Crash Data Retrieval Tool

Crash Data Retrieval for Fleet Managers

Currently used by private practice Collision Reconstuctionists and Police Agencies across North America

The Bosch Crash Data Retrieval System is a proven tool that allows fleet managers and field investigators the opportunity to recover crucial crash data parameters from a vehicle that has been in a crash. This data, which is stored in the vehicles airbag control module, may be used to make informed decisions on insurance claims based on the crash data "imaged" from the vehicle in question.

Even if the vehicle didn't store a "crash event" fleet managers should image the vehicle's ECM after every incident to help protect against future claims. The crash data stored may help validate or dismiss your employees "version" of the accident. This is simply one more "piece of the puzzle" in the evidence collection process.

There is nothing to install, the event data recorder (ECM) is already in most production vehicles today. Simply attach the correct CDR cable and image the vehicles crash data directly to your computer, then print a PDF version of the report. The Bosch Crash Data Retrieval System currently supports select GM, Ford, Chrysler, Fiat and Toyota/Lexus vehicles.

For a complete listing of all vehicles covered by the Bosch Crash Data Retrieval System, simply download the vehicle coverage list.

The above flow chart show the ease of use
of imaging crash data from a vehicle.

Benefits of imaging vehicle crash data include:

• Quick, easy and reliable
• Identify fraudulent claims
• Obtain pre-crash vehicle data
  • vehicle speed
  • seat belt status
  • ignition cycles
  • throttle position
  • brake status
  • many other valuable parameters
• Evaluate liability
• Shorten claim cycle time 
• Increase customer service
• Quickly make accurate, defensible determinations where liability is questioned 
• Detect the absence of "jump-in" passengers in a vehicle at the time of a crash 
• Determine if the driver and front seat passenger were belted
• Crash severity
• A proven track record of admissibility at trial 
• and much more

2011 ARC-CSI Crash Conference
Below is a video by Insurance Claims TV. They were invited to the annual ARC-CSI Crash Conference in Las Vegas for real world crash testing and data collection using the Bosch Crash Data Retrieval tool.

• Footage from the 2011 ARC-CSI Crash Conference

Collision Claims Expo
Las Vegas, NV
Held Annually
www.collisionclaimsexpo.com

Bosch Crash Data Retrieval System
Easily recover vehicle crash data from more than 100 million registered vehicles from multiple manufacturers including:

• Ford
• General Motors (GM)
• Chrysler
• Toyota, Lexus, Scion
• Fiat
• View the complete vehicle coverage list

Available data collected is dependent on year, make and model of the involved vehicle(s). Currently, the Bosch Crash Data Retrieval System supports certain model year GM, Ford and Chrysler vehicles.

Do you want to adopt a settlement posture without gathering ALL the potential evidence or knowing all the facts?

Fleet management companies depend heavily on the field adjuster to investigate and assess damage to vehicles that are covered by the company. To properly investigate and assess a damaged vehicle, the field adjuster needs to collect ALL available evidence. Equipped with a Bosch CDR System Kit, the field adjuster has the piece of mind that crucial evidence was not left in the vehicle. This also provides a great service to the employee and employer, who depends on a fair assessment of the vehicle accident.

Don't let your field adjuster investigate another vehicle claim without equipping him/her with a crash data retrieval system kit.

Many claims adjusters and auto damage appraisers are equipped with laptop computers from which they can download the necessary forms and files from insurance company databases. They can use the same laptop to quickly download the crash data directly from the vehicle's DLC port. This new technologies allow for faster and more efficient processing of claims.

The Bosch CDR System images crash data directly from the involved passenger cars, light trucks, and SUVs to a laptop computer and compiles the information into a comprehensive Crash Data Retrieval system report. The CDR report can be a crucial tool used to more thoroughly allow for

• Better case evaluation
• Better settlement decisions

Is the crash data obtained admissible at trial?

Yes. In more than 25 criminal and civil cases around the US, Crash Data Retrieval system recovered data has been admitted as evidence along with expert opinion over objection and after extensive admissibility hearing and challenges.

Start learning and using this technology now. NHTSA 49 CFR Part 563 is coming.

In August 2006, NHTSA published a final rule specifying uniform requirements for the accuracy, collection, storage, survivability, and retrievability of onboard motor vehicle crash event data in passenger cars and other light vehicles voluntarily equipped with event data recorders (EDRs). The final rule was intended to standardize the data collected through EDRs so that it could be put to the most effective future use.

Compliance Dates: Except as provided below, light vehicles manufactured on or after September 1, 2012 that are equipped with an EDR and manufacturers of those vehicles must comply with this rule. However, vehicles that are manufactured in two or more stages or that are altered are not required to comply with the rule until September 1, 2013. Voluntary compliance is permitted before that date.

Summary: By September 1, 2012 all vehicles manufactured and sold in North America must be in compliance and the crash data be accessible with a commercially available tool.

>> Read the ruling update

Does crash data or "event data recorder data" violate the insured's "privacy rights?"

No.  The concept of "privacy" addresses an individual's control of information about themselves or activities conducted where there is an "expectation of privacy."  Simply put, in the context of "event data recorder (EDR) technology, there is no personal information recorded and driving down the road, where an eyewitness can otherwise observe the driving, clearly occurs in a place where there is "no expectation of privacy."  In fact, as part of NHTSA's "49CFR Part 563" there is the direction to put this information into the owner's manuals of cars with the capability of recording crash data:

"EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a non-trivial crash situation occurs; no data are recorded by the EDR under normal driving conditions and no personal data (e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location) are recorded.  However, other parties, such as law enforcement, could combine the EDR data with the type of personally identifying data routinely acquired during a crash investigation."

Crash Data Group
For more information about the Crash Data Retrieval System, how to purchase, what you need and training opportunities, please call (800) 280-7940.

• CDR Software Download
• CDR DLC System Kit
  
• CDR Inventory Check List
• CDR Training
• CDR Help
• Vehicle Coverage List

CDR User's Summit
Houston, TX
Held Annually
www.cdrsummit.com

Collision Claims Expo
Las Vegas, NV
Held Annually
www.collisionclaimsexpo.com

ARC-CSI Crash Conference
Las Vegas, NV
Held Annually
www.arccsi.com

CDR Technician: Train the Trainer
Houston, TX
Held Annually
www.cdrsummit.com

ARC Network
The largest online research web site for accident reconstruction. Also hosts the CDR Expert Directory
www.accidentreconstruction.com

Collision Magazine
A print publication dedicated to crash research. Many of the crash studies involve using the Crash Data Retrieval System to obtain crash data stored in the airbag control module.
www.collisionpublishing.com

CSI: The leader in CDR Training

The Collision Safety Institute (CSI) is an independent traffic collision research, training and consulting organization. CSI’s mission is to provide state-of-the-art training and technology transfer to both public and private entities involved in the analysis and evaluation of motor vehicle collisions, provide technical support to professional associations and organizations in their training efforts and conduct testing and research on surface vehicle collision topics and related technology.

• CDR Data Analyst Training
• CDR Technician Training
• CDR Train the Trainer