ACRP 126 - Automotive Accident Reconstruction

    Recent Professors
    Rodney Paguyo
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2025
    Class Size
    26 students
    Difficulty
    4.3Lightout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    Recommended Preparation: ACRP 124
    Spring 2025 Sections
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    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    This course covers the elements of automotive collision reconstruction and is designed to prepare students for employment in the fields of automotive collision repair, automotive insurance investigation, and accident reconstruction. Emphasis is placed on photography of vehicle damage and computer modeling, measuring and documenting, skidmarks, calculation of drag factors, speed from skidmarks considering radius and critical speed scuff, determination of combined velocities, occupant dynamics, time and position analysis, force line determination and Principle Direction of Force (PDOF), conservation of momentum analysis, and Delta-V determination.
    Usually Held
    Wed 6:30pm–9:40pm