Chartered Mechanical Engineer with over 30 years' experience of automotive design, development, manufacturing & after-sales, specialising in quality-related aspects • Experienced in the investigation & reporting of any aspect of motor vehicle quality & fitness for purpose

3D laser scanning and point cloud animation • Full accident investigation reconstruction reports • Scale plans • 2D and 3D animated reconstruction using Relmo software • Examination and interpretation of physical scene evidence • Car and motorcycle/bike camera videos • Locus reports • Attendance at court

Forensic collision investigation and collision reconstruction - all vehicle types - specialist in pedestrian/cycle collisions • Forensic vehicle examination - all vehicle types, including large goods, PCV, motorcycles, agricultural vehicles • Specialist large loss forensic vehicle inspections, including seatbelt analysis, mechanical failure, defects and modifications • Scene examination locus reports and scale plan drawing • Review of police reports and 3D laser scan data • LVI • Staged collisions • Suspected fraud

Road traffic accident investigation and reconstruction • CCTV and dashcam analysis • Personal injury and fatal accidents involving motor cars, motorcycles, public service vehicles, commercial vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians and emergency vehicles • Collision scene reports, plans, photographs, driver factors, vehicle factors, road conditions, skid marks, speed assessment and analysis • Vehicle braking, tyres and wheels • Vehicle mechanical examination • Vehicle data recorder and 'black box' data analysis • Vehicle telematics •...

All types of vehicle damage assessment • Repair costs calculations • Best repair methods for a particular type of damage • Economical repair costs negotiated with repairers • Cars, caravans, buses, coaches, vans, heavy goods vehicles, all sizes of trailer, specialist bodies, refrigerated trailers, claims assessed • Vehicle valuation dispute resolution. Detailed valuations given for all types of vehicle. Valuation of stolen vehicles from documentation. • Assessment of "Diminution in Value". • Disputes in relation...

Reconstruction of road traffic accidents, opinion given on reconstructions already carried out by others • Plans & photographs prepared for use in court • Examination of vehicles in respect of mechanical failures or quality of repair work • Damage consistency

Bachelor of Engineering, Chartered Engineer and qualified forensic collision investigator, Philip Hoyes leads the forensic engineering team at GBB. GBB expertise has been credited in the High Court for its ‘research-based and reasoned approach’ and includes services such as: • Collision investigation/reconstruction • Occupant kinematics/biomechanics • Fire investigation • CCTV analysis • Crash data retrieval (CDR) and infotainment analysis • Mechanical and material failures • Road traffic accidents (RTA) • Laser...