Accident Reconstruction Training & Certification

IPTM’s annual Symposium on Traffic Safety is an intensive learning experience that focuses on the emerging technology and innovative solutions used in both the crash reconstruction and highway safety fields. Join crash investigation and impaired driving professionals from across the country on May 17-20, 2027 to expand your knowledge by attending breakout sessions in both tracks. Maximize your learning with hands-on activities with world-renowned experts, and explore the exhibitor hall for some of the industry’s most advanced products and services. CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS - Two Concurrent Tracks: Crash Investigation & Reconstruction | DUI & Traffic Enforcement - 50+ speakers and 80+ sessions - Keynote presentation - Instrumented crash testing and expert analysis - Exhibit hall, showcasing the latest highway safety products and services - Pre-conference ACTAR Prep class and post-conference ACTAR Exam and DUI classes - Earn ACTAR CEUs The Symposium on Traffic Safety is a combination of our two longest running conferences: - Special Problems in Traffic Crash Reconstructions (35+ years) - Symposium on Alcohol and Drug Impaired Driving Enforcement (20+ years) Don't miss the 10th Annual Symposium on Traffic Safety!

This course is designed for agency representatives who are currently active in photographing crash scenes. We will guide you through the proper use of your departmentally issued camera, using at least three different camera modes beyond the camera’s Auto mode. This training will be accomplished through lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on practical exercises. You will gain knowledge and confidence in both daytime and nighttime scene documentation, as two of the five days will be dedicated to nighttime photography through demonstrations of flash photography techniques and the use of available light. We will spend one day at a local salvage yard, where you will apply the skills acquired in the classroom to simulate the post-crash vehicle inspection normally at the impound lot. You will also learn macro techniques for recording close-up evidence, including vehicle lamp photography. You will leave this course with a confident working knowledge of techniques for photographically recording vehicles, vehicle damage, and vehicle-related evidence with your departmentally issued digital camera. The course requires full attendance of all scheduled instruction, completion of all planned projects assigned, and evaluation by the instructors.

FIRST IN A SERIES OF THREE COURSES This course will equip you with the necessary skills to conduct a thorough traffic crash investigation and properly document your findings for courtroom presentation. We will show you the proper procedures for measuring, scale diagramming, and photographing in order to record physical evidence and essential facts available only at the crash scene. You will learn the fundamentals of mathematics, physics and engineering as they pertain to crash investigations and the proper mathematical equations to apply for the type of crash being investigated. Finally, you will learn to analyze the information to determine what happened before, during, and after the collision. Topics Include Physical evidence from the roadway Physical evidence from the vehicle The human element and occupant kinematics Mathematical principles and equations Skid marks and vehicle speeds Crash scene photography Traffic templates Measuring and scale diagramming Driver and witness interviews Information analysis and case preparation Audience Law enforcement and private traffic crash investigators, claims adjusters, engineers, attorneys, safety officers, military investigative personnel, animators and graphic designers.