Chartered Mechanical Engineer with over 30 years' experience of automotive design, development, manufacturing & after-sales, specialising in quality-related aspects • Experienced in the investigation & reporting of any aspect of motor vehicle quality & fitness for purpose

Chartered Engineer with 25 years' experience of reconstructing vehicle collisions • Can interpret scene data, CCTV, vehicle data and damage, producing plans, reports and animations • Researched, tested and developed the forensic field of frozen instrument clusters • Written many peer-reviewed papers and is the author of The Manual of Collision Scene Evidence

Interpretation of all digital tachograph data, including post-impact speed & route tracing • Forensic analogue tachograph analysis, including route tracing, events & faults • Personal injury accident investigation • Full HGV, PCV, car & motorcycle post-accident examination • Component dismantling & failure causation reports • Pre- & post-collision - cost assessments & repair quality inspections • Used vehicle pre-purchase inspections • Classic & used car appraisal & agreed valuation reports...

Road accidents, technical reports for traditional cars, vans, trucks, articulated vehicles; engines, chassis, brakes, wheel loss & bodywork • Operators' licences, vehicle operation inspections • Audits for maintenance, procedures, organisation, management, health & safety, all for private & public sectors • Experience: Industry-wide

Forensic collision investigation • Road traffic accident investigation & reconstruction • Accident causation & consistency of staged or contrived collisions • Detailed site inspection & locus reports • Examination of motor vehicles & components • Analysis of expert reports • Preparation of computer-aided design drawings & scale plans • Preparation of computer-derived motor vehicle damage assessments & repair costing

Inspection of all types of motor vehicles for litigation purposes • Motorcycles, motor cars, sport, classics, LGV, motor homes, caravans, PSV, HGV, horseboxes & trailers • Petrol & diesel engine component failure diagnosis, automatic gearboxes, manual gearboxes • Motor vehicle theft • Fire-damaged vehicles • Corrosion & paintwork faults • Repossession inspections • Unroadworthy vehicles • Lectures on automotive engineering • SJE • Legal aid work undertaken • Assistance at trial • Founder Member of the Society of Expert...

Expertise: • Safety • Accident investigation • Health & Safety at Work Act & Regulations • Personal injury • Fires • Explosions • Risk assessment • Safety management • Occupational accidents • Product safety • Dangerous goods • Falls • Mechanical or structural failure • Machinery Sectors: • Industrial • Construction • Mechanical • Electrical • Manufacturing • Factories • Oil • Gas • Offshore • Chemicals • Pipelines • Railways • Public transport • Ports & docks • Food • Retail • Leisure

All types of vehicle damage assessment • Repair costs calculations • Best repair methods for a particular type of damage • Economical repair costs negotiated with repairers • Cars, caravans, buses, coaches, vans, heavy goods vehicles, all sizes of trailer, specialist bodies, refrigerated trailers, claims assessed...

Motor vehicle accident & theft claims reports • Site inspections & locus reports • Accident & theft investigation • Post-repair inspections • Diminution reports • Vehicle valuations • Vehicle paint & bodywork specialist • Pre-purchase examinations

Specialist in the investigation & preparation of reports on the following vehicles & /or their components: • Commercial vehicles, heavy & light • Passenger carrying vehicles • Cars • Plant vehicles • Classic, prestige, collectors vehicles • Off-road vehicles • Motorcycles • Cycles • Established in 1984, with 40 years' experience in the motor trade & transport management • Numerous court appearances, presenting reports & advising solicitors & barristers • First court appearance 1986 & evidence presented in high-profile...

Provision of expert opinion on all legal & technical aspects of vehicle use • Maintenance systems, loading, weighing & measuring • Tachograph design, use & analysis • Accident reconstruction, investigation & statements • Forensic identification & vehicle examination • Vehicle valuation • Heavy goods vehicle & public service vehicle licensing • MOT test scheme design, layout & authority • Legal & technical reports • Public inquiry & court attendance

Consulting automobile engineers • Motor vehicle claims assessors & negotiators • Vehicle accident investigation & reconstruction • Specialist in international & national coach crashes • Motor vehicle damage assessments • Motor vehicle engineering & mechanical failures • Classic car damage assessment • Vintage car damage assessment • Vehicle damage specialists & unique vehicles • Emergency services vehicle damage & valuations

Accident damage to motor vehicles • Mechanical failure in vehicles & plant • Inspections of mechanical plant • Valuations of vehicles • Valuations of mechanical plant • Inspection of damage to agricultural vehicles & machinery • Valuation of agricultural vehicles & machinery

I can provide reports relating to most aspects of road vehicles, agricultural machinery & general engineering covering the following subjects: • Accident investigation & reconstruction • Damage, cost assessment (vehicle) • Vehicle valuations • Mechanical failures • Vehicle fire investigation • Photography & video recordings can be provided on these subjects

Reconstruction of road traffic accidents, opinion given on reconstructions already carried out by others • Plans & photographs prepared for use in court • Examination of vehicles in respect of mechanical failures or quality of repair work • Damage consistency

Forensic collision investigation and collision reconstruction - all vehicle types - specialist in pedestrian/cycle collisions • Forensic vehicle examination all vehicle types, including large goods, PCV, motorcycles, agricultural vehicles • Specialist large loss forensic vehicle inspections, including seatbelt analysis, mechanical failure, defects and modifications • Scene examination locus reports and scale plan drawing • Review of police reports and 3D laser scan data • LVI • Staged collisions • Suspected fraud

Accident investigation, road traffic • Accident reconstruction • Mechanical examination • Forensic examination • Site examination