Dr. Richard Collins — Biomechanics International
Areas of Expertise: Accident Reconstruction
Areas of Specialization
¨ Qualified as an expert witness in civil and criminal courts.
¨ Internationally recognized engineering and medical expertise.
¨ Wrongful death, medical and dental malpractice; medical device/product liability
¨ Injury biomechanics in automotive crashes, aircraft crashes, elevator failures, sports impacts and slips and falls.
¨ Head Injury & spine cases due to motorcycle, bicycle collisions, along with protective helmet liability issues.
¨ Accident reconstruction and failure analysis for litigation involving serious personal injury and trauma
¨ Analyses involving motor vehicle accidents, automotive, train and aircraft accident and injury analysis and traffic safety, forklift turnovers, elevator free-falls, slips, trips and falls; sports injuries, product liability in industrial, sports, recreational & safety equipment; sports and industrial injuries, ergonomics & repetitive stress syndromes, diagnostic radiation doses.
¨ Extensively published in the peer-reviewed national and international literature.
¨ Numerous invited scientific lectures presented in 38 countries
¨ Invited Scientific Reviewer for many national and international journals
Expert Services
Expertise includes analyses of vehicular, industrial, recreational, commercial, and sports-related injuries in addition to the evaluation of protective devices and safety systems, such as seat belts and helmets. Services may include:
¨ Summary & analysis of accident reports, witness statements, depositions, damage reports, scene photographs, etc.
¨ Inspection and analysis of vehicles; machinery; objects associated with an injury and the injury environment; and identification of injury causation and injury prevention factors and tolerance threshold criteria.
¨ Protective devices evaluation (seat belts, air bags, clothing, guards, helmets) to identify injury causation factors.
¨ Evaluation of workplace hazards and equipment, to assess and evaluate injury causation factors.
¨ Computer analyses including animation and simulation in both demonstrative and analytic formats.
¨ Search and retrieval of relevant literature from medical and engineering databases.
¨ Re-enactment of human kinematics or injury scenarios on-site or in laboratory setting
¨ Preparation for deposition, arbitration, mediation, or trial.
¨ Preparation of court exhibits (photographs, charts, graphs, anatomic models, animation, and literature summaries).
Academic Credentials
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering/Aeronautical Sciences
University of California, Berkeley
M.Sc. Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Toronto,Canada
B.Sc. Engineering Physics
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada