Accident Investigation Calculator
- Accident Investigation Calculator. AICalculator.exe
- Version April 2008
- This Calculator is being developed as an aid to the forensic investigation of accidents.
- The Calculator is designed to work in any Windows environment.
- The forms do not occupy the whole of the monitor screen.
- You can move the form around with your existing work in the background.
- The following features are presently available:
- Newton's equations of linear motion. Calculations involving speed, time, acceleration and distance.
- Solution of any quadratic equation. Available stopping distance and speed.
- Curves and critical speed.
- Critical speed under braked conditions.
- Maximum speed through bends.
- Overturning and skidding on a bend.
- Calculation of the change in speed resulting from crush damage. This is based on the Crash 3 algorithm.
- Momentum calculations for all types of collision.
- Partial braking. The effect of one or more brakes not working.
- Calculating speed from throw distance.
- Flight of vehicles.
- Tabulated reaction times and walking speeds.
- Alcohol back-tracking using blood, breath or urine measurements.
- Speed from motorcycle crush.
- Speed from pole and narrow impact collisions.
- The position of the Sun. Sunset, Sunrise and twilight.
- Latitude and longitude to UK OS Grid conversion.
- UK OS Grid to Latitude and Longitude conversion
- Rigid vehicle Cut-In
- Articulated vehicle Cut-In
- The calculator also includes a stop watch, alarm, and current date display.
- The programme is an executable file entitled "AICalculator.exe".
- The programme can be run from this site simply by clicking here.
- You can download and open the file by clicking on the reference at the bottom or at the top of this page.
- The executable file length is less than 1 MB.
- No responsibility can be taken for any errors or omissions. If you discover any, please email me about it.
- Any comments, adverse or otherwise would be welcome.
- If you think the progamme can be improved or extended, email me.
- Not all errors have been trapped. Inappropriate input may still cause run-time or overflow errors.
- The programme was last updated on the 20th of April 2008.
- Accident Investigation Calculator. AICalculator.exe