WAYMAN CONSULTANCY - Expert Traffic Accident Investigation Specialists

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PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT (NORTH)

Accident Investigator and Vehicle Examiner
Michael Irwin MITAI. AMIRTE. AMSOE. (Newcastle Upon Tyne)

Michael Irwin is a Consultant Traffic Accident Investigator, residing in
Newcastle upon Tyne, an Associate in Wayman Consultancy Ltd. He is a full Member of the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators, (MITAI), an Associate Member of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers (AMIRTE) and an Associate Member of the Society of Operations Engineers (AMSOE).

Michael served for 30 years with the Northumbria Police, 25 years as a Road Traffic Officer and 14 years as a specialist accident investigator. Forensic accident investigation training and application over a period of 14 years has enhanced his skills and experience.

Michael has practised as a Traffic Accident Investigator since his retirement from the Police Force. His civil and criminal court expert witness experience in respect of Forensic Accident Investigation extends from 1990.

Qualifications & Experience

Traffic Accident Analysis and Reconstruction
Police Advanced Car Driver
Holder of Heavy Goods Vehicle Drivers Licence
City & Guilds Institute Traffic Accident Investigation
Advanced Accident Investigation
Tachograph Analysis
Hand Held Radar operator
Vascar Operators operator
Accident Vehicle Damage Analysis Operator
Transportation of Dangerous Goods trained
Motorcycle Appreciation trained
Sokkia "Cars" Operator
Tachograph Calibration and Law trained
ABS Diagnostic Course attended
Tactical Pursuit & Containment Course trained (TPAC)
Seat Belt and Air Bag Course attended
Basic Electronic Course attended
Handling and Dynamics Course attended

PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT (SOUTH)

Accident Investigator & Vehicle Examiner
Dave Burgess LCGI. MITAI. RFP.

Dave Burgess is a Consultant Forensic Collision Investigator residing in Dorset, an Associate of Wayman Consultancy. He is a full member of the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators (M.I.T.A.I.) and holds a Licentiateship with the City & Guilds Institute (L.C.G.I.)

Dave served with Dorset Police for over 24 years. In 1988 he commenced Road Policing Duties and has been involved in Collision Investigation work since 1994. In 2000 Dave became a full time member of the Dorset Police Collision Investigation Unit attending a numerous collision and major crime scenes. He has presented evidence in Magistrates, Crown and Civil courts.

Qualifications & Experience

City & Guilds in Road Accident Investigation for Police Officers.
City and Guilds in Tachograph Analysis and Enforcement – Level 2.
City and Guilds in Tachograph Systems and Calibration – Level 3.
Stoneridge Electronics Scan4 tachograph scanner and Tachograph analysis software.
Analysis of damage and vehicle speed from crush damage standard and advanced level.
Autocrime Vehicle Examiners Course and Restoration of Erased Markings.
Police Technical Tyre Course with the Michelin Tyre Company.
Land survey techniques and electronicTotal Stations surveying equipment.
‘RelMo’, 3D scene modelling and animation.
Tintman Photoptic light meters.
Hand Held Radar speed detection devices.
Hand Held Laser speed detection devices.
In-car speed detection devices – VASCAR, Police Pilot and Speed Marshall.
In car video systems – Provida
National Drug Recognition and Field Impairment Testing
Roadside breath test screening devices.
Station evidential breath test devices.
Police advanced car driver.
Police advanced motorcyclist.
Full licence for Category C vehicles, rigid heavy goods vehicles.
Certificate of Basic Training in the operation of a Counter Balance Lift Truck, group B1, up to and including 5 tonnes.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANTS

Accident Investigator and Vehicle Examiner
Brendan Shardlow M.I.T.A.I. (London)

Before joining the Police Service Brendan Shardlow spent almost 2 years employed by Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd. as an Area Sales representative. He served with the Metropolitan Police, London between January 1972 and October 2001, joining the Traffic Division in August 1975. In September 1988, he became a full time Accident Investigator. He is a full Member of the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators.
He has presented evidence in the Central Criminal Court and other Crown Courts and has also presented evidence in many different Coroners and Magistrates Courts as well as at the Royal Courts of Justice and County Courts in Appeal and civil litigation cases.
From September 2000 until October 2001I Brendan was the Senior Collision Investigator for the North West area of London.

Qualifications

Advanced Driver, Class 1
Standard Motorcyclist
L.G.V. and P.C.V. Licence (C+E, D+E)
Advanced Vehicle Examiner
Tachograph Examiner and Calibrator (Level 3)
Advanced Accident Investigator
City and Guilds Certificate for Police Accident Investigation and Reconstruction
Authorised to issue PG.9, Vehicle Prohibition Notices
'Police Pilot' and 'Vascar' speed detection equipment user
Attended courses in 'ABS' systems and Vehicle Dynamics.
National and International Certificate of Professional Competence (LGV)

Vehicle Examiner
Ian Soulsby (Wiltshire)

Ian Soulsby is a vehicle examiner residing in Melksham Wiltshire. Ian initially trained as a Master Shipwright and Engineering Draughtsman. He worked for the Ministry of Defence at both Portsmouth and Bath. He worked on both surface ships and submarines in the areas of radar, sonar, countermeasures and weapons systems before leaving to become a Director of a Plant Hire company. He later joined the Wiltshire Constabulary serving as a Traffic Patrol officer and qualified Vehicle Examiner. He holds the BTEC Higher National Certificate in Forensic Vehicle Examination in addition to several City and Guilds qualifications. He is qualified in the operation of all types of mechanical excavators, construction and agricultural machinery with some 37 years of Mechanical Engineering and driving experience.

