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J. Stannard Baker |
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J.
Stannard Baker wrote the book on accident investigation –
it’s called the Traffic Accident Investigator’s Manual
– and he helped originate the science of accident
reconstruction. Baker was born in 1899. He got into the field of
traffic in 1927 when he was hired as an engineer by the National
Safety Council. His degree was in electrical engineering. Stan
Baker became the director of research and development at the
Traffic Institute in 1946. He began to concentrate on accident
investigation in his new position and to formulate the art of
accident reconstruction.
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