PC-Crash Features

Next Generation Analysis Starts Here

  • PC-Crash 13.0 Two wheeled driver control

    • Driver model to steer 2-wheeled vehicles

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  • PC-Crash 13.0 Backwards Trailer Simulation

    • Chained vehicle motion backwards in time

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  • PC-Crash 13.0 New Occupants and Animated Pedestrians

    • 3D models for vehicle occupants
    • New animated pedestrians

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  • PC-Crash 13.0 High Resolution Screenshots

    • Double-resolution screenshots

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  • PC-Crash 13.0 Machine Learning severity from photos

    • Neural Network trained on photos
    • Estimates the impact severity

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  • PC-Crash 12.1: 360 VR

    • Use 360 images
    • render VR video

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  • PC-Crash 12.1: Super-resolution image enhancement

    • Bicubic image scaling

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  • PC-Crash 12.1: 360 panoramas & videos

    • Use 360 images
    • render VR video

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  • PC-Crash 12.1: Trailer Loads as DirectX Objects

    • Load DirectX shapes
    • scale and position

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  • PC Crash 12.1: Multibody Optimization

    • Adjust Hue/Saturation/Lightness
    • Brightness/Contrast, or Invert colors

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  • PC-Crash 12.0: Viewports

    • Multiple Views at Once
    • 2D - 3D options

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  • PC-Crash 12.0: Camera match improvements

    • Background images now automatically toggle on-off
    • Selection gets a zoomed-in target

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  • PC-Crash 12.0: Vehicle spring connections

    • Attach springs dampers directly
    • simulate rope, chains, or other connections

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  • PC Crash 12.0: Point cloud color control

    • Adjust Hue/Saturation/Lightness
    • Brightness/Contrast, or Invert colors

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  • PC-Crash 11.1: Shadows & Reflections

    • Extensive 3D rendering improvements
    • Including shadows, reflections, and lighting

    See it

  • PC-Crash 11.1: Light sources on vehicles

    • Attach light sources
    • To vehicles

    See it

  • PC-Crash 11.1: Solar position display

    • Use the solar calculator
    • Determine the sun’s position
    • Put the sun in that position for your animation

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  • PC-Crash 11.1: Optimizer Log File

    • Save a log file
    • Using your Monte Carlo Collision Optimizer trials

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  • PC-Crash 11.1: Sequence labels

    • Label your sequences
    • For better organization

    See it

  • PC-Crash 11.1: Looming

    • Using sightlines
    • Between vehicles

    See it

  • PC-Crash 11.0: Texture mapping from background image

    New Texture Mapping feature
    • From photographic evidence
    • Generate textured objects

    See it

  • PC-Crash 11.0: New vehicle outlines

    Vehicle outline wraps
    • Improves contact detection
    • New 3D vehicle envelopes

    See it

  • PC-Crash 11.0 : Vehicle Display

    Simulation playback feature
    • Vehicles can now be shown or hidden
    • At different times

    See it

  • PC-Crash 11.0: UI Changes

    User Interface updates
    • new updates to the UI

    See it

  • PC-Crash 11.0: Save impact parameters

    Saving parameters

    See it

  • PC-Crash 11.0: The Ribbon

    • New organization
    • Menus and tools

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  • PC-Crash 11.0 : E57 point clouds and UCS improvements

    Load and save binary 3D scan / point clouds
    • Much smaller
    • Faster operations
    • Simplified workflow

    See it

  • PC-Crash 10.2: Powered multibody joints

    Power your multibody simulations
    • Build multibody vehicles
    • Drive over pedestrians
    • Wheels roll over objects

    See it

  • PC-Crash 10.2: 3D camera matching

    Use scene photos to recolor your scene
    • Zoomed point selection
    • Map photo data to your scene
    • Use as textures on planes

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  • PC-Crash 10.2: Camera flight paths

    Fly around your animations
    • Move between predefined cameras
    • Stay or move as you like
    • Works in preview too

    See it

  • PC-Crash 10.2: Time-varying multibody joints

    Change joint stiffness over time
    • Specify piecewise-linear stiffness
    • Use for braking or acceleration
    • Rotational or translational joints

