Accident Reconstruction Organizations

ACTAR

actar.org

The official site for the Accreditation Commission on Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR). This site offers a listing of all currently accredited members and general information about the accreditation process. The accreditation status of members can be checked via a name search or by geographical location.

Accident Reconstruction

accidentreconstruction.com

This site has information that is available to visitors to the site and also has a separate member side for paying members. The site has information of specific value to those close to the accident reconstruction industry – such as crash test data, articles and informational updates current to the industry.

The Traffic Accident Reconstruction Origin

tarorigin.com

TARO is a Technical Journal. It contains articles of a technical nature that report on the evolving state of traffic accident reconstruction. This Web Site presents a critical forum for ideas and techniques used in the field of traffic accident reconstruction to:

1. Promote excellence in the field of traffic accident reconstruction through dialog, education and individual participation.
2. View each reconstruction as an objective search for truth.
3. Encourage communication between individuals practicing in the field of traffic accident reconstruction.
4. Offer its contents free of charge to anyone that wants the information.

Government Web Sites

NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Admin.)

www.nhtsa.dot.gov

This is the official web site of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). It is the starting point to access most of the information available from NHTSA regarding the state of highway safety nationwide.

Recall Database

www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems

This shortcut will bring you straight to a part of the nhtsa web site devoted to problems (vehicle complaints and recalls). The data base is kept current and can be accessed by year, make and model of vehicle.

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

ntsb.gov

This is the official web site for the National Transportation Safety Board. From this page you can access the reports and analysis from past ntsb investigations and reconstructions, including the animations and related findings.

National Climatic Data Center (Weather history)

noaa.gov

From this site you can access and determine the weather history for a particular place on a specific date

US Naval Observatory (Sun/Moon data)

aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/data

This site will provide information regarding astronomical data such as the sun/moon tables for specific dates and locations, or the rise/set/azimuth tables for various periods of concern

Miscellaneous Sites

Bosch Diagnostics (Crash Data Retrieval)

www.boschdiagnostics.com/Pages/home.aspx

This is the site that will allow you to access a list of all vehicles from which crash data can be obtained. The list is maintained and updated regularly as new vehicles come onto the crash data retrieval system.

On the Home Page, click on Crash Data Retrieval under the heading "Test Equipment"

Scroll down and click on the pdf file for Supported Vehicles (this will open a document with all vehicles listed that from which crash data can be extracted)

(Crash Test Data)

crashtest.com

This site will allow the user to see the results of various crash tests performed on myriad vehicles. It is also a great source of information from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and for articles and research on vehicle safety.

Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)

carcrash.org

This site offers the user insight into the relationship between crash severity and injury mechanism and injury management. This is a medical/bio-mechanical site.

American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

transportation.org

This is the official site of AASHTO. AASHTO is the organization that, among many things, sets the design standards for roadways/highways. Many publications and resources are available to the reconstructionist/engineer/attorney through AASHTO.