Traffic Crash Reconstruction

                      Passaic County Police Academy  214 Oldham Road Wayne, NJ 07470

                            Traffic Crash Reconstruction

 

Traffic Crash Reconstruction builds upon IPTM’s Advanced Traffic Crash Investgation course by assisting you further in understanding vehicle dynamics. You will take part in a more intense study of time/distance calculations, two-dimensional momentum and impact speed calculations using momentum equations.

 

Topics Include:
- Derivation and origin of the commonly used speed formulas
- Speed of vehicles at impact using conservation of linear momentum
- Behavior of vehicles in a collision using Newton’s three laws of motion
- Discussions of commercial vehicle and motorcycle dynamics in collisions
- The determination of direction of travel, initial contact and position of vehicles on the           roadway

This course includes extensive project work to give you first hand experience in crash reconstruction. Each student will be required to diagram and analyze several different crash scenarios as well as complete vector sum analysis of each.

 

Course Length
80 hours

 

Prerequisite(s)
You must have completed Kean's Technical Crash Investigation and Vehicle Dynamics Analysis course or its equivalent.

 

ACTAR Information
An accredited individual may retake IPTM’s Traffic Crash Reconstruction course for ACTAR continuing education units only once every five years (after their initial five year accreditation period) for the purpose of updating their skills.

 

What to Bring
Scientific calculator

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS BEFORE COMPLETING THIS FORM:

By submitting a request to register for this course, you have read, understand, and agree to the provisions outlined below:

1.    If you cannot attend this training class, a cancellation request must be sent by email from yourself or your agency to maxweric@kean.edu  AT LEAST 14 DAYS BEFORE the first day of training for this class.

2.    You are unable to attend, and an approved replacement is found who will attend the training in your place, a replacement request must be sent by email from yourself or your agency to paul.applegate@njsp.gov AT LEAST 3 DAYS BEFORE the first day of training for this class.  This request must contain the officer's name to be replaced and the new officer’s name, rank, email address, and cell phone number.

3.    If you or your agency fail to provide any of the above notifications and you do not attend the first day of training, you will forfeit your ability to register for any NJDHTS-sponsored training course (found on NJSAFEROADS.COM ) for a period of no less than 6 months from the 1st day of training of the course missed.

4.    Submitting this registration request does not ensure you a spot in this class. You will be notified by email of your enrollment status no later than three weeks before the 1st day of the training course.

          Registration opens @ 0800 hours                                   on 4/21/2026

If you have any questions or issues during the enrollment proess, please contact DSG Paul Applegate #6774 of the New Jersey State Police, Highway Traffic Safety Unit by email at paul.applegate@njsp.gov or office phone @ (609) 376-9701.