CA2RS News

Ca2rs Annual Conference Announced! Join us Oct 16-18

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 02:21:22 GMT

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems for the Crash Reconstructionist

October 16-18, 2025

South Lake Tahoe

for more information see the following link

https://www.ca2rs.com/event-6247204

GM Identified Counterfeit replacement airbags

Sat, 08 Jun 2024 02:09:45 GMT

We had an engineer from GM's Brand Protection Support Team, along with Don Floyd, apprise us on counterfeit airbags as they appear to be getting more cases involving such of late. They believe it's actually occurring more than what they know and wanted to educate the crash folks on the topic. Please see the link for the presentation.

GM Counterfeit Airbags

First Quarter 2024 Training Announced

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 03:29:22 GMT

The board is happy to announce the first in person training in the new year!

Title: Bicycle/E-Bike Dynamics

Description: This full day training will detail acceleration and braking characteristics of bicycles and e-bikes. The training will also cover the cyclist standard of care and finish off the day with case studies.

Presenter: Roman Beck, Beck Forensics

The northern class is being hosted in Davis CA

Bicycle/E-Bike Dynamics - Northern California

The southern class is being hosted in Irvine CA

Bicycle/E-Bike Dynamics - Southern California

Excited to see you there!

CA2RS Board!

CA2RS Annual Conference Registration is open!

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 00:08:24 GMT

CA2RS Fall Conference 2023 &

25 Year Anniversary Celebration

October 26-28, 2023

Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel, South Lake Tahoe, CA

CA2RS 2023 Fall Conference

Conference Details:

Topic:

Pedestrian Collision Reconstruction

Training provided by:

Adam Hyde

Roger Barrette and Andrew Thomas

from Northwestern University Center for Public Safety (NUCPS)

Special Appearance by Dr. Kevin Adanty from Biomechanical Consultants

Day 1:

Pedestrian Highway Safety Issues
Vehicle Dynamics & Time-Distance Analysis
Pedestrian Evidence Identification & Documentation
Pedestrian Reconstruction Methods

Day 2:

Pedestrian Reconstruction Exercises
Pedestrian Injury Analysis/Biomechanics
Case Study #1

Day 3:

Case Study #2

ACTAR CEU’s pending

CA2RS Silver Anniversary Reception

A reception for conference attendees commemorating the Silver Anniversary of CA2RS will be held on Thursday October 26. The reception will include food and drinks; RSVP required during registration.

Date: Thursday October 26, 2023

Time: 6:00 pm

Location: Flatstick Pub

4101 Lake Tahoe Blvd, Suite 101

South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

Spring Newsletter!

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:06:44 GMT

The Spring 2023 newsletter has been posted to the newsletters page! Log in and take a look!

Quarterly Newsletters

2nd Quarter Training Announcement

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 23:48:17 GMT

We have announced second quarter training for northern and southern California! Use the links below to register!

SEATBELTS, PRE-TENSIONERS, AND AIRBAGS:
HOW THEY WORK AND THEIR EFFECT ON OCCUPANT SAFETY

Seat belts and airbag are ubiquitous in vehicles. This training illustrates how and why restraint systems reduce injury through hands-on activities, deployments, samples, lecture, demonstrations, problem solving, and case studies. After the training, attendees will better understand restraint system history, inner workings, and nuances in performance across a variety of circumstances (eg, pregnant occupants, out-of-position sitting, etc.).

Northern CA - May 25th 8am-5pm

Vallejo Police Department
111 Amador St
Vallejo, 94590

Northern California

Southern CA - June 1st 8am-5pm

Quail Hill Community Center
39 Shady Canyon Dr
Irvine, CA 92603

Southern California

IN PERSON TRAINING HAS RETURNED

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 02:09:43 GMT

Ca²rs is happy to announce that in person training will resume in 2023! Use the links below to register!!

Swaroop Dinakar from Driver Research Institute will present "What is PRT and how to apply it to rear-end crashes?"

The one day training will delve into discussing the different types of rear end collisions and how driver responses have changed based on the type of the crash. The in-depth class will discuss where the onset of the event occurs, and how to report results from published research studies. The training will also discuss on how to appropriately apply an accepted scientific methodology in the investigation of our crashes.

Northern California

January 17, 2023, 8am

Elk Grove Council Chambers
8400 Laguna Palms Way
Elk Grove, CA 95758

What is PRT and how to apply it to rear-end crashes? - Northern California

Southern California

January 19, 2023, 8am

Quail Hill Community Center
39 Shady Canyon Drive
Irvine, CA 92603

What is PRT and how to apply it to rear-end crashes? - Southern California

New Ca2rs Website

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 02:05:56 GMT

Ca²rs is pleased to welcome you to the updated Ca²rs webpage. There will be more changes coming and updates as time goes on! Reach out to us if you find any issues or problems with functionality!

Ca²rs BOD

1st Quarter 2020 training announced

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:31:56 GMT

See the events page for more info.

Learn Crash Investigation using Aerial Photography

Mon, 02 Jul 2018 21:07:08 GMT

CA2RS is co-hosting this class with NAPARS. The class will be held at the Anaheim Hills Substation of the Anaheim Police Department, July 10th - 13th.

Download the brochure for the class here: Aerial Metrics PIX4D Flyer.pdf

Membership Renewals in Full Swing

Mon, 02 Jul 2018 21:04:05 GMT

The renewal period for memberships began on July 1. Automatic payments have been applied. Some have failed to update their card information in PayPal and will have to renew by other means.

3rd Quarter Training Announced

Mon, 02 Jul 2018 20:58:15 GMT

3rd Quarter Training has been scheduled for July 24th in West Sacramento, and August 10 in Fontana. The topic will be "Evaluating Injury Causation in Motor Vehicle Accidents: Applied Biomechanics and Clinical Science," presented by James Kent, Ph.D. See the events page for further details.

WREX 2016 (World Reconstruction Exposition 2016) Call for Papers and Presenters

Mon, 04 Aug 2014 23:48:29 GMT

WREX 2016 will be held on May 2 – 6, 2016 at the Rosen Shingle Creek hotel in Orlando, Florida.

We are currently starting the process to identify speakers and presenters.

If you are interested in speaking or presenting at the conference, or have attended an event where you had an exceptional presentation you feel others would benefit from, please contact William Camlin at wccamlin@comcast.net for details on the process.

The event will be sponsored by numerous crash association societies from the US and Canada (and possibly International Associations). We are currently in the preliminary planning stages and expect this to be the largest crash reconstruction conference ever held. Current plans includes numerous crash related guest speakers and two days of outdoor testing, including several high speed crash tests provided by multiple crash teams.

The Rosen Shingle Creek facility offers us the chance to host everything but the high speed crash tests at one site and the chance to meet with others attending the event in the evenings. There will be complimentary shuttle service to and from the Orlando airport.

Twelve crash associations are already committed to take part and we are in talks with several other groups. Any other crash association that would like to be a part of this event is welcome to contact us for details at pcarspresident@gmail.com.

Additional details will be released within the next few months via the conference website (once it is developed), online, and in various crash publications.