Method and system for analyzing liability after a vehicle crash using video taken from the scene of the crash

A system for analyzing liability in a vehicle crash using video image data, the system comprising:

• a plurality of image capturing devices external to one or more vehicles involved in a vehicle crash and configured to capture a plurality of sets of video images for an area within a predetermined threshold distance of a location of the vehicle crash and within a predetermined threshold time from a time of the vehicle crash, the plurality of sets of video images including overlapping views from different locations;
• one or more processors;
• a communication network;
• a non-transitory computer-readable memory coupled to the one or more processors, and the communication network, and storing thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
• receive, via the communication network, an indication of the location and time of the vehicle crash;
• receive, via the communication network, the plurality of sets of video images from the plurality of image capturing devices;
• combine the plurality of sets of video images which depict the vehicle spatially and chronologically;
• generate a compilation that represents a scene of the vehicle crash, wherein the compilation depicts a sequence of events leading up to, during, and after the vehicle crash as the sequence of events actually occurred;
• analyze the compilation to determine one or more fault characteristics of the vehicle crash including:
• analyzing the compilation to determine crash data for a first vehicle of the one or more vehicles involved in the vehicle crash, the crash data including at least one of:
• a speed of the first vehicle at the time of the vehicle crash, a distance between the first vehicle and a second vehicle in front of the first vehicle within the predetermined threshold time from the time of the vehicle crash, an acceleration of the first vehicle at the time of the vehicle crash, an orientation of the first vehicle at the time of the vehicle crash, a position of the first vehicle relative to one or more objects which collide with the first vehicle at the time of the vehicle crash, weather conditions at the time and location of the vehicle crash, traffic conditions at the time and location of the vehicle crash, or a state of one or more traffic control signals at the time and location of the vehicle crash;
• analyzing the compilation to identify damage to the one or more vehicles involved in the vehicle crash;
• and
• determining an extent in which a driver of the first vehicle caused the damage based on the compilation and the crash data;
• assess liability for one or more drivers of the one or more vehicles involved in the vehicle crash based on the fault characteristics;
• and
• cause, via the communication network, indications of the assessed liabilities for the one or more drivers to be displayed on a user interface.