Heavy Vehicle Forensic Mechanical Inspection for Collision Investigators
Instructor: Bill Foche
Cost: NAPARS Members $980.00
Non-Members $1080.00
If you chose to register for the class and receive an invoice, that invoice will need to be paid no later than April 11, 2026, to remain on the roster. As most of you know, NAPARS does refund your registrations fees if you need to cancel. Thank you for understanding.
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:
Portsmouth NH Police Training Room
3 Junkins Avenue Portsmouth, NH 03801
Bicycle and e-Bike Crash Analysis
DATE: Friday, 15 May 2026 TIME: 12 noon - 2pm EST (GMT-5, or 9am-11am Pacific Time) COST: Free for NAPARS members; $6 for non-members ACTAR: This event has been approved for 2 ACTAR CEUs. Accredited attendees should be prepared with the i-Attend app on their phone to sign in during the show, per the guidance on their website: https://actar.org/ceu/earning
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.
- Controls, Geometry, Nomenclature
- Dynamics:
-Forces, including aero
-Lean angle & lateral movement
-Speed/Radius/Friction relationship
- Speed from Gear
- Normal riding speeds for men/women of various ages
- Mountain bikes v. Road Bikes
- Acceleration (including pedicab!)
- Braking dynamics / timing / rates
- Pitch-over calculation & Testing
- Tire Marks & Tire damage from braking
- e-bike testing
- Surmounting obstacles
- GPS devices (Garmin, Strava)
SPEAKER: Roman Beck has been working in the crash reconstruction field for more than 25 years, and riding bicycles much longer than that. Two years of Electrical Engineering undergraduate work combined with his BA and MA in Anthropology form a solid foundation to analyze crashes. He is an instructor for the League of American Bicyclists. His reference book on bicycle crash investigation is available on his website: http://www.beckforensics.com/
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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
Tires and Wheels Involved in Crashes
DATE: Friday, 12 June 2026 TIME: 12 noon - 2pm EDT (GMT-4, or 9am-11am Pacific Time) COST: Free for NAPARS members; $6 for non-members
PRESENTER: Bill Woehrle
ACTAR: This event has been approved for 2 ACTAR CEUs. Accredited attendees should be prepared with the i-Attend app on their phone to sign in during the show, per the guidance on their website: https://actar.org/ceu/earning
TOPICS:
SPEAKER: Our speaker will be Bill Woehrle. He has been handling tire inspections and investigations for more than 40 years. He has presented internationally, and authored training manuals on the topic. He has authored and co-authored tire-related SAE papers including "Analysis and Evaluation of the Damage and Durability Performance of Steel Belted Radial Ply Passenger Tires That Have Experienced Severe Impacts" (2012-01-0795), "Tire Traction - Matching Product & Test Technologies" (890102), and "Toward an International Standard for Measuring Energy Loss of Tires" (841239). He is the principal at Tire Forensics Investigations in Michigan ( http://tireforensics.com/ ), offering tire and vehicle inspection services to help clients understand how they relates to vehicle dynamics and crashes.
Recent Kia / Hyundai / Genesis ADAS/EDR Research
DATE: Friday, 10 July 2026 TIME: 12 noon - 2pm EDT (GMT-4, or 9am-11am Pacific Daylight Time) COST: Free for NAPARS members; $6 for non-members ACTAR: This event has been submitted for ACTAR CEU consideration. If approved, accredited attendees should be ready with the i-Attend app to sign in, per the instructions on the ACTAR website: https://actar.org/assets/i-attend.pdf
The show will be recorded and put in the Reference Library along with various supporting material, including the Powerpoint slides.
In some Genesis/Hyundai/Kia vehicles, starting in MY 2020, ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) data parameters appeared in EDR reports. GIT is expected to introduce ADAS drive ECU data imaging capabilities for select Genesis, Hyundai and Kia (G/H/K) vehicles. The ADAS drive ECU is a module that is separate from the airbag control module (ACM) which will ultimately require a separate data collection. This is expected to be similar to General Motors systems where the investigator collects data from the ACM and the ASCM (Active Safety Control Module) separately.
This presentation will discuss how to determine whether or not a particular G/H/K vehicle has ADAS present (e.g. FCA: forward collision-avoidance assist, LKA: lane keep assist, etc.). Specifically, whether or not it contains an ADAS drive ECU/ADAS PARK ECU. It will also provide an overview of the various ADAS components used in these vehicles, their locations in the vehicles, as well as system descriptions. Finally, the authors’ research will be discussed, including the research methodology and coverage charts for all G/H/K models from the 2020 model year through the current model years (MY 26/27) that are known to have ADAS drive ECUs, ADAS data parameters in EDR reports, or both.
The charts may be used as reference material to determine whether a specific Genesis, Hyundai, or Kia vehicle is equipped with these modules. To help future‑proof their cases, accident reconstruction professionals may wish to extract and preserve these modules during inspections in anticipation of future data imaging capabilities once GIT officially provides support.
SPEAKERS:
Kent E. Boots (Kent E. Boots & Associates) has over 30 years of experience in crash reconstruction focusing on passenger vehicle Event Data Recorders. He holds ACTAR accreditation (#1170), is a retired deputy sheriff (2006), and currently provides CDR/EDR consulting services and training. He has a strong automotive background and has I-CAR ProLevel I and ProLevel II Electrical/Diagnostics Technician certification. He is Adjunct Faculty for IPTM responsible for CDR/EDR tool course development and is the lead instructor for CDR/EDR technician courses.
