"Accident
Reconstruction"
We are sorry to announce that there will be no English version of the book.
Although quite a few chapters are already translated and were even set into layout, the
task of getting the entire book ready for a publication in English turned out to be too
difficult to achieve.
We provide the translated chapters 'as is' as PDFs. You can download
them via ftp at this link.
We will fill this folder with the translated chapters bit by bit, as we have to
get the authors' agreements.
The English version was intended to comprise the following chapters:
Fundamentals
- Perception
- Reaction
- Biomechanics
- Biological and other micro stains
- Meteorology
- Sun position and twillight
- Photogrammetry
Specific fundamentals
- The analysis of post-crash motion
- Collision mechanics
- Time-distance considerations (abridged)
- Braking
- Traffic light controls
Computer aided working
- Digital photo and video editing
- Accident simulation programs
Securing evidence
- Surveying accident loci
- At-spot investigation
- Marks left on the roadway
- Photography: doing it right
- Digital photography
- Investigating technical defects
Accident types
- Pedestrian accident
- Biomechanics of the pedestrian accident
- Nighttime pedestrian accident
- Bicycle accident
- Motorcycle accident
- Accidents with oncoming traffic
- Accidents involving lorries
- Impacting wild animals
- Chain collisions
Special questions
- Technical proof of insurance fraud
- Biomechanics
- Perceptability of minor collisions
- Airbag technology
- Airbag malfunction
- Evaluation of tachograph charts
- Event data recorders
- Lamp bulb examination