Crash Data Services, LLC

Crash Data Services, LLC provides traffic accident reconstruction, including crash data retrieval and at-scene accident investigation. Our experts are retained throughout the United States. We customize our services to fit the needs of insurance providers, legal professionals, car rental agencies, municipalities and more. Our commitment to our clients makes us an outstanding company to fulfill your accident reconstruction needs. From low impact accidents to major collisions, our professional services provide answers.

Services

Crash Data Services, LLC provides a wide variety of accident reconstruction services. Our experts perform all types of forensic investigations, including at-scene survey mapping and vehicle inspections. Our experts employ advanced techniques, such as total station surveying and photogrammetric modeling, in memorializing accident scenes and vehicles. Our experts also utilize crash data retrieval (vehicle black box technology) to determine the events of a collision. In addition to investigative services, our experts also offer written opinions, as well as expert witness testimony. Our written opinions can be supplemented with scale diagrams and 3D animated video illustrations.

Litigation Support Services

Crash Data Services, LLC provides traffic accident reconstruction including crash data retrieval, at-scene collision investigation and expert witness services. Our experts concentrate on civil crash reconstruction projects, as well as vehicular insurance fraud identification. We accept Plaintiff, Insurance Defense or Insurance Fraud cases.

In addition to our expert witness services, our experts can produce a wide variety of courtroom illustrations, including large panoramic photographs, scale diagrams, scale 3D illustrations and 3D animated videos.

Areas of Expertise

Additional Expertise:

Event Data Recorders, Hyundai Kia EDR, Reconstruction of Traffic Crash, Vehicle Black Box, Witness/Driver Statements, Review of Police Reports, Automotive Insurance Fraud Investigation.

Profile

Our lead expert, Shawn Gyorke, is a Certified Accident Reconstructionist with education, training and experience in the investigation, reconstruction, and analysis of personal injury and fatal traffic crashes. Shawn has investigated thousands of collisions involving pedestrians, commercial vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles, cars, trucks and SUVs. Shawn currently concentrates on civil crash reconstruction projects, as well as vehicular insurance fraud identification. Shawn welcomes plaintiff, insurance defense, and criminal defense cases.

In addition to his qualifications as a Crash Reconstructionist, Shawn is also Vehicle System Forensic Technician and Examiner, Video Examiner and Metrologist, Crash Data Retrieval Analyst, with over 23-years of law enforcement experience. Shawn has acted as a police reconstruction supervisor, as well as a special consultant to several Chicago area regional and county reconstruction teams.

Shawn Gyorke is a is a Crash Reconstructionist, Vehicle System Forensic Technician and Examiner, Video Examiner and Metrologist, Crash Data Retrieval Analyst, and 23-year veteran of the Village of Arlington Heights (IL) Police Department, where he acts as the agency's reconstruction supervisor, as well as a special consultant to several regional and county reconstruction teams. He is a private investigator in Illinois and has been a guest speaker on Fraud, Event Data Recorders and Infotainment Systems across the country.

In 2007, and again in 2009, Shawn obtained his certification as both a Crash Data Retrieval Technician and Analyst with the Bosch Diagnostics approved course taught by the Collision Safety Institute. Since that time, Shawn has been a guest speaker on crash data retrieval (vehicle black box technology) for attorneys and insurance fraud investigators. In 2011, Shawn became a licensed trainer and mentor of crash data retrieval technicians through the Collision Safety Institute.

Areas Served

All States

Professional Experience

Shawn Gyorke has 23 years of law enforcement experience with specialization in traffic accident reconstruction. Shawn has been retained as an expert reconstructionist in over 1,000 different cases, and accepted as an expert in several different court venues.

Many of Shawn's retentions revolve around Crash Data Retrieval (vehicle black box technology), infotainment systems, and human factors in accident reconstruction.

Licenses

Certified State of Illinois Crash Reconstruction Specialist (2002)
Certified Reconstructionist by the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction - ACTAR #1514 (2005)
Certified Bosch Crash Data Retrieval Technician & Analyst (2007, 2009)
State of Illinois Licensed Investigator – License No. 115.002163 (2010)
Certified L.I.D.A.R. Operator (2010)
Certified Breath Alcohol Operator (2010)
Certified Bosch Crash Data Retrieval Technician Level 1 & Level 2 Trainer (2011)
Certified Vehicle System Forensic Technician and Examiner (2020)
Certified Video Operator, Examiner and Metrologist (2021)

Affiliations

Illinois Association of Technical Accident Investigators (IATAI)
Midwest Association of Technical Accident Investigators (MATAI)
National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists (NAPARS)
International Association of Special Investigation Units – Illinois Chapter (IASIU)
National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators – Illinois Chapter (NSPII)
Society of Accident Reconstructionists (SOAR)
International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI)
National Association of Traffic Accident Reconstructionists & Investigators (NATARI)
CrashForum Moderator (crashforum.info)
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Qualifications

