Occupant
Kinematics
The crash didn’t end at impact. Learn how to read what happened inside the car.
You’ve been in that situation before. The other occupants blame the dead guy. In these cases, you must rely on evidence gathered from multiple areas including medical records, injury investigation, physical evidence of occupant contact in the interior, interview techniques, and more.
What you'll learn
Learn to interpret human anatomy and trauma reports with a crash investigation mindset — turning medical data into evidence.
Deep dive into the biomechanics of how occupants move during different types of collisions — and how those movements leave behind clues.
Master the art of analyzing seatbelt usage and restraint systems to uncover occupant positions and usage at the moment of impact.
Develop effective roadside interview techniques and learn to spot, document, and interpret critical interior contact evidence.
Gain confidence using real crash data to perform motion analysis that directly supports occupant kinematics findings.
Apply your skills through guided math, video, and virtual inspection projects that simulate real-world investigations — including the 3-Car Challenge.
No talking-head avatars. No AI-generated robot voiceovers. No lame video script. This training was built by actual instructors who’ve worked real scenes, not failed marketing interns. Every lesson is broken into short, focused videos you can actually finish before your next callout. And yes—most course add up to 15+ hours of legit, actionable content. Mix in real life case files and projects to make you think, not just take up time, and you're on your way to traffic guru.
In the station. On your phone. Between calls. This training works where you work. If you’ve got an internet connection, you’ve got access—no log-in times, no Zoom meetings, no BS. Whether you’re watching from a laptop, a tablet, or the MDT in your cruiser, you’re in control of your pace and your progress.
We ditched the dry lecture format and built something better. From 3D models to augmented reality tools and first-person views, our lessons use creative tech to lock it in. Projects just to take up space and time? Not here, if it's not from a real crash or test, it's not here. This isn’t just training—it’s a crash course in learning the smart way. Built for how you think. Designed to keep you moving.
Syllabus
Module 1
Start here and get oriented. We’ll cover course structure, expectations, and introduce you to the case file that’ll be your running partner throughout the training. This isn’t theory — it’s all tied to a real-world crash.
Module 2
Don’t worry, we’re not turning you into a paramedic. This module breaks down the human body from an investigator’s point of view — what matters in a crash, how it moves, and what you should be paying attention to in the medical records.
Module 3
Autopsy reports. Injury scales. Medical shorthand that looks like it came from NASA. We’ll demystify it all — and give you the confidence to read reports like a pro and pull exactly what you need from them for your recon.
Module 4
Here’s where we turn bruises and breaks into evidence. You’ll learn the differences between blunt force and impact-specific injuries, and how to match injuries to vehicle damage like you’re solving a puzzle.
Module 5
This is where the magic happens. You’ll master how people move inside vehicles during frontals, sides, rears — even how a center of mass plays into it. You’ll wrap with a guided practice project that brings it all together.
Module 6
Seatbelts don’t lie. You’ll learn how to spot restraint usage (or lack of it), identify restraint-based injuries, and even do the math to prove it. Yes, we said math. But don’t panic — we walk you through it step by step.
Module 7
Rollovers are chaotic. We break them down into patterns and numbers. You’ll learn how to investigate them, calculate speeds, and connect the dots from rollover physics to occupant ejection risks.
Module 8
We’re getting hands-on. This module teaches you how to look inside a vehicle and read it like a crime scene — where to look, what to document, and how to photograph the right things that matter in court.
Module 9
Not everyone tells the truth. You’ll get proven techniques to detect deception, read behavior, and conduct roadside interviews that actually produce usable intel — all while tying it back to physical evidence.
Module 10
This is where we wrap it all up with the math that matters. You'll learn how to apply conservation of linear momentum, calculate Delta-V, and determine principal direction of force — and more importantly, how to use it to support occupant position determinations.
BEYOND Module 10
By now, you’ve built a serious foundation. You’ve studied human anatomy, restraint systems, crash dynamics, and the movement of real people in real crashes. Now it’s time to take off the training wheels and start solving problems like an expert.
Your instructor
Bobby J. Mullinax is a former police officer and longtime crash reconstruction instructor who’s spent nearly the last two decades helping other investigators sharpen their craft. With 15 years in law enforcement and over 7,000 hours of instructional time, he’s taught agencies across the country how to turn chaos into clarity at the scene of a crash. He’s also the creator behind multiple training programs and tools built specifically for working reconstructionists — cutting through the clutter with real-world workflows, intuitive software, and plain-English instruction that actually sticks.
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FAQs
Our course has a help module that includes a FAQ block as well as the process for contacting us for help. From explaining a question more thoroughly in an email to hopping on a Google Meet and walking through a project, we have several different avenues to assist you.
Since the course is available online, you'll be able to start the course when you register. Whether it's a Sunday at 2:00 AM or noon on a Thursday, you'll be ready to go.
It happens. If you buy this online course and within 30 days aren't 100% satisfied, we will refund your purchase price, minus a 3% administrative fee from our payment processor. We do reserve the right not to refund the course is more than 30% has been completed.
Instead of acting like we're haggling over an old stool at a flea market, we don't really discount registrations here. Instead, we offer true enterprise level training where you can license our training curriculum and enroll as many attendees from your business or public safety agency as you'd like. Contact us for more info.