Stephen Fenton

Steve Fenton is President and a Principal Engineer at Kineticorp, a firm he co-founded in 2005. Mr. Fenton is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado and he is accredited as a Traffic Accident Reconstructionist through the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR). He holds a degree in Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. At Kineticorp, Mr. Fenton investigates and reconstructs vehicular accidents and provides expert testimony in state and federal courts for both defendants and plaintiffs. He chaired the Photogrammetry Committee for the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) from 2001 to 2012 and participated as a team member in the Accident Investigation and Accident Reconstruction Standards Committee (AIARSC). As a part of the AIARSC, he participated in the following subcommittees: Investigation Techniques, Vehicle Road Friction, Reconstruction Analysis, Information Resources, and Motor Vehicle Fire Investigations Task Force.

Mr. Fenton has given presentations and lectures at a number of national and international technical conferences, including the Society of Automotive Engineers’ World Congress and Northeastern University’s Symposium on Criminal Justice. He conducts seminars for regional bar associations and engineering societies on photogrammetry and vehicular accident reconstruction. He has authored numerous technical articles in the areas of accident reconstruction, photogrammetry, and computer animation, which have been published in the SAE’s Technical Paper Series, Accident Reconstruction Journal, and the National Academy of Forensic Engineers. Mr. Fenton is the recipient of the prestigious 2006 Arch T. Colwell Merit Award. He has been awarded grants related to photogrammetric documentation and has been listed as a training specialist for close-range photogrammetry software. Mr. Fenton’s accident reconstruction expertise has been featured on such television programs as MSNBC’s “Why Cars Crash,” Discovery Channel’s “Discover Magazine – The Science behind the Headlines” and NBC’s News Magazine “Dateline.”

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Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 
Illinois Association of Traffic Accident Investigators (IATAI)
National Academy of Forensic Engineering (NAFE)
American Bar Association (ABA)
American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA)

• “Determining Steering and Braking Levels from Yaw Mark Striations,”  SAE, 2009
• “The Influence of Vehicle-to-Ground Impact Conditions on Rollover Dynamics and Severity,”SAE, 2008
• “Analysis of Vehicle-to-Ground Impacts during a Rollover with an Impulse-Momentum Impact Model,”  SAE, 2008
• “A Method to Quantify Vehicle Dynamics and Deformation for Vehicle Rollover Tests Using Camera-Matching Video Analysis,”  SAE
• “Occupant Ejection Trajectories in Rollover Crashes: Full-Scale Testing and Real World Cases,”  SAE, 2008
• “Factors Influencing Roof-to-Ground Impact Severity: Video Analysis and Analytical Modeling,”  SAE, 2007
• “Restitution Modeling for Crush Analysis: Theory and Validation,” SAE, 2006
• “Image Analysis of Rollover Crash Test Using Photogrammetry,” SAE, 2006
• “Using Photogrammetric Animations to Effectively Present Your Accident Reconstruction to the Jury,” ABA, 2006
• “Crush and Conservation of Energy Analysis: Toward a Consistent Methodology,” SAE, 2005
• “A Video Tracking Photogrammetry Technique To Survey Roadways for Accident Reconstruction,” SAE, 2004
• “An Examination of the CRASH3 Effective Mass Concept,” SAE, 2004
• “Integrating Monte Carlo Simulation, Momentum-Based Impact Modeling, and Restitution Data to Analyze Crash Severity,” SAE
• “Determining Crash Data Using Camera-Matching Photogrammetric Technique,” SAE, 2001
• “Using Digital Photogrammetry to Determine Crash Severity,” Proceedings of the International Crashworthiness Conference
• “Forensic Engineering Comparison of Two & Three Dimensional Photogrammetric Accident Analysis,” NAFE
• “Using Digital Photogrammetry to Determine Vehicle Crush and Equivalent Barrier Speed,” SAE, 1999
• “Laying the Foundation of an Automotive Product Liability Case Using Photogrammetry,” ATLA, 2003
• “Photographs Help Reconstruct Princess Diana Crash,” IATAI Newsletter
• “Reconstructing the Princess Diana Crash,” Law Enforcement Technology, August 1998
• “Princess Diana Car Crash Animation,” Digimation, Siggraph ’98 3D software, 1998
• “Automotive Airbags,” Accident Investigation Quarterly, Issue 16, Fall 1997
• “Accident Scene Diagramming Using New Photogrammetric Technique,” #970944, SAE
• “Operations Manual – Surveying Operations,” Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc, 1993
• “Reaffirmation of J1301 – Truck Deformation Classification,”J1301, SAE Committee Publication
• “Reaffirmation of J224 – Collision Deformation Classification,” J224, SAE Committee Publication
• “Equidistant Crush Measurement Techniques,” J2433, SAE Committee Publication

Kineticorp’s team of Accident Reconstructionists and Forensic Animators are dedicated to leading the industry in research. It allows the experts of Kineticorp to extensively understand the physical evidence that is presented when analyzing cases, which results in admissibility and the effective communication of their findings. Below is our ever growing library of accident reconstruction research, testing, and analysis videos.