Testing of Pedestrian Nighttime Visibility and Contrast

Fatal Car- Bicycle Accident in NYC

Pedestrian accidents are often very serious. Quite often, we include a biomechanical analysis of injury mechanisms and kinematics in reaching scientifically based conclusions with regard to a pedestrian accident. Some of the more common issues we look at and tasks we undertake relative to pedestrian accidents are:

• Pedestrian Conspicuity
  
• Headlight Cone of Vision
  
• Night time vision
  
• Retro / Retro-Reflective clothing and materials
  
• Pedestrian clothing
  
• Lighting Devices
  
• Glare recovery time
  
• Pedestrian signals
  
• Pedestrian walking / running speeds
  
• Forward Projection
  
• Torso wrap down
  
• Fender Vaults
  
• Injury Kinematics
  
• Pedestrian total throw distance
  
• Pedestrian Vaulting distance
  
• Vehicle impact damage
  
• Pedestrian Gait
  
• Clothing rips / paint transfers
  

Forensic Accident Reconstruction & Cause Analysis
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