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ACRP 26 - Automotive Accident Reconstruction

3 units
3 hours lecture
Recommended Preparation: ACRP 24 
Credit, degree applicable
Transfer CSU

This course covers the elements of automotive collision reconstruction and is designed to prepare students for employment in the fields of automotive collision repair, automotive insurance investigation, and accident reconstruction. Emphasis is placed on photography of vehicle damage and computer modeling, measuring and documenting skid marks, calculation of drag factors, speed from skid marks considering radius and critical speed scuff, determination of combined velocities, occupant dynamics, time and position analysis, force line determination and Principle Direction of Force (PDOF), conservation of momentum analysis, and Delta-V determination.


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