Established in 1990, The Crash Lab, Inc. has been providing quality plaintiff and defendant accredited crash reconstruction to the legal and insurance communities, employing:

  • Gordon "Chip" Johnston, ACTAR Accredited retired New Hampshire State Police Reconstructionist with over 39 years of vehicle crash experience;

  • Kenna Marie Johnston, Mechanical Engineer, ACTAR Accredited Reconstructionist, providing ASE Certified Mechanical Failure Analysis, Dynamics and Kinematic Analysis;

  • Gary Phillips, ACTAR Accredited retired Maine State Police Reconstructionist with over 38 years with vehicle crash experience;

  • Patrick "Pat" Doherty, ACTAR Accredited retired Amherst New Hampshire Police Reconstructionist with over 34 years of vehicle crash experience;

  • Forensic Graphic Artist, B.A. in Fine Arts;

  • Auto Body Shop Owner, re: auto body shop fraud;

  • Registered Nurse providing review of medical files, and case evaluation of medications.

Gordon "Chip" Johnston

Kenna Marie Johnston

Gary Phillips

Patrick "Pat" Doherty

Further, we have the Bosch Crash Data Retrieval System (CDR), which may provide vehicle crash event data from: some 1994 and newer GM vehicles; some 2001 and newer Ford vehicles; some 2004 and newer Chrysler vehicles; and limited Isuzu, Mitsubishi, Sterling, and Suzuki vehicles.

Our goal is to provide you with a thorough and timely analysis based upon sound and accepted accident reconstruction principles within a reasonable degree of scientific certainty, on matters such as: crash dynamics, low velocity, crash fraud, body shop fraud, mechanical failure analysis, vehicle speed, time and distance, commercial vehicle issues, MUTCD, vehicle autopsies, pedestrians, bicycles, motorcycles, aerial scene mapping, day and nighttime visibility issues, headlamp profiling, forensic mapping, potential medication/health conflicts, and trial demonstratives/chalks.

We also provide on-site training to firms and businesses, tailored to specific needs. Please contact us for assistance. References are available upon request.

Sincerely yours, Gordon Johnston

Gordon "Chip" Johnston, President
Accredited Reconstructionist
ACTAR #43

 Kenna Marie Johnston, B.S.M.E.
Accredited Reconstructionist, ASE Certified
ACTAR #1394

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