Sundar Raman Nagarajan is an Automotive Collision Engineer with Forensic Rock. He typically works on accident reconstruction cases including but not limited to performing vehicle/site inspections, EDR data retrieval, data analysis, and technical report writing. He has about 5 years experience in accident reconstruction. He is an active researcher in the field of automotive ADAS testing and analysis and is co-author on several SAE technical research papers.
Shawn Harrington is the Principal and Founder of the ADAS and Accident Reconstruction firm Forensic Rock. He has 20 years’ experience and is a nationally renowned expert in both the ADAS & AR fields. He is an instructor for SAE International and he continues to test, research, and publish in peer-reviewed journals like SAE and ASME. He has had the honor of presenting to his peers at conferences like the EDR Summit and WREX, possesses his CDL, and owns and manages a fleet of ADAS-equipped trucks for Forensic Rock Trucking.
Instructed by: John Daily & Wade Bartlett
2110 Park Drive, Allentown, PA 18103
$875 for non-members
If you register and choose to receive an invoice, that invoice will need
to be paid no later than August 14, 2026, to remain on the roster.
Registration fees are fully refundable until 30 days before the class, and may be refundable after that in limited circumstances.
This course will provide you with a more complete understanding of the physics that are applied in the reconstruction of a traffic crash or any other incident where motion is involved.
While some of the topics discussed in the course are introduced in basic crash investigation and reconstruction courses, they will be given significantly more in-depth coverage in this course. In addition, Applied Physics for the Traffic Crash Investigator will prepare you for the concepts presented in advanced reconstruction courses using computer modeling.
Law enforcement and private traffic crash investigators, claims adjusters, engineers, attorneys, safety officers, military investigative personnel, animators and graphic designers
40 hours
You must have completed IPTM’s Traffic Crash Reconstruction course or its equivalent. If you do not have a strong math and physics background, we recommend attending IPTM's 16-hour Re-Introduction to Math and Physics (Online) course.
Required: A scientific calculator
Recommended
This course is approved by ACTAR for 40 CEUs.
2026 Joint Conference
Hosted by NAPARS
NAPARS is happy to announce the 2026 Joint Conference will be held at "The Grand Hotel" in Ocean City, Maryland October 20, 2026, thru October 22, 2026. The conference will include crash testing, scheduled for October 20, 2026, along with new data and results from underride testing involving Heavy Vehicle Collisions in 2026. This testing was conducted by NAPARS, Forensic Training Group, and Crash Data Specialist Crash Team Members.
The theme for 2026 is "Heavy Vehicles"
Speakers.
We have a special guest speaker who works with Autonomous Commercial Motor Vehicles!
Scott Skinner: Forensic Training Group (Forensic Training Group - Home)
Mike Conley: Forensic Training Group (Forensic Training Group - Home)
James Loftis: Forensic Training Group (Forensic Training Group - Home)
Matt DiSogra: (Delta-V Homepage - DELTA |v|)
Brad Muir/Greg Russell: Presenting our Crash Test Results
Wade Bartlett: Crash Lab / NAPARS Admin
Swaroop Dinakar or Jeff Muttart: Driver Research Institute
Lodging and the conference will take place at
"The Grand Hotel" 2100 Baltimore Ave. Ocean City, Maryland 21842. The following are the room rates: $79.00/night regular room, $89.00 per/night ocean view room and $104.00 per/night for the direct ocean view room. You can book your rom by calling The Grand Hotel at 410.289.6191 and either mention the NAPARS Group or the reservation code "APAR26" (These discounts are NOT Available online)
19 MARCH UPDATE: 2026 THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. We apologize for the inconvenience, but this show has been postponed for reasons outside of our control. Matt has said he WILL bring this training to us at a later date, and I'll update everyone when that gets scheduled.
Bendix Data Recorder
DATE: Friday, 10 April 2026 TIME: 12 noon - 2pm EST (GMT-5, 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. Attendees should have the i-Attend app on their phone to sign in during the presentation.
SPEAKER: Matt DiSogra is a familiar name to most folks working in the heavy vehicle Event Data Recorder (HVEDR) space. Not only has he given presentations at events around the country (including NAPARS), he instructs an SAE class specifically focussed on accessing and interpreting HVEDR data. He runs the EDR services at https://www.deltavinc.com/ We are excited to have him join us to discuss the BDR!
2027 Symposium on EDR Research and Training
April 13th - 15th, 2027
Location: Embassy Suites1200 South Moorland Road Brookfield, Wisconsin 53005
262.782.2900
NAPARS is proud to continue sponsoring top-quality training around the country and the globe, by bringing the fourth Symposium on EDR Research and Training to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Our host facility is the Embassy Suites by Hilton Milwaukee Brookfield, located approximately 33 minutes from the Milwaukee Airport (MKE). The rooms there include breakfast and a manager's reception each evening.
REGULAR ROOM RATES:
Suite with one King Bed: $159/night
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GOVERNMENT RATE: Limited Availability
Suite with one King Bed: $110/night
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Bring your government credentials at check-in for the Government Rate
I encourage everyone to make their reservations early as the Symposium has sold out every year. There will be more information forthcoming, as we add events and speakers.
Brad Muir: Crash Data Specialists, LLC (https://www.cdr-trainers.com)
Alan Moore: A.B. Moore Forensic Engineering (https://www.abmoore.com)
Wesley Vandiver: Berla Corp. (Berla.Co)
Nick Manz: Toyota Canada
NAPARS, PO Box 866Farmington NH 03835603.923-8077admin@napars.org
