Crash data collection and availability has long been very limited, yet is essential to improving safety and efficiency on the Corridor’s transportation network. Such data can be used to identify safety hot spots along roadways and reasons for crash occurrences. Results can identify areas which have need of specific safety applications, technologies, programs, practices, enforcement, and other activities. The timely transmission of incident crash data is key to identifying areas and situations particularly prone to incidents and their causes, particularly with respect to commercial vehicles. Frequently, however, this data is not timely received by law enforcement or DOTs and other entities, and oftentimes the data is a year or more outdated. Additionally, original accident reports are frequently illegible.

This project will study current crash reporting systems and procedures in place in the I-95 Corridor, and compare results from states which utilize these systems with those that do not to determine if these systems enable more timely and accurate data provision to law enforcement, departments of transportation, DMVs, and other entities.

Procurement Agency: Safety Program Track
Project Contact: Capt. Tom Martin, I-95 Corridor Coalition

Identify the current state of practice and best practices in I-95 Corridor Coalition States’ crash data collection and reporting systems to improve the timeliness, accuracy, and accessibility of crash data among the Corridor states.

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This project studied current crash reporting systems and procedures in place in the I-95 Corridor, and compared results from states which utilize these systems with those that do not to determine if these systems enable more timely and accurate data provision to law enforcement, departments of transportation, DMVs, and other entities. Supplemented with a literature review, the study also identified the lead agency currently responsible for crash data collection and dissemination in each of the I-95 Corridor States, along with MOUs and the associated policies and procedures currently utilized. Further, the study included a review of accident data reporting procedures and forms to determine the viability of a coordinated effort to develop an improved reporting methodology, using technology as practical, so that the multiple agencies (law enforcement, DMV, DOT, etc.) can promptly benefit from the obtainment of accurate accident data.

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