    See it

  • PC-Crash 10.2: 3D scan improvements

    Positioning scans is now a snap
    • Define a zero plane
    • Move scans to new layers
    • Improved point selection

    See it

  • PC-Crash 10.2: Program Active Safety

    New Visual Programming Interface
    • Cars can sense each other
    • Program your own control logic
    • Reuse program blocks

    See it

  • PC-Crash 10.1: New Orthographic Views

    2D from a new perspective
    • Work on your project from new viewpoints
    • Save custom views in your project
    • Change coordinate systems to match your view

    See It

  • PC-Crash 10.1: Advanced Optimizer

    More power, more control
    • Optimize on over 40 parameters
    • Braking, steering, even geometry or inertia
    • Use other collision models, or no collision at all

    See It

  • PC-Crash 10.1: New Multibody Joint Speeds

    Powered joints
    • Set a linear or angular joint velocity
    • Build a Multibody vehicle to drive over stuff
    • Make realistic rotating wheels

    See It

  • PC-Crash 10.1: Full Vehicle FEA

    A new frontier in accident reconstruction software
    • NCAC validated vehicle models
    • Runs in hours
    • Batch control

    See It

  • PC-Crash 10.1: Point Cloud Improvements

    More power and convenience
    • More flexible selection and editing
    • Filtering to reduce complexity

    See It

  • PC-Crash 10.1: 3D Improvements

    • Save camera views in your project
    • Transparency for any object or color
    • Recolor DirectX vehicles by part
    • ... and much more

    See It

  • PC-Crash 10.1: Camera Position Optimizer

    Go from scene photo to data
    • Find where a photo was taken
    • Map photo features to your scene
    • Use aerail photos, survey data or 3D scanner clouds

    See It

  • Point Clouds

    3D spaces made from points!
    • Use for vehicles and scenes
    • .xyz .xyzrgb file formats
    • Supports tens of millions of points

    See it

  • MultiBody Joint Types

    More control
    • Now with pins, pistons, universal joints and more
    • Use joint limits for more realism
    • Build complex systems like motorcycles with rotating wheel and compressible forks

    See it

  • Finite Element Analysis

    Full FEA in PC-Crash
    • Create, edit, compute, display
    • Multiple element types and materials
    • Batch processing

    See it

  • Antiroll Forces

    On suspension models
    • Generate additional suspension load based on left/right differential compression
    • Use different antiroll factors for each axle

    See it

  • Traffic lights

    Show light phase in your simulation
    • Traffic lights that change phase
    • Customizable sequence tables
    • Seen in 3D and 2D

    See it

Powerful and Validated




PC-Crash 13.0

PC-Crash™ is a Windows™ collision & trajectory simulation tool that enables the accurate analysis of a wide variety of motor vehicle collisions and other incidents.

Results are viewed as 3D-animations and detailed reports, tables and graphs.
PC-Crash™ has an innovative collision model that efficiently balances simplicity and accuracy in reconstructing vehicle collisions.
And the Collision Optimizer cuts hours off of your search for the best solution.

MEA Forensic sells and supports PC-Crash™ and PC-Rect™ in North America and other areas of the world.

