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VEHICLE "BLACK BOX" DATA RETRIEVAL EQUIPMENT

Having access to the “Black Box” data from each vehicle involved in an accident is critical when you are evaluating vehicle accident cases.  These devices are installed on the majority of vehicles produced today and in many vehicles dating back to around 1994.  Most vehicle dealerships and repair centers do not have the computer software or the experience that is required to download all of this critical data and many do not even know that this data exists.  Bloomberg Consulting has acquired and is experienced in using all of the computer software that is commercially available to download this “Black Box” data from passenger vehicles (cars, pickups, SUV’s, etc), tractor-trailers, and heavy trucks.

Passenger Vehicles 

Critical information that may be downloaded includes Vehicle Speed, Delta-V, Brake On/Off, Percent Throttle, Seatbelt Use, Engine Speed, etc.  Some of this information is available for a full five seconds prior to impact.  Vehicle makes currently covered include the following, with more available in early 2006: 

To view photographs and the black box data from a Cadillac Deville, click here.

To view photographs and the black box data from a Ford Explorer, click here.

To view photographs and the black box data from a Saturn SC2, click here.

Tractor-Trailers/Heavy Trucks 

Critical information that may be downloaded includes Vehicle Speed, Brake On/Off, Percent Throttle, Engine Speed, Maximum/Governed Speed, Fault Codes (problems with the tractor), etc.  Some of this information is available for up to two minutes prior to and 15 seconds after a hard braking or heavy deceleration event. 

The data that is available from heavy trucks and tractor-trailers is dependent on the type and manufacturer of the engine, rather than the manufacturer of the truck itself.  The engines that currently provide this “Black Box” data include the majority of engines that are on the road in the Unites States today, such as:                                      

       To view a sample of the information that is available on a tractor-trailer, click here.

Contact Bloomberg Consulting at 850-932-7613 to find out what information should be available from the “black box” on a particular vehicle and/or to set up a vehicle inspection and download.