Non-EDR Data Sources
DATE: Friday, 17 October 2025 TIME: 12 noon - 2pm EDT (GMT-4, or 9am-11am Pacific Time) COST: Free for NAPARS members; $6 for non-members ACTAR: This event has been approved by ACTAR for 2 CEUs. Accredited attendees should be prepared to sign in with i-Attend app on a phone during the presentation.
All attendees will be able to request an attendance certificate during the show.
The show will be recorded and put in the Reference Library along with various supporting material.
Crash data has become ubiquitous in the field of collision reconstruction, whether in the context of the Bosch Crash Data Retrieval (“CDR”) system, or similar implementations by manufacturers such as Hyundai / Kia or Tesla. These data sources remain relatively uncommon in some jurisdictions, or may provide little or no useful information in some types of incidents. This is particularly the case when the collision event is of low severity for the vehicle (e.g. pedestrian or bicyclist impacts), or when no collision occurred (e.g. theft recovery). Other sources of data may exist, either integrated within vehicle systems or external to those systems, that can yield data applicable and useful to crash or fraud investigations. Case studies are provided to demonstrate the use of Berla iVe infotainment data, Toyota Safety Sense Vehicle Control History data, and fitness tracking data.
SPEAKER: Patrick Ryan of Graham Ryan Consulting (https://www.grahamryan.com/our-experts/) has more than 30 years experience in all aspects of crash reconstruction. NAPARS is excited to have him share with our members!
The New York State Traffic Accident Reconstruction Specialists will be hosting the 2025 Joint Conference
https://nystars.org/joint-conference
Venue: Fort William Henry Resort, Lake George NY
NYSTARS, NAPARS, NJAARS, MdATAI, and NATARI rotate responsibility for the Annual Joint Conference each year.
Heavy Vehicle Forensic Mechanical Inspection for Collision Investigators
Instructor: Bill Foche
Obtain the skills required to properly investigate, document, and analyze traffic crashes involving commercial motor vehicles. Collisions involving heavy vehicles often encompass unique documentation and analysis components. In this five-day course, crash investigation students learn to inspect collision-damaged heavy vehicles and gain additional skills for examining commercial vehicle crashes. This is a hands-on, basic investigation course for proper examination, documentation, and evidence preservation with no prerequisites. Curriculum includes lecture and hands-on training with collision-damaged trucks. Forensic work is conducted on the braking systems, suspension systems, wheel systems, and steering systems. Our expert instructors provide foundational information about each component, and students learn to use that knowledge to mechanically examine and test a damaged heavy vehicle. Participants complete this course able to restore a damaged air-braking system on a heavy-duty commercial vehicle to pre-collision condition in order to collect data for calculations used in evaluating the braking efficiency of a heavy-duty commercial vehicle. Students also will be able to identify parts and pieces of steering and suspension systems and explain how the components may have factored into a crash.
Location: Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
24 Canoe Lane
Asheville, NC 28804
2026 Symposium on EDR Research and Testing
April 14th - 16th, 2026
Location: Embassy Suites2321 Lifestyle Road Chattanooga, Tennessee 30742
423.602.5100
NAPARS is proud to continue sponsoring top-quality training around the country and the globe, by bringing the third Symposium on EDR Research and Training to Chattanooga TN. Our host facility is the Embassy Suites Chattanooga Hamilton Place, located approximately 5-7 minutes from the Chattanooga (CHA) Airport.
ROOM RATES:
Suite with one King bed: $149/night
Suite with two Queen beds: $169/night
This link takes you directly to the booking page at the hotel:
Embassy Suites Chattanooga Hamilton Place
I encourage everyone to make their reservations early as we have a limited number of rooms, and based on the last two years, they will go fast. The Embassy Suites will offer a cooked-to-order breakfast each morning and lunch will be served all three days. A Ruth's Chris Steak House is on site, and there are dozens of local restaurants within walking distance of the hotel.
SPEAKERS
Brad Muir: Crash Data Specialist
Greg Russell: JS Held
Matt DiSogra: Delta-V
Nick Manz: Toyota Canada
Tim Reust: Accident Science, Inc.
Shawn Gyorke: Crash Data Services, LLC
Gary Johnson: VEAR
Bill Rose: Bosch
Peter Green: Volkswagen
Weston Brown: Weston Forensics
THREE-DAY CLASS (Live)
This course will teach the reconstructionist how to use Microsoft Excel to solve just about every reconstruction problem that may be encountered. NO prior experience with Excel is necessary. This course begins at Step 1! Some of the topics covered:
Requirements: All students must have completed reconstruction or technical and must have access to a laptop running Microsoft Excel version 2010 or greater.
This course has been approved for 24 ACTAR CEUs
Tuition includes a printed and bound copy of Microsoft Excel for Traffic Crash Reconstruction: A Concise Reference, by Andrew Rich
If you choose to be invoiced for the registration, please have your registration paid in full, no later than 45 days prior to June 2nd, 2026. If you are with a Law Enforcement Agency, and your agency is responsible for your registration and they want to pay by check, please have them contact our Administrator Wade Bartlett at admin@napars.org asap to set the payment up please. Thank you for your understanding.
Fort Worth PD has recommended lodging at the Hyatt Place Fort Worth/Cityview at 5900 Cityview Blvd. Fort Worth, Texas 76132. (The hotel is approximately 7 miles from the facility hosting the class) They have offered a special rate by clicking on the link below.
https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-place/en-US/dfwzc-hyatt-place-fort-worth-cityview
NAPARS, PO Box 866Farmington NH 03835603.923-8077admin@napars.org