Feature List |  Scientific Papers

Videos

PC-Crash 13.0 Two wheeled driver control PC-Crash 13.0
PC-Crash 13.0 Backwards Trailer Simulation PC-Crash 13.0
PC-Crash 13.0 New Occupants and Animated Pedestrians PC-Crash 13.0
PC-Crash 13.0 High Resolution Screenshots PC-Crash 13.0
PC-Crash 13.0 Machine Learning severity from photos PC-Crash 13.0
PC-Crash 12.1: 360 VR PC-Crash 12.1
PC-Crash 12.1: 360 panoramas & videos PC-Crash 12.1
PC-Crash 12.1: Super-resolution image enhancement PC-Crash 12.1
PC-Crash 12.1: Trailer Loads as DirectX Objects PC-Crash 12.1
PC-Crash 12.1: More Vehicle DXF Customization PC-Crash 12.1
PC-Crash 12.1: Multibody Optimization PC-Crash 12.1
PC-Crash 12.0: Viewports PC Crash 12.0
PC-Crash 12.0: Camera match improvements PC Crash 12.0
PC-Crash 12.0: Vehicle spring connections PC Crash 12.0
PC Crash 12.0: Point cloud color control PC Crash 12.0
PC-Crash 11.1: Shadows & Reflect‭ons PC-Crash 11.1
PC-Crash 11.1: Solar position display PC-Crash 11.1
PC-Crash 11.1: Optimizer Log File PC-Crash 11.1
PC-Crash 11.1: Light sources on vehicles PC-Crash 11.1
PC-Crash 11.1: Sequence labels PC-Crash 11.1
PC-Crash 11.1: Looming PC-Crash 11.1
PC-Crash 11.0: New Vehicle Outlines PC-Crash 11.0
PC-Crash 11.0: E57 point clouds and UCS improvments PC-Crash 11.0
PC-Crash 11.0: Save impact parameters PC-Crash 11.0
PC-Crash 11.0: Texture mapping from background image PC-Crash 11.0
PC-Crash 11.0: UI Changes PC-Crash 11.0
PC-Crash 11.0: The Ribbon PC-Crash 11.0
PC-Crash 11.0: Vehicle Display PC-Crash 11.0
PC-Crash 10.2: Multibody joint friction over time PC-Crash 10.2
PC-Crash 10.2: Multibody joint velocities PC-Crash 10.2
PC-Crash 10.2: Point Cloud Improvements PC-Crash 10.2
PC-Crash 10.2: Camera flight PC-Crash 10.2
PC-Crash 10.2: Programmable Active Systems PC-Crash 10.2
PC-Crash 10.2: 3D Camera Matching PC-Crash 10.2
PC-Crash 10.1: New Orthographic Views PC-Crash 10.1
PC-Crash 10.1: Advanced Optimizer PC-Crash 10.1
PC-Crash 10.1: New Multibody Joint Speeds PC-Crash 10.1
PC-Crash 10.1: Full Vehicle FEA PC-Crash 10.1
PC-Crash 10.1: Point Cloud Improvements PC-Crash 10.1
PC-Crash 10.1: Camera Position Optimizer PC-Crash 10.1
PC-Crash 10.1: 3D Improvements PC-Crash 10.1
PC-Crash 10.0: Point cloud scene
PC-Crash 10.0: Point cloud vehicles
PC-Crash 10.0 Manipulating point cloud vehicles
PC-Crash 10.0: Crush for EES from point cloud drawings
PC-Crash 10.0: New Multibody Joint types and limits
PC-Crash 10.0: Finite Element Analysis
Multibody motorcycle with new joint types
Custom multibody vehicles
Sightlines
Traffic Lights
2D Animations
CAD like Features
PC-Crash: Multi-car Collision
Collision Reconstruction for Experts
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Support

MEA Forensic offers everything from free technical support to hourly fee-based consulting services. Browse the various options.

Free Support

Continuing MEA’s tradition of providing free technical support, you can contact us any time.  Email us your problem.  Attach your project file, if you wish.  We will get back to you within a week.
support@pc-crash.com

Note that MEA does not provide free support of obsolete versions of PC-Crash. We will continue to support
PC-Crash 11.0 and subsequent versions.
Support Email

FAQ

Lots of PC-Crash questions can be answered right now with a few clicks.  Check out our FAQ.
FAQ

 

911 Help

For those times when you’re willing to pay for some help.  If your question fits into the phrasing “How should I do X?” then this is the option for you. This isn’t outsourced tech support – the people you’ll be talking to use PC Crash in their own consulting work daily.  These are experts who teach the courses, and speak regularly with the developers.   Email support@pc-crash.com. If this relates to an active case, include details for a conflict check (date of incident, location, and names of the parties involved). We’ll set you up a billing account, and get your problem solved right away.

Remember, we also have lots of Training On Demand options available 24/7.

  • Sensitivity of Collision Simulation Results to Initial Assumptions

    Heinrichs BE, Mac Giolla Ri B, Hunter RC (2012-01-0604). Accident Reconstruction (V121-6EJ). Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers.

  • Yaw testing of an instrumented vehicle with and without braking

    Cliff WE, Lawrence JM, Heinrichs BE, Fricker TR (2004-01-1187). In: Accident reconstruction (SP-1873), pp. 45-54. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers.

