Institute of Expert Witnesses

Providing specialist advice and support in accident cases

The Institute of Expert Witnesses offers professional impartial and independent advice and provides qualified expert opinions to support the legal process of resolving cases of accidents and injury.

Case Study: Go-Kart Incident

Case Study: Go-Kart Incident

A teenager sustained serious injuries when she was thrown from a go-kart after it somersaulted.  Instructed to undertake a post accident engineering inspection of the go-kart, this revealed deficiencies in its design, when compared to national guidelines, and evidence of pre-existing maintenance faults. These factors were analysed and found likely to have increased the risk of a driver both losing control and overturning.

 

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