chapter 1 Why Investigate Accidents? -- chapter 2 Where Do I Start? -- chapter 3 Tools and Special Equipment for the Investigator -- chapter 4 Scene Investigation -- chapter 5 The Vehicle Exterior -- chapter 6 Vehicle Interiors -- chapter 7 Restraining Systems -- chapter 8 Vehicle and Occupant Accident Investigation Forms -- chapter 9 Occupant Kinematics -- chapter 10 Accident Reconstruction -- chapter 11 Severity Indices -- chapter 12 Motorcycle Accidents -- chapter 13 Pedestrian Accidents -- chapter 14 Scale Drawings, Surrogates, Animations, and Computer Simulations in Preparing Exhibits -- chapter 15 Mathematical Analysis -- chapter 16 Sources of Information -- chapter 17 Deposition and Courtroom Appearance -- chapter 18 Educating the Client -- chapter 19 Ethics.