Program Description

This intensive certificate course will enable participants to better determine collision preventability; identify training needs; make logical recommendations for changes to ensure a safer vehicle operation; and build a database to understand how, where, and why collisions are happening. Participants will learn concepts and necessary information required to competently investigate a motor vehicle collision.

Program Content

• Introduction to collision investigation
• Elements of an investigator’s kit
• The traffic collision template
• Scale drawings
• Drag factors determining speed, time, and distance
• Chain of events
• Primary activities involved in a complete collision investigation
• Preventability discussion
• Practical case studies and presentations

Who Should Attend?

Safety officers, driver trainers, Joint Health and Safety Committee members, managers, and anyone involved in the collision investigation program.