27 September 2024 Keith Rix 2399 Case Updates Pedestrian-vehicle impact speed and injury severity by Keith Rix Commentary For accident reconstruction, emergency medicine and neurosurgery experts, this case illustrates the interdependence of accident reconstruction and medical evidence and the need for the medical experts to have regard to the accident reconstruction evidence. The case A preliminary liability and causation trial arising out of a road traffic accident in 2015. The Claimant, Jacqueline Colizzi, then aged 45 years, a pedestrian, was hit by a Ford Fiesta Zetec being driven by the First Defendant and as a consequence of which she then fell, and her head struck a stationary Renault Clio around the rear driver's side wheel/wheel arch, and her head then hit the ground. She suffered two skull fractures and axonal injury. She has been left with severe neurological deficits and has been resident in hospital and rehabilitation units for the more than eight years since the accident. She will never be able to work again and will require 24/7 care for the rest of her life. To continue reading you must be an EWI member, become a member and access exclusive content. Already a member? Login More links Link to the Judgment Share Print Tags Head injury criteria scoresImpact speedPedestrian-vehicle collision Related articles Impact speed and risk of injury Switch article Good practice points in asylum and immigration psychiatric reports Previous Article Fact finding by experts Next Article Comments are only visible to subscribers.