Fundamentals of Crash Investigation

Each fiscal year, TSTC offers the fundamentals of crash investigation course. The 80 hour hybrid course imparts the knowledge and skills required for detailed crash investigation and combines classroom lectures with practical field exercises.
Students will complete 40 hours of online instruction before attending the 40 hours of classroom instruction.
Topics include:

• Coefficient of friction
• Computing speeds from yaw marks and skid marks
• Lamp examination
• Vehicle and occupant kinematics
• Indicators of safety belt use
• Identifying and documenting evidence
• Traffic law
• Measuring the scene
• Scale diagramming

Students receive a course notebook, traffic template and quick reference handbook. Transportation, lodging and meals are the responsibility of each student. The Department of Criminal Justice Services will award 34 elective and four legal hours upon completion of this course.

Training dates/locations

April 23 – 27, 2012
Rappahannock Regional Criminal Justice Academy
3630 Lee Hill Drive
Fredericksburg, VA
7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Register for “Fundamentals of Crash Investigation” online.

For additional information, call (804) 828-7081 or e-mail Mike Sorensen.