Event Data Recorder Use in Traffic Crash Reconstruction

Date: Monday, September 14, 2026 | 08:00 AM to Friday, September 18, 2026 | 04:00 PM

Registration opens @ 0800 hours on 6/16/2026

This course will teach you how to analyze any event data recorder (EDR) data you encounter, regardless of the manufacturer. You will also learn how to analyze the EDR data which has been collected with any imaging tools, including propriety manufacturer tools, as well as from future vehicles not yet released.

We will teach you how to use EDR data with roadway evidence calculations to yield a complete reconstruction considering all available evidence. Simple checklists and guides will be provided to improve your consistency and accuracy. Supplied templates will take some of the work out of more complex analysis.

You will be given many EDR reports from real world crashes and will work in teams to analyze the EDR data and reconcile it to the scene evidence you are given. Comprehensive solutions to these problems will be distributed for future reference.

During the course, we will teach you how to:

- Analyze any set of EDR data you encounter, regardless of manufacturer
- Determine if the event recorded is from your crash
- Identify circumstances where EDR data is incomplete or has nothing to do with your crash
- Understand Delta-V
- Use EDR Delta-V along with other scene evidence to get closing speed and speed at impact
- Use Delta V from the vehicle with the recorder to determine the Delta V of the other vehicle
- Recognize vehicle operational conditions that would cause EDR speed data to not accurately reflect true vehicle speed
- Determine the effect that equipment modifications have on EDR speed data
- Use pre-crash data to identify when a vehicle lost control in order to select the peak speed before the vehicle lost control
- Calculate the appropriate ranges for Speed at Impact for different EDR’s
- Use time-distance analysis to estimate the point of first perception
- Utilize EDR data to gain previously unavailable insight into driver behavior and approach speed
- Use OEM specific Excel© templates to analyze EDR data
- Support Frye and Daubert hearings with references to copyrighted research and non-copyrighted items

Course Length
40 hours

Prerequisite(s)
You must have completed Kean's Technical Crash Investigation and Vehicle Dynamics Analysis course or its equivalent and have an understanding of traditional scene evidence traffic crash reconstruction such as slide to stop formulas, momentum analysis, and critical speed yaw analysis.

ACTAR Information
IPTM's Event Data Recorder Use in Traffic Crash Reconstruction - Level I course is eligible for 40 ACTAR CEUs.

What to Bring
Scientific calculator
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS BEFORE COMPLETING THIS FORM:

By submitting a request to register for this course, you have read, understand, and agree to the provisions outlined below:

1.    If you cannot attend this training class, a cancellation request must be sent by email from yourself or your agency to maxweric@kean.edu AT LEAST 14 DAYS BEFORE the first day of training for this class.

2.    You are unable to attend, and an approved replacement is found who will attend the training in your place, a replacement request must be sent by email from yourself or your agency to paul.applegate@njsp.gov AT LEAST 3 DAYS BEFORE the first day of training for this class. This request must contain the officer's name to be replaced and the new officer’s name, rank, email address, and cell phone number.

3.    If you or your agency fail to provide any of the above notifications and you do not attend the first day of training, you will forfeit your ability to register for any NJDHTS-sponsored training course (found on NJSAFEROADS.COM ) for a period of no less than 6 months from the 1st day of training of the course missed.

4. Submitting this registration request does not ensure you a spot in this class. You will be notified by email of your enrollment status no later than three weeks before the 1st day of the training course.