Discover how 3D data capture has made crash scene investigation more efficient, safer and more accurate
3D technology solutions can help you more efficiently document crash scenes and deliver more precise and accurate information, creating a win for your agency, the prosecutor’s office, and the victim.
Download to learn:
- How 3D solutions help you perform your job quicker and more accurately throughout every step of the crash scene investigation process.
- The features and benefits of FARO 3D laser scanners and crash reconstruction software.
- The best applications for specific tools and solutions.
- Real-life experiences from crash scene investigators who have switched to FARO 3D solutions.
- Resources you can use to fund 3D technology for your agency or department.
See the side-by-side comparison
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1. Evaluate & Capture On-Scene Evidence
Today:
Spend hours capturing the scene using slower manual methods. Leave more room for human error and keep officers on scene for longer in risky roadside locations.
With 3D Tools:
Quickly and accurately capture the entire crash scene, from the overview to up-close documentation of vehicle damage, using a FARO® Focus Laser Scanner and/or a handheld mapping unit.
With the FARO Focus 3D Laser Scanner, you can capture millions data points per second.
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2. Prepare Data for Analysis
Today:
Manually archive the data collected at the scene from different sources, including all hand measurements, notes and photographs.
With 3D Tools
Maintain the integrity of the data and archive it as soon as you’re done scanning the scene. Because 3D scans capture every detail, it’s easy to go back and look at evidence that may not be deemed important until later in the investigation.
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3. Process and Manage Data
Today:
Log and/or process the data you’ve captured from various sources manually, or with clunky 3D tools that fail to capture the complexity of crash investigation.
With 3D Tools
Merge the data to create compelling deliverables utilizing the power of the FARO® SCENE Software. Add measurements and annotations, along with additional scene images, videos and reports to accurately depict the full scene.
Import data into FARO® Zone 3D Software from any laser scanner to take advantage of the full 3D environment you’ve captured to create vivid, realistic and immersive diagrams.
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4. Analyze Data and Create Diagrams
Today:
Manually create diagrams and stitch together photographs, individual measurements and other 2D evidence to try and create a complete picture of the crash scene.
With 3D Tools
Analyze and show every angle of the scene with:
- • Crash animations based on EDR or evidence captured in scan data
- • Scaled diagrams
- • Accurate views or videos from the witness or driver’s perspective
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5. Prepare Documents for Trial
Today: - • Photographs
- • 2D diagrams
- • Total Station models
With 3D Tools
Compiling the substantive trial package…
- • Detailed digital reports
- • 2D diagrams
- • Fly-through videos
- • 3D animations
- • Drone imagery
"We wanted to make sure that the person viewing the data can understand what we’re saying by showing them the pictures we’re showing them. And when you compare the total station to a scanner, there’s no competition there."
Pete Davey, Managing Director at Viewpoint Investigative Services, Ltd -
6. Prepare & Present Evidence
Today:
Compile evidence using photographs, 2D diagrams and other evidence that juries may not understand or be able to clearly visualize.
With 3D Tools
Provide realistic deliverables that paint a vivid recreation of the scene – so accurate and detailed that users report it has significantly decreased the likelihood their cases will even go to trial.