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The SCARS organization has hosted several major conferences in order to learn about accident reconstruction and to present live tests.

Some of the locations of previous conferences include, Myrtle Beach, SC Charelston, SC and Biloxi, MS

Selected Previous Conference Summary

The Annual SCARS/Southeastern Conference - 2008

July 20-24, 2008 at the Sheraton Gateway Atlanta Airport Hotel.

 The speakers for the conference:

  • Rusty Haight - Crash Testing
  • Jeff Muttart - Human Factors
  • Bill Messerschmidt - Commercial vehicle ECM's
  • Ward Holton - Spin Analysis
  • Chris Stewart - Rollover Crash Analysis
  • Joe DiGregorio - Motorcycle Collision Investigation
  • Tommy Sturdivan - Reconstructing PIT manuvers
  • Lee DeChant - Close-Range Photogrammetry
  • Mickey Zimbalis - Tire Failure Analysis

The Annual SCARS Conference - 2007

July 22 - 26, 2007 at the Ramada, North Charleston.   

The speakers for the conference:

  • Rusty Haight - Crash test data summary, mini CDR update (maybe), plus other interesting information topics
  • Bruno Schmidt, Ph.D. - Post impact trajectories and other important items to consider in speed calculations
  • Dave Stopper - Calculating speeds for ABS and ABS/conventional combination airbarked commercial motor vehicles
  • Daniel Vomhof, Ph.D. - Human factors considerations
  • Rick Tyrell, Ph.D. - Pedestrian conspicuity
  • Fred Rice - Drag Sled vs. Skid Testing

The Annual SCARS Conference - 2005

July 24 - 28, 2005 at the Clarion, North Charleston.

The speakers for the conference:

  • Rusty Haight for crash testing
  • Jeff Muttart for human factors
  • Mike Reade for pedestrian crashes
  • John Daily for narrow object impacts
  • John Meserve for insurance fraud investigations
  • Steve Breland and David Hill for conducting mechanical examinations.

 

Here are some photographs and downloadable video clips from our previous conferences.

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2001 Conference


2002 Conference


2003 Conference


2004 Conference


 

 

 

 

 

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