At-scene and Technical Accident Investigation (2000)
Vehicle Dynamics (2001)
Basic / Advanced Accident Reconstruction (2002)
Introduction to Crash Data Retrieval (2003)
Vericom Accelerometer Certification (2003)
Traffic Crash Reconstruction Update (2005)
Crash Data Retrieval Technician (2007 / 2009)
Crash Data Retrieval Analyst (2007 / 2009)
Arson: Basic Crime Scene Investigation (2008)
40 Hour Basic Evidence Technician (2008)
Crush Energy Analysis (2008)
Methodology and Techniques for Crash Data Retrieval (2009)
Pedestrian and Bicyclist Accident Investigation (2009)
Advanced Vericom Accelerometer Applications (2009)
Close Range Photogrammetry for Accident Reconstruction (2010)
Heavy Truck ECM Use in Accident Reconstruction (2010)
3D Animation for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (2010)
Crash Data Retrieval Train the Trainer Certification (2011)
Advanced Human Factors in Traffic Accident Reconstruction (2011)
Crash Data Retrieval Analyst (2011)
Traffic Accident Reconstruction 3 (2012)
Driver Distraction from Electronic Devices (2013)
H.V.E. Forum (2014)
Forensic Mapping and Diagramming (2014)
Microsoft Excel for Traffic Crash Reconstruction (2015)
FARO Reality for Crash Reconstruction (2015)
Traffic Crash Analysis Using Virtual Crash Simulation Software (2017)
Interactive Driver Response Research User Forum (Crash Safety Solutions, LLC 2018)
Crash Data Retrieval Train the Trainer Certification (Collision Safety Institute 2018)
Video Examinations for the Police Investigator (iNPUT-ACE 2018)
Pix4d Aerial Photogrammetry for Accident Reconstruction (Aerial Metrics 2018)
Interactive Driver Response Research User Forum (Crash Safety Solutions, LLC 2019)
Crash Data Retrieval Train the Trainer Certification (Collision Safety Institute 2019)
FARO Zone 3D Advanced Animation Techniques (Faro Technologies 2020)
Vehicle Forensics Essentials (Berla Corporation 2020)
Video Evidence Training Symposium (iNPUT-ACE 2020)
Advanced Human Factors in Traffic Accident Reconstruction (Northwestern University 2020)
Bela iVE Vehicle Forensics Certification (2020)
Interactive Driver Response Research User Forum (Crash Safety Solutions, LLC 2021)
Video Evidence Training Symposium (iNPUT-ACE 2021)
CloudCompare – 3D Point Cloud and Mesh Processing (ai2-3D Forensics 2021)
3D Photogrammetry – 3DF Zephyr (ai2-3D Forensics 2021)
iNPUT-ACE Operator, Examiner and Metrology Certification (iNPUT-ACE 2021)
Virtual Crash Simulation Software Training (Virtual Crash, LLC - 2022)
Crash Data Retrieval Analyst (Collision Safety Institute - 2022)
Advanced Human Factors in Traffic Accident Reconstruction (Crash Safety Solutions LLC, 2022)
Interactive Driver Response Research User Forum (Crash Safety Solutions, LLC 2022)
Video Evidence Training Symposium (iNPUT-ACE 2022)
Recon-3D Lidar/Photogrammetry Scanning (ai2-3D Forensics 2022)
Motorcycle Collision Reconstruction (Lightpoint Scientific 2022)

Seminars & Training

Vehicle Black Box Technology for the Criminal and Civil Attorney (Attorney Based Training)
Certified Crash Data Retrieval Technician (Reconstructionist Based Training)
Crash Data Retrieval for Special Investigation Units (Insurance Based Training)
Human Factors in Traffic Crash Reconstruction (Attorney & Reconstructionist Based Training)
Infotainment Investigations (Insurance & Reconstructionist Based Training)

Publications

“Deciphering the NHTSA Event Data Recorder Ruling” - National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators (NSPII) – National Newsletter, Fall 2008.

“Ten Common Questions About Event Data Recorders” - National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators (NSPII) – National Newsletter, Fall 2008.

“The Frye Standard: Determining the Admissibility of Event Data Recorders for Traffic Accident Reconstruction in Illinois” - National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators (NSPII) – National Newsletter, Spring 2009

“Hyundai and Kia Crash Data: A Preliminary Review” Collision Magazine - Volume 8 Issue 1, 2013.

“Hyundai and Kia Crash Data: The Indispensable Compendium” Collision Magazine - Volume 8 Issue 2, 2013.

“The Continued Evolution of Event Data Recorders in Crash Reconstruction”, The Key – The Quarterly Journal of the Northwestern Center for Public Safety, May 2018

Education

Shawn is a graduate of Northwestern University's Center for Public Safety Accident Reconstruction Program.