BASIC HUMAN FACTORS IN CRASH RECONSTRUCTION

Instructors: Driver Research Institute

August 4, 2025 - August 8, 2025

Location: Oklahoma City Police Department Training Facility Building #3

3738 SW 15th St

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73108

This course is designed to introduce crash investigators, technicians, and crash reconstructionist to various driver response research in emergency situations as well as introduce them to research dealing with non-immediate responses also. Te attendee should have a thorough understanding of Time and Distance formulas on how to calculate speed in moving situations as well as to/from a stop situation, and constant speed situations. The goal is to introduce attendees to the foundations of driver response research, specifically, response times and nighttime recognition distances. The class is designed to meter out the tremendous amount of information between stories and examples that reinforce learning. 

The average response times of common response time scenarios are discussed and practiced. Also, the results from nighttime recognition distance studies are discussed. 

RESPONSE (formerly IDRR) software - attendees will receive a 30 day trial.

• Driver acceleration at various locations
• Pedestrian walking speeds
• Drivers' speed choices in various environments
• Vision
• Flashing lights (in addition to discussion in intro class)
• Crash risk due to speed choices
• Lane change behaviors and glances
• Glance behaviors at intersections
• Applying lighting standards
• Influence of retroreflective sheeting on commercial vehicles and signs
• Using published research as the basis of your opinion in court (A2B techniques)
• Steering and lateral acceleration behaviors