEERING PROBABILITY AS TO THE POI

■ WHAT IS YOUR OPINION AS TO THE POINT OF IMPACT

SPEED OF THE DEFENDANT’S VEHICLE
■ ARE YOU ABLE TO DETERMINE THE SPEED OF A VEHICLE UPON IMPACT AFTER INVESTIGATING AN ACCIDENT

■ WHAT DATA OR FACTS DO YOU USE TO MAKE THIS DETERMINATION

■ WHAT ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES ARE USED
COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION - ROAD SURFACE
ENERGY ABSORPTION OF THE VEHICLES
HOW FAR THE VEHICLES TRAVELED

■ DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION WITHIN A REASONABLE DEGREE OF ENGINEERING PROBABILITY AS TO THE SPEED OF THE DEFENDANT'S AUTOMOBILE

■ WHAT IS YOUR OPINION AS TO THE SPEED THE DEFENDANT WAS TRAVELING BEFORE HE CROSSED OVER THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES

■ WHAT WAS HIS SPEED WHEN HE HIT THE BUS

WHY DID THIS ACCIDENT HAPPEN

DID YOU FILE AN ACCIDENT REPORT

WAS A FATAL ACCIDENT SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT DONE

WAS A BLOOD TEST DONE ON THE DEFENDANT

HOW WAS THE DEFENDANT FOUND

DISPOSITION OF THE DEFENDANT’S CASE