Expert Profile

Bob Wagstaff is the managing director of this company. He was a time served Engineering Technician prior to joining the Police Service, hphotoe has served for 30 years in Bedfordshire Police with the last 23 years as an expert in the field of collision investigation. During his service within the Police he has investigated many fatal, serious injury and life changing events, including a number of murder investigations and ‘Cash for Crash’ jobs the most notable being “Operation Exhort” a £3.24 million fraud case.

Bob Wagstaff was the Senior Collision Investigator for Bedfordshire Police and for the Collaborated unit of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Police before finally serving prior to retirement on the tri-force collaborated unit for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.

Bob Wagstaff has been commended by the Chief Constable on a number of occasions for his work in the field and most recently commended in open court by the Deputy Coroner, Mr Oldham for his services to the Coroner’s  and to the county of Bedfordshire in the role of Collision Investigator.

Bob Wagstaff has continued to develop his skills maintaining a portfolio for Continued Professional Development (CPD) and was registered with Council for Registered Forensic Practitioners (CRFP) in the specialist discipline of Road Transport (Collision Investigation and Vehicle Examination).

Bob Wagstaff is currently the External Examiner for De Montfort University overseeing the UCPD, Cert HE and the FdSc courses in Collision Investigation.

Bob Wagstaff has written and verified approximately 850 reports in his career and has given evidence on a number of occasions at Magistrates / Crown Court, and has presented evidence on numerous occasions at a number of different Coroners courts.