● 24/7 Rapid response to major accidents
– Law Enforcement coordination on joint inspections, evidence preservation
● Accident scene documentation
– 3D scanning
– FAA 107 licensed commercial drone operations
– Scene canvassing for surveillance video
● Event Data Recorders/Heavy Vehicle Event Data Recorders
● Vehicle crush analysis to determine
– Impact speeds
– Closing speeds
– Delta-V
– Principal Direction of Force (PDOF)
● Accident reconstruction analysis
● Advanced simulation analysis
● Advanced demonstratives
– Physical model based simulations
Extensive experience and expertise in
+ Full scale crash testing
+ Vehicle dynamics instrumentation and testing
+ ISO 362 Pass By Noise Compliance Testing
+ SAE J2263 Coastdown Testing
GPS Telematics Data Management & Analysis
+ Data access and preservation
+ Data parsing and analysis
+ Incorporation and analysis with physical evidence and traditional crash reconstruction methodologies
EDR inside car
Imaging data with laptop
Mecanica is one of four North American authorized service providers for Volvo and Mack data imaging.
Mobile Device Forensic Data Recovery & Analysis
● Universal Forensic Extraction Device
● Cell phones / tablets / mass storage devices
● GPS data history (position history)
● Phone call logs / Text message history
● Social messaging apps (WhatsApp, Kik, etc.)
● Digital photo and video recovery
● Incident-specific analysis (timeline)
● Analysis and incorporation with vehicle GPS based telematics data
● Incorporation into traditional crash reconstruction methodologies
PBBT’s allows a brake inspection to go above and beyond a visual inspection or mechanical inspection that is limited to the air brake chamber stroke measurement. The use of a Performanced-Based Brake Tester (PBBT) provides an actual quantitative measurement of the amount of brake force being generated at each braked wheel in 20 minutes or less.
The use of a PBBT as reported by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) can help a fleet determine the following:
The Performance-Based Brake Tester (PBBT) is a dynamometer that can make direct measurements of brake forces at each axle end of a vehicle.
EDR / HVEDR Data Analysis
Photogrammetry Analysis
Our competition can reconstruct motorcycles crashes
Mecanica can:
● Reconstruct motorcycles crashes
● Evaluate motorcycle mechanical issues
● Perform test riding/crashing
● Identify ridership issues that may have contributed to the crash.
● Mecanica has two motorcyclist accident reconstructionists with a combined street riding experience of over 600,000 miles
● Our motorcycle reconstruction team has experience with street, track, and off-road riding
Skid Testing For Locked Wheel Instability Performance
Slide Testing Deployment
40 MPH Swerve Test
● Pickup Truck Deployed Motorcycle Slide Testing
● Rider Steering/Swerve/Avoidance Testing
● Brake/Skid Testing
● Acceleration Testing
● ABS vs. Non-ABS/Stability Control/Intervention Systems Testing
Mecanica uses computational visual effects techniques to accurately determine:
● Speed & travel path of camera
● Speeds & travel paths of moving & stationary objects captured in the camera’s field of view
● Scene Evidence Location Rectification
Can be applied to dash cams, “GoPro” cameras, body cams, handheld cell phone videos, & surveillance cameras
Camera Path & Lane Intruding Vehicle Tracked from Dash Camera Video
●Commercial Driver Standard of Care
● Mechanical Inspections, troubleshooting, and failure analysis
● Commercial Fleet Management Standard of Care