  • Reconstruction of twenty staged collisions with PC-Crash’s optimizer

    Cliff WE, Moser, A (2001-01-0507). Accident reconstruction: Crash analysis (SP-1572), pp. 133-155. Warrendale, PA. Society of Automotive Engineers.

  • Applications of the monte carlo methods of stability analysis within the accident reconstruction software PC-Crash (03B-24) SAE

    Moser and Spek (2003)

  • A new approach to occupant simulation through the coupling of PC-CRASH and MADYMO (1999-01-0444) SAE

    Steffan et al (1999)

  • The pedestrian model in PC-CRASH – The introduction of a multi body system and its validation (1999-01-0445) SAE

    Moser et al (1999)

  • Validation of the coupled PC-CRASH – MADYMO occupant simulation model (2000-01-0471) SAE

    Steffan et al (2000)

  • Data from five staged car to car collisions and comparison with simulations (2000-02-0849) SAE

    Bailey et al (2000)

  • Tire friction during locked wheel braking (2000-01-1314) SAE

    Goudie et al (2000)

  • Reconstruction of twenty staged collisions with PC-CRASH’s optimizer (2001-01-0507) SAE

    Cliff and Moser (2001)

  • Simulation and testing of a suite of field relevant rollovers (2004-01-0335) SAE

    Gopal et al (2004)

  • Simulation of rollover crashes using PC-CRASH (2004-01-0341) SAE

    Steffan and Moser (2004)

  • Yaw testing of an instrumented vehicle with and without braking (2004-01-1187) SAE

    Cliff et al (2004)

  • Effective numerical simulation tool for real world rollover accidents by combing PC-CRASH and FEA (2007-01-1773)

    Ootani and Pai (2007)

  • Soil trip rollover simulation and occupant kinematics in real world accidents (2007-01-3680) SAE

    Ootani and Pai (2007)

  • Analysis of a dolly rollover with PC-CRASH (2009-01-0822) SAE

    Rose and Beauchamp (2009)

  • Verification of ABS models applied in programs for road accident simulation (2010-01-0070) SEA

    Zębala et al (2010)

  • A comparison study on head injury risk in care to pedestrian collisions in Changsha and Hannover (2010-01-1167) SAE

    Chen et al (2010)

  • Field effectiveness calculation of integrated safety systems (2011-01-1101) SAE

    Ressle et al (2011)

  • Vehicle acceleration modeling in PC-CRASH (2014-01-0464) SAE

    Rose et al (2014)

  • Lane change maneuver driving a car with reduced tire pressure (2014-01-0466) SAE

    Zębela and Wach (2014)

  • Pedestrian throw distance impact speed contour plots using PC-CRASH (2015-01-1418) SAE

    Richardson et al (2015)

  • Simulations of vehicle lateral side impacts with poles to estimate crush and impact speed characteristics (2015-01-1428) SAE

    Richardson et al (2015)

  • Validation of PC-CRASH – A momentum – Based accident reconstruction program (960885) SAE

    Cliff and Montgomery (1996)

  • The collision and trajectory models pf PC-CRASH (960886) SAE

    Steffan and Moser (1996)

  • The measured rolling resistance of vehicles for accident reconstruction (980368) SAE

    Cliff and Bowler (1998)

  • The trailer simulation model of PC-CRASH (980372) SAE

    Steffan and Moser (1998)

  • Automatic optimization of pre impact parameters using post impact trajectories and rest positions (980373) SAE

    Moser and Steffan (1998)

  • Real time simulation of large vehicle systems ECCOMAS Thematic Conference

    Georg and Cornelius (2007)

  • The integration of electronic stability assistance into the software PC-CRASH Proc 12th Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference

    Steffan at al (2001)

  • The finite element calculation module in PC-CRASH 10.0 – Applications in accident reconstruction EVO

    Moser et al (2013)

  • New sliding tests and their evaluation – The ESP simulation model in PC-CRASH EVO

    Moser and Steffan (2008)

  • Vehicle speed affects both the pre-skid braking kinematics and average tire roadway friction J Acc Ana Prev 35(5), 829-40

    Heinrichs et al (2004)

  • Analysis of different impact types regarding occupant loads and variation of the simulation results EVO

    Moser et al (2012)

  • Influence law of pedestrian’s head throw distance on vehicle body surface Inter Conf on Comp Sci and Soft Eng

