Crash Data Collection and Analysis System

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is responsible for ensuring the safety and operational efficiency of Arizona's state highways. Fulfilling that responsibility requires extensive data collection and analysis, which are very labor-intensive resource-intensive. Seeking to identify how the agency could accomplish the greatest service improvements with the most efficient use of funds, ADOT engaged ARCADIS to perform a Crash Data Collection and Analysis study and examine the possibilities offered by technological innovations such as Electronic Data Entry (EDE), Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS), and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The study resulted in a comprehensive report with three components: an examination of best practices in use in the United States today, a use case and gap analysis examining ADOT's current data work, and a technical memorandum outlining how changes could be implemented. Together, the three parts point to a path to introduce best practices in ADOT's crash-analysis systems. Adopting the best practices outlined can reduce the resources required to maintain these systems, freeing those resources to other safety-related concerns.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5537
• Corporate Authors:

  ARCADIS G&M of North Carolina, Incorporated

  8222 South 48th Street, Suite 149
  Phoenix, AZ  United States  85044

  Arizona Department of Transportation

  206 South 17th Avenue
  Phoenix, AZ  United States  85007

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Cherry, Ed
  • Floyd, Rob
  • Graves, Tyson
  • Martin, Steve
  • Ward, David
• Publication Date: 2006-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Glossary; Tables;
• Pagination: 87p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Crashes; Data collection; Financing; Geographic information systems; Improvements; Relational databases; Reports; Technological innovations; Traffic safety
• Identifier Terms: Electronic Data Entry (EDE)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Crash analysis; Efficiency; Labor-intensive methods; Resource-intensive; Use case
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01022700
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-AZ-06-537
• Contract Numbers: SPR-PL-1-(61) 537
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 11 2006 11:31AM