Providing Support in Highway Accident Litigation
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CORPORATION
11671 Audubon Trail; Markham, Virginia 22643
Phone: 540-364-6296
Fred R. Hanscom, P.E.

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERT

Specializing in cases involving traffic control devices (e.g., signs, markings), driver human factors, work zone (construction/maintenance) activity, highway geometric design, roadway illumination, large truck operations, pedestrian accidents, parking lot design/traffic control, railroad-grade crossings, and public agency negligence. Services include scientific investigation, case analysis, literature review (incorporating automated database search), interrogatory question development, assistance with document production requests, exhibit preparation (e.g., computer simulation, photography, graphics, and scale models), depositions, and trial testimony.

Education
Bachelor and Master of Science, Civil Engineering
Post-graduate C.E.U. Credits:  Transportation Engineering, Human Factors Engineering, Accident Reconstruction and Highway/Pedestrian Safety
Ph.D. (Civil Engineering) course work completion

Highway safety research experience
Forty-year professional engineering career
State/local highway agencies
Private industry
 
Licensed Traffic Engineer
California, North Carolina and Virginia

Internationally recognized
Fifty publications in four languages
Invited presentation on four continents
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices Committee Member
Past President's Award, Institute of Transportation Engineers
 
Experienced for Plaintiff and Defense
Deposition/trial Testimony in thirty-five states and U.S. territories
Plaintiff assistance to numerous law firms
Defense clients include the following highway agencies
Cities of Chicago, Detroit and Pittsburgh
Connecticut Department of Transportation
Florida Department of Transportation
Georgia Department of Transportation
Kansas Department of Transportation
Maryland State Highway Administration
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Town of Greenwich, Connecticut
Virginia Department of Transportation

RESUME, FEE SCHEDULE, AND REFERENCES UPON REQUEST
E-mail: fred@trc-net.com