I provide expert witness evidence of pedestrian involved events.

I have investigated numerous Pedestrian involved fatal and injury events involving vehicles in urban and rural settings.

A number of those cases have involved single and multiple dark clad pedestrians on unlit highways at night.

The Factors effecting a driver’s identification and ability to avoid a pedestrian hazard at night are:

• Contrast of the pedestrian to the surrounding background
• Anticipation of driver that pedestrians may be in the area
• Pattern - clothing pattern outlining the object as a person
• Lighting levels
• Eccentricity of where the pedestrian is relative to where the drivers focus is at the time
• Time of exposure - how much time is available to the driver to make the identification and react
• Size of hazard

If you need to know explore a driver’s/rider’s opportunity to avoid a pedestrian/s and the factors involved then contact me.