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Boster, Kobayashi & Associates offers superior forensic consulting services. We are engineers and scientists providing expert witness services specializing in Accident Reconstruction, Safety, Biomechanics, Human Factors and Traffic Engineering and Highway Design.

We offer over 45 years of expert witness experience, covering over 30,000 accident reconstructions, and testimony in over 1300 court trials. Our firm provides a 24-hour emergency response service, which may include vehicle inspection, site evaluation and preliminary analysis to aid in the understanding of what may have occurred in the ...

Accident Reconstruction determines the events of an accident and identifies the causal factors. Boster, Kobayashi & Associates have over 45 years of experience investigating, analyzing, and identifying what really happened in an accident, then presenting the evidence clearly, with honesty and integrity. We are your Accident Reconstructionist of choice.

We also provide specialized services including: Night Photography/Video, Photogrammetry, Visibility Studies, Black Box/Event Data Recorder (EDR) Downloads, Heavy Vehicle Event Data Recorder (HVEDR) Downloads. 

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Expert witnesses in the field of Biomechanics analyze the effects of internal and external forces acting on a body to determine the causal effects of injuries. Incorporated with the science of Biomechanics is the knowledge and use of physics, biomedical/biomechanical engineering, and principles of and accident reconstruction to determine the injury mechanism.

Boster, Kobayshi’s Biomechanics experts’ knowledge is applicable to: Slip, Trip & Fall Accidents, Automobile Accidents, Low Impact Rear End Injuries, Cumulative Trauma Disorder, Defective Implants, and more.

Boster, Kobayashi’s Human Factors experts have evaluated and determined causation for design and use injuries stemming from improper ladder use, merchandise stacking issues, furniture and chair hazards, machinery-related dangers, product design failures, and the gamut from air traffic control failures to household glass fractures for over 45 years.

Accident incidents involving Human Factors are heavily concerned with sight and hearing. There may also be physical factors and psychological factors to consider in an accident.

Accidents can happen anywhere and aren’t limited to particularly dangerous locations or activities such as construction, scaffolding, loading docks, or roofing. Sidewalks, workplaces, homes, school playgrounds, and stores are also frequent accident sites.

Safety consulting experts at Boster, Kobayashi & Associates evaluate and investigate all possible contributors to determine accident injury causation and assign product and premises liability. Product evaluation and testing and material failure analysis are tools that our engineering scientists have commonly employed during accident reconstructions since ...

Boster, Kobayashi’s expert witnesses in the fields of Traffic Engineering and Highway Design are all Registered Civil and Traffic Engineers with decades of experience…starting in 1967. They have a thorough knowledge of highway and roadway construction, design, operations and maintenance standards.

Our Traffic Engineering and Highway Design experts apply their knowledge and science to accident analysis and accident reconstruction for cases ranging from construction zone fatalities, bridge hazards, railroad crossing collisions, bicycle, pedestrian, and automobile crashes, and crosswalk incidents. Continue Reading →