In todays competitive market you need the edge to stay on top. T. Thompson & Associates Accident Reconstruction Consultants will help you acquire the information you need to make informed business decisions. This can equate into more profits or reduced costs. That way you gain the marketing advantage.

T. Thompson & Associates Accident Reconstruction Consultants will answer questions about an accident to help you. These questions and answers will mean you can assist your client or pay claims at the appropriate level.

How can this really help you?

We'll look at the following scenario; Your client is stopped at a stop sign and sees another vehicle coming, but far enough away to safely accelerate across the street. As your client crosses, the other vehicle collides with your client. Your client says this is a 25 MPH zone and there's no way that other car was going 25 MPH. T. Thompson & Associates Accident Reconstruction Consultants will examine the accident information to do speed ranges and then back up the striking vehicle to see if your client did have time to safely cross if the vehicle had been going 25 MPH.

Is that all Thompson & Associates Accident Reconstruction Consultants can do?

No. We can reconstruct multi-vehicle accident and try to give answers to your questions. We will also do vehicle surveys to just check a light bulb for on/off issues. We can help with questions of who was operating with multiple ejections or fatalities. The realm of possibilities is only limited by your questions.

T. Thompson & AssociatesAccident Reconstruction Consultants is computerized. We use Engineering Dynamics Corporation software from Beaverton, OR. No question you have is to large or small.

EXAMPLES OF QUESTIONS WE CAN ANSWER

HOW FAST WERE THE VEHICLES GOING?

T. Thompson & Associates Accident Reconstruction Consultants can analyze the accident data and give speed ranges for the vehicles involved.

WHO WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE?

T. Thompson & Associates Accident Reconstruction Consultants will analyze the damage information as well as pre and post impact movement. This along with positions of rest and injuries can help establish who was driving.

WHAT ABOUT MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS AND HEAVY TRUCK ACCIDENTS?

I has attended the Northwestern University Traffic Institute Reconstruction program. This program studies extensively about motorcycles and heavy trucks. I have also attended seminars on heavy truck accidents. I have also attended a course by the Institute of Police Technology and Management on the Investigation and Reconstruction of Motorcycle Accidents.

WERE THE VEHICLES LAMPS WORKING?

By individually examining the vehicles lamps, from near the damage area, it is possible to determine whether the lamp was on or off at the time of impact.

WHAT ABOUT PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS?

At Northwestern University the study of pedestrian accidents was extensive and using this it is possible to look at sight issues, distance problems and other questions you may have relating to pedestrians.

YOU HAVE THE POLICE REPORT AND PHOTOGRAPHS BUT THERE ARE NO MEASUREMENTS, WHAT CAN THOMPSON & ASSOCIATES ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS DO?

We have the capability of using photographs to do measurements. We can do PHOTOGRAMMETRY or use a software program PHOTO MODELER. With PHOTO MODELER we can scan your photos into our computer and using the program reconstruct the photos and get very accurate measurements. This works with vehicles that have not been measured for crush damage, scene data not measured thoroughly or at all.

With this high tech program we are able to do extensive and thorough reconstructions where some other agencies would be using "estimates" to compensate for the lack of data.

T. Thompson & Associates Accident Reconstruction Consultants wants you to have the full and accurate information so that when you pay the claim or advise your client you have confidence in what you do. We are here to serve your needs and provide you with the most accurate information possible.

Call me to discuss what T. Thompson & Associates Accident Reconstruction Consultants can do for you and your organization. We would be happy to discuss any case you have. There is no minimum and no case is to large.

Thompson & Associates Accident Reconstruction Consultants does not guarantee that the results will help your client. T. Thompson & Associates Accident Reconstruction Consultants does not guarantee that results can be obtained for every crash situation, or for every question you may have. T. Thompson & Associates Accident Reconstruction Consultants do try to give you complete and accurate information that you request.

Being a law enforcement officer since 1982, I have handled and assisted in handling over a thousand property damage, personal injury and fatal traffic accidents. I am a traffic accident investigator / reconstructionist for my law enforcement agency.

This experience in actually viewing on scene accident results is an invaluable asset. This background helps me to reconstruct your accident questions in the real world.

CERTIFIED "ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION SPECIALIST" by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.

ACTAR (#740) CERTIFIED, "FULL ACCREDITATION AS A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTIONIST" by the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction.

EXCEPTIONAL TESTIMONY EXPERIENCE

I have testified at many hearings and trials. I have also given depositions. This direct courtroom experience has taught me to maintain my composure and deliver solid credible testimony. I have been certified as an expert witness in court for traffic accident reconstruction.

I have received extensive training through Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. This was at Northwestern University's Traffic Institute. I have also received training through the Wisconsin State Patrol and the Institute of Police Technology and Management from Jacksonville, FL.

I am continually attending training programs to incorporate more efficient techniques.

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