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2026,03

Can I Get A Witness (To My Driver’s Accident)

At the scene of an accident, your driver reports multiple cars present, which indicates multiple witnesses to the crash exist. The cars did not stop at the scene, which in the past meant these witnesses were lost to the case. With data layering we can get those witnesses back.

Here’s how data layering works:

  • First we run a digital device scan on the incident scene to capture any devices present at that moment on that road (mobile phones, smart watches, car computers, etc). We can then trace these devices to their commonly visited addresses, surfacing witnesses.
  • Next we go to social media to look for discussion about the accident. Any detailed descriptions are then tracked to their social username, and then back to their address and phone number, providing more witnesses.
  • Next we map the addresses of the social media witnesses to ensure they live local and are not just writing in at random. We could also track their devices to see if they were in proximity to the accident moments before (further up the road) or after (further down the road) when their device pinged.

These layers of data can be useful in answering a number of OTHER questions in relation to claims as well. For instance, we can improve on witness results from a catastrophe at a large live event by generating a list of all digital devices present, and tracking their locations before and after.

Should we gain access to a mobile phone data download, we can cross reference that device data with externally available data to provide flags indicating spoliation of the device. The applications for layered data analysis are nearly endless. The fact that multiple sources would be used to confirm or disprove information makes the data authenticate itself by nature of being cross-venue.

Why do we care?

As claim demands climb and plaintiff counsel gets bolder and more focused on emotional responses from juries, we are your partner in showing in simple, irrefutable terms that incidents did or did not happen the way plaintiff’s counsel describes them.

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