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Dr Richard Ellwood

Professional Description:

Head of Large Loss

Qualifications:

Engineering Doctorate (EngD), Honours Degree (BEng Hons), Chartered Engineer (CEng), Forensic Collision Investigation for Police Part 1- City & Guilds, UCPD – Forensic Collision Investigation / Failure Analysis and Investigation

Address:
GBB (UK) Ltd
Unit 8
Caxton Road
Fulwood
Preston
PR2 9NZ
Area of work:

UK

Details

Dr Richard Ellwood is a Chartered Engineer, qualified and experienced in forensic collision investigation who leads the large and complex loss team at GBB.

Working as a Forensic Collision Investigator at GBB (UK) Ltd, Dr Ellwood is well qualified in the investigation and reconstruction of serious collisions involving cars, motorcycles, bicycles, goods vehicles and pedestrians.

Particular specialisms include:
▪ CCTV analysis
▪ Vehicle crash data (EDR/ CDR) download and analysis
▪ Night-time conspicuity / visibility
▪ Scene surveys (including laser scan data and photogrammetry)
▪ Computer simulations / modelling
▪ Motorcycle collisions
▪ Pedestrian collisions
▪ Mechanical failures

Dr Ellwood is experienced in collision investigation. A keen motorcyclist, Dr Ellwood spent five years in the Gwent Police Roads Policing Unit where he was an advanced car driver, an advanced motorcyclist, and an authorised pursuit driver trained in Tactical Pursuit and Containment (TPAC). In this role Dr Ellwood attended, investigated, and reconstructed hundreds of road traffic collisions, ranging from non-injury minor impacts to multi-vehicle fatals. He is also familiar with Court procedures having given evidence in Magistrates, Civil, Crown and Coroner’s Courts in the UK and the Circuit Court in the Republic of Ireland.

Dr Ellwood is qualified in mechanical failure analysis. Prior to joining the police, Dr Ellwood was a reliability engineer and researcher for British Steel / Corus, investigating, evaluating, and optimising automotive component design with respect to their welding, fatigue, forming, impact and crush characteristics. His work led him to publish several technical papers on high-strength steels in automobile suspension design and supports his current work with mechanical and component failures, finding the failure mode and the root cause of a mechanical failure.

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