Qualifications

Shipwright Craftsman, HM Dockyard Portsmouth
Draughtsman (PTO4) Mod(N) Bath, (Frigates)
Draughtsman (PTO4) Mod(N) Bath, (Submarines, fluid systems)
Leading Draughtsman (PTO3) MOD (Navy) (Submarine, weapons)
City & Guilds Shipbuilding Craft - Intermediate
City & Guilds Shipbuilding Craft - Advanced, (credit)
City & Guilds Shipbuilding Technicians - Part one certificate
City & Guilds Shipbuilding Technicians - Part two certificate (equivalent to ONC)
Police Advanced Driver's Certificate (No. 6 Region Police Driving School, Devizes)
HNC / BTEC in Forensic Vehicle Examination

Accident Investigator & Vehicle Examiner
Mike Fell MITAI. LCGI (Dorset)

Mike Fell is a Consultant Traffic Accident Investigator, residing in Dorset, an Associate in Wayman Consultancy and AC Consulting. He is a full Member of the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators, (MITAI), and a Licentiate of the City and Guilds Institute (LCGI).
Mike served for 30 years with the Dorset Police. Between 1988 and 1995 he instructed on the Police City & Guilds Accident Investigation training courses at No. 6 Region Police driving school Wiltshire, becoming the senior instructor between 1991 and 1995.

Mike has practised as an Accident Investigation trainer / consultant in both the United Kingdom and overseas since 1995. His civil and criminal court expert witness experience in respect of Forensic Accident Investigation extends from 1987.

Qualifications & Experience

Traffic Accident Analysis and Reconstruction
City & Guilds of London Institute Traffic Accident Investigation.
Computer Analysis of Impact Damage Course.
Advanced training in damage analysis and assessment of speeds from vehicle damage.
Authorised instructor on behalf of City & Guilds of London Institute in Accident investigation and reconstruction.
Authorised instructor on behalf of City & Guilds of London Institute in Tachograph recording equipment.
Tyre Examination Methods for Police Accident Investigators.
Examination and Calibration of Tachograph Recording Equipment.
Analysis of Tachograph Charts and Detection of Falsification.
Lion Intoximeter Breath Sample Analysing Equipment Operation.
Speed Detection Equipment Operation Course.
D32. D33 Assessors Qualification.
Police Advanced car and motorcycle
Holder of Heavy Goods Vehicle Drivers Licence

Accident Investigator and Vehicle Examiner
Simon Tutton L.C.G.I., M.I.T.A.I.

Based in Warwickshire, Simon Tutton served with the West Midlands Police, between October 1982 and September 2000, being retired on medical grounds having sustained very serious injuries whilst on duty, he joined the Traffic Department in 1990. He was trained in the operation of weighbridges and was authorised to weigh vehicles and trailers, he was also trained in the use all of the speed detection devices as used by the West Midlands Police at that time. In 1991, he was trained to become a Vehicle Examiner. In 1992 he was trained and became an Accident Investigator, in 1994 he passed the Advanced City and Guilds examinations in Road Accident Investigation; in 1997 he passed the advanced City and Guilds examinations in Motor Vehicle Examination. He is a full Member of the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators. In 2002 he was awarded Licentiateship to the City and Guilds Institute of London in the Field of Traffic Accident Investigation.
He has presented expert evidence in Crown Court as well as many different Coroners and Magistrates Courts in Criminal, Appeal and civil litigation cases.

Qualifications

Advanced Police Driver, Class 1
Advanced Police Motorcyclist, Class 1
Advanced Accident Investigation for Police Officers
Advanced Vehicle Examination for Police Officers (City & Guilds)
City and Guilds Certificate for Police Accident Investigation and Reconstruction
'Vascar', ‘Prolazer’, and radar speed detection equipment user
Full Member of the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators.
Licentiateship to the City and Guilds Institute of London in the Field of Traffic Accident Investigation.

Accident Investigator
Phil Purvis MITAI LCGI RFP Cert Ed (Dorset)

Phil is a Consultant Collision Investigator residing in Dorset, an Associate Consultant to Wayman Consultancy. He is a full member of the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators,(MITAI) a Licentiate of the City & Guilds Institute, (LCGI) a Registered Forensic Practitioner (RFP) and he holds training qualification (Cert .Ed.)

Phil served 30 years Police service in Dorset, 27 years as a traffic specialist and qualified as a Collision Investigation specialist in 1985. He served fifteen years as a member of Dorset Police Collision Investigation Unit.

Since his retirement from Police Service in 2007 he has practised as an independent Collision Investigation Consultant, and he continues exercise his training qualification, training ambulance authority personnel. Phil ‘s expert Collision Investigation experience giving evidence in criminal and civil Courts , extends over more than twenty years.

Qualifications and Experience.

DVLA Licensing for car, minibus, motor cycle, heavy goods vehicles including articulated vehicles
ADR vocational Training – Driving Vehicles carrying Dangerous Goods
City & Guilds Certificate (Advanced) Police Accident Investigation
City & Guilds Certificate – Drivers Hours – Recording Equipment & Legislation
City & Guild Certificate in Tachograph Calibration
Land Survey Techniques – Total Station surveying and Computer generated plans
Collision Damage Analysis - “AI Damage” Standard and Advanced Level
Analysis of Tachograph Record Sheets – the T.O.P.A.S System
Police Technical Tyre Course – Michelin Tyre Co.
City & Guild Certificate – Tyre fitting
Investigation of causes of vehicle fires
Hand Held Radar Speed Detection Devices
Hand Held laser speed detection devices
Vascar , Provida, Police Pilot, Speed Marshall operation
Provida in car video systems
Lion Roadside breath test machines
Drug Recognition Training – Field Impairment testing
Tintman Photoptic light meters

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