Advanced techniques in the analysis of traffic accidents

Abstract

Modern vehicles in road traffic are equipped with mutually integrated electronic devices used for managing systems. A chip in the airbag module identifies collisions and, at the same time, memorizes key parameters prepared for the analysis of traffic accidents. After the transfer of data, it is possible to make an undoubted temporal-spatial analysis and give answers to all those questions which the previous practice had no answers for and instead relied on the principle of in dubio pro reo. The paper describes the current cognitive methods, presents modern digital forensics devices, its history, organization of digital forensics systems, highlights the formal and factual dilemmas of this novelty, describes the technique and method of data access as well as different perspectives. A list of questions that have not been answered by previous practice is provided, as well as several examples from practice, demonstrating the advantages that digital forensics achieves in relation to the traditional way of working. Applying the results of digital forensics will undoubtedly have a substantial effect on eradicating false accusations, erroneous verdicts, and unnecessary lawsuits. It will completely change the work of traffic-technical experts by eradicating all known weaknesses, reduce the number of lawsuits, and largely shorten the existing ones, which will affect the economy of proceedings in this area.

Keywords

• traffic accidents
• digital forensics
• edr
• cdr