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A 124-point, court-tested protocol for forensic crash investigation, the same methodology behind every case IBFSA takes on, now available as structured training.


The 124-point protocol behind every investigation IBFSA conducts is not proprietary guesswork. It is documented, teachable, and available as structured training for the professionals who depend on rigorous evidence collection: law enforcement, insurers, fleet operators, and investigators.


An expert opinion is only as strong as the process behind it. A methodology that exists only as personal judgment is difficult to defend under cross-examination or a Daubert or Frye challenge. A methodology that is written down, taught, and applied consistently across hundreds of cases is not.


The IBF Protocol is the latter; the same 124-point framework referenced in our own case reports is the framework taught in this course.


For attorneys, that has a direct practical use beyond retaining IBFSA: understanding this protocol is a fast way to evaluate whether an opposing expert followed any structured system at all, or reconstructed their evidence collection after the fact.


Built from more than two decades of active crash-scene work, the course walks through the full IBF Protocol in the order it is actually applied: scene arrival and control, case detail capture, vehicle-specific photography, scene-specific photography, and preparing findings for court. Every section is built around the same discipline this practice applies in real casework: volatile evidence first, nothing left to memory, nothing lost to contamination.


It is presented as the interactive companion to the published manual, Rapid-Fire Crash Investigation According to the IBF Protocol, produced in association with the Institute of Police Technology and Management (IPTM).


Curriculum overview

  1. Introduction — 2 lectures, 4 min

  2. Core Concepts in Forensic Crash Investigation — 8 lectures, 33 min

  3. Case Details — 26 lectures, 51 min

  4. Specific Vehicle Photography — 27 lectures, 53 min

  5. Specific Scene Photography — 29 lectures, 51 min

  6. Details to Collect at Crash Scenes — 3 lectures, 14 min

  7. Conclusion and Resources — 1 lecture, 2 min


Who it's for

Law Enforcement Officers & Emergency Service Workers
Crash Investigation Specialists & Experts
Private Investigators
Fleet Managers & Controllers
Risk Managers & Executives
Judges, Magistrates, Advocates, Lawyers & District Attorneys