Princess Diana Car Crash

Using state-of-the-art technologies in the areas of forensic engineering, computer animation and photogrammetry, Knott Laboratory prepared an accident reconstruction and computer animation of the Princess Diana car accident in Paris.

Sophisticated image analysis software was used to create a three-dimensional computer model of the damaged Mercedes. Through this analysis, Knott Laboratory determined the vehicle’s speed at impact with the tunnel pillar was approximately 85 mph. Knott Laboratory’s findings were highlighted on several stations and programs, namely: NBC (“Dateline”), the Discovery Channel (“Unsolved History”), Discovery+ (“The Diana Investigations”), Fox News (“Princess Diana’s Death: Unanswered Questions”), and Denver News Channels 2 (WB2), 4 (CBS) and 9 (NBC).

ServicesForensic EngineeringYear1997