Expertise

Andrew W. Thomas is an ACTAR Accredited Traffic Crash Reconstructionist and licensed private detective that specializes in the investigation and reconstruction of motor vehicle collisions. 

Andrew serves as an adjunct instructor for the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety, instructing crash investigation and reconstruction throughout the United States and Canada.  During his 15 years in law enforcement, he served as the team leader for a Major Crash Investigation Unit at a large Chicagoland sheriff's office.

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He has worked in the public and private sector investigating numerous personal injury and fatal crashes and has been recognized by courts as an expert witness in crash reconstruction.

Services

• Collision Investigation & Reconstruction involving:

  • Bicycles

  • Pedestrians

  • Motorcycles

  • Passenger vehicles / light trucks

  • Heavy vehicles

  • Off-road vehicles

  • Farm vehicles

  • Trains

• Recovery of airbag and engine crash event data

• Analysis of crash event data

• Forensic mapping

• Seat belt examination

• Tire failure analysis

• Commercial vehicle braking systems

• Photogrammetry

• Video analysis

• Simulations and animations