A Open-Source Framework for an Electronic Crash Reporting System Based on the MMUCC

This paper presents a discussion on what series of technologies can be used in the development of an open source electronic crash reporting system. Among the suggestions presented are the use of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) guidelines for selecting the elements to be collected at the crash scene, the use of a platform-independent programming language to build the client side of the system and the use of cloud computing environments as an alternative to host the server side. Following these recommendations can lead to a an electronic crash reporting system with a significantly low cost of implementation since server side costs to manage and store the data can be avoided completely when the level of usage is low thanks to the current competition among providers of such system which allow low-demand systems to run free-of-chart on their systems.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Santiago-Chaparro, Kelvin R
  • Khan, Ghazan
  • Noyce, David A
• Conference:
  • ITE 2009 Annual Meeting and Exhibit
  • Location: San Antonio TX, United States
  • Date: 2009-8-9 to 2009-8-12
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: ITE 2009 Annual Meeting and Exhibit. Compendium of Technical Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Client server computing; Crash data; Crash reports; Crashes; Data communications; Data storage; Software; Traffic crashes
• Identifier Terms: Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01164375
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 2010 8:28AM