Expert Witness Services
Expert Witness reports for insurance litigation and criminal cases where vehicle tracking, telematics, SatNavs or smartphone location and activity Apps are involved.
- Technical review of hardware and applications used.
- How the system works, how data was transmitted, stored and processed and analysis of the telematics location and activity data received from the vehicle tracking unit, Satnav or smartphone.
- Analysis of location data records for accuracy, data integrity, and location verification in alternative mapping systems.
- Review journeys to compare with witness statements or other location data to identify inaccuracies or discrepancies.
- Management of product testing in a controlled environment.
- Location data verification with Google Earth Pro.
- Review of evidential statements and comparison with Telematics data or other location data (Cell Site, Call Data Records, Smartphone Apps, Google Timeline or CCTV)
Cases and Experience
Summary of recent cases.
- Crown Court Case. Murder charge. Analysis of iPhone location (GPS) and activity data (Apple Health Kit) to determine the movements of the defendant and victim.
- Pre-trial Support. Analysis of Strava Health App activity data for cycle crash investigation.
- Crown Court Case. Death by Careless Driving. SatNav GPX data covering motorbike movements and activity up to and during the collision.
- Crown Court case. Death by Careless Driving. Double motorcyclist fatality. Vehicle Telematics data covering vehicle movements and activity up to and at the time of collision.
- Crown Court Case. Investigation into the method of vehicle theft (Stolen Vehicle Tracking) and vehicle involvement in murder case
- Coroner Court. Investigation into Police vehicle telematics in response to RTC and comparison with Police statements.
- Crown Court case. Trading Standards investigation involving tracked vehicles
- Crown Court case. Vehicle tracking used on rental vehicles involved in armed robberies.
- Civil Claim. Personal injury insurance claim arising from a vehicle accident. Insurance Telematics installed.
- Civil Claim. Stolen vehicle insurance claim involving insurance telematics
- Crown Court case. Vehicle tracking used on rental vehicle engaged in attempted murder.
- Crown Court case. Dangerous driving involving insurance telematics.
- Crown Court Case. A vehicle used in an aggravated burglary. Pre Trial review of telematics data and comparisons with 3rd party location data ( Cell Site data )
- Trailer Reefer Unit with Telematics – Insurance fire investigation. Civil Claim.
Telematics Consultancy
Telematics consultancy skill sets include project management, driver behaviour analysis and training, GSM data services, software development and product management, market research and analysis as well as the practical use of Telematics solutions.
The following are examples of recent Telematics consultancy project work. This excludes direct sales of telematics products.
Product Management
- White Label Telematics solution provider. Review software functionality against competitive solutions and provide recommendations for functional enhancements
- Video Telematics / Video-Based Driver Behaviour Provider. Product testing ( hardware and Software ), a review of software functionality against competitive solutions and then provide recommendations for functional enhancements
- Telematics Service Provider. Product testing of OBDII telematics unit
Driver Behaviour Analysis. Operational review of telematics driver behaviour data with analysis. The aim was to identify causes of driver behaviour and make recommendations for driver coaching and training. Included in the project was a bespoke driver behaviour report.
Operational Review. Reviewed the driver side operation of in-house specialist temperature-controlled courier operation. Based on the results we the trained drivers in the correct use of delivery / collection, QA and vehicle checks paperwork resulting in an immediate increase in data capture accuracy.
Market Analysis. Analysis of UK telematics market for overseas investors seeking to invest in UK telematics sector
Project Management. Management of roll out of M2M data services for vending machines. Overseas rollout.
Overseas Government. Covert tracking and mobile phone location technology consultancy
All services are provided by Telematics Consultancy Services