    Fan et al (2008)

  • The pedestrian model in PC-CRASH - The introduction of a multi body system and its validation (99B-118) SAE

    Moser et al (1999)

  • Reconstruction of twenty staged collisions with PC-CRASH’s optimizer (2001-01-0507) SAE

    Cliff and Moser (2001)

  • Yaw testing an instrumented vehicle with and without braking (2004-01-1187) SAE

    Cliff et al (2004)

  • The measured rolling resistance of the vehicles for accident reconstruction (980368) SAE

    Cliff and Bowler (1998)

  • Fall from height in as stairwell – Mechanics and simulation analysis J Forensic Science International 244 (2014) 136-51

    Wach and Unarski (2014)

  • Validation of PC-CRASH – A momentum based accident reconstruction program (960885) SAE

    Cliff and Montgomery (1996)

Training

PC-Crash is technical software for serious users.
It’s powerful and gives you a lot of freedom, so that you can simulate unique events.
It therefore necessarily leaves you the option to make a mess.
Don’t let yourself do this.

 

Live Workshops

 

Sometimes you need to carve out some time dedicated to learning. Until we can meet in again in person, come to our webinars learn from the Lead Developer of PC-Crash, Dr. Andreas Moser, and Brad Heinrichs of MEA Forensic. Work through new features and case studies with them.

Demo software is available at live workshops, but not available for webinars.

Webinars

Training on Demand

 

“Wait, can you do that again?” is the most frequently asked question at our Live Workshops. With Training on Demand, you are in the driver’s seat: You choose what topics to cover and when to cover them. Stop the lesson and replay whenever you like. On-Demand training lets you take training on your schedule at a very reasonable price.

Our On-Demand courses are each broken into smaller videos for easy replay. Take a whole course or brush up on a topic in just one of those chunks. Any PC-Crash materials used in each course are available for download from the course rental page so you can follow along.

More courses are being added all the time, so check back often. Sign up here to be notified when new videos are posted, or follow us on LinkedIn or Vimeo.

Demo software is not available for
Training-On-Demand.

Video Training on Demand

Course Series

 

Essentials: Everything you must know to use PC-Crash.
Expert: These courses still show what the program can do, and how do you do it, but go beyond the Essentials.
Theory: Digging into how PC-Crash works, and comparing with analytical results. Call it “Cross-examination proofing”.
Skills & Validation: Reconstructing staged collisions, rollovers, and human interactions. Looking at errors, sensitivity and engineering judgment issues.
Coding: Driving PC-Crash through VBA. Programming Active Safety Systems.

Details & Pricing

PC-Crash

Your Reconstruction Tool.

Buy

PC-Crash offers a lot for a reasonable price.
No costly subscription-based support or maintenance,
and upgrades are now more accessible than ever.

We want everyone to get a chance to use the latest version, even if they haven’t upgraded in years.

 

PC-Crash Pricing

   Number of Licences 
LicenceFirstSecond & ThirdFourth+
New
13.0
$4999
$2999
$1999
Upgrade to 13.0 from
12.1
$849
$599
$399
11.1 to 12.0
$1499
$999
$749
10.2 to 11.0
$1999
$1399
$999
10.0 to 10.1
$2999
$1999
$1499

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All orders must be pre-paid.
To order software, please email: sales@pc-crash.com
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Other Apps

MADMO

MADYMO™

This optional module that extends PC-Crash’s existing occupant simulation abilities with full FEA.  MADYMO will calculate the dynamics of a standard crash test dummy during crashes simulated with PC-Crash.

MADYMO

PC-Crash2D

PC-Crash 2D

PC-Crash 2D lets you start with the essentials for a very attractive price.  Plus, 2D users can upgrade to the full PC-Crash version at a reduced price.

PC-Crash 2D

PC_rec

PC-Rect

This package converts oblique scene photographs or videos pixel-by-pixel into scaled plan views. From the plan view, users can then measure in-plane distances and angles of accident scene evidence.

PC-Rect

AZT EES Catalog

A set of vintage European crash test images with impact severity

AZT EES Catalog

2D DXF Library

Orthographic front, rear, side, and top drawing of older vehicles.

2D DXF Library

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