SAFETY IN NUMBERS: USING STATISTICS TO MAKE THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SAFER. SAFETY DATA ACTION PLAN

This plan aims to improve the quality of safety data programs throughout the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The principal model for improvement is the reporting system used by the National Institutes of Health to track and treat disease, and this requires better timeliness, comparability, accuracy, and coverage for transportation data. The goal is to provide the DOT with a new level of data quality, sufficient to identify, quantify, and minimize the risk factors in U.S. travel. This quality is essential to fact-based management of transportation safety programs. The plan is divided into two sections. Section 1 describes the actions that need to be taken to improve the quality of existing data and fill data gaps. There are five key areas that are addressed: (A) Establishing a Lead Agency and Ensuring Intermodal Collaboration; (B) Developing an Intermodal Transportation Data Base; (C) Developing Data Standards; (D) Expanding Transportation Resources; and (E) Conducting Focused Research Projects to Improve Data Programs. Section 2 describes a process for involving all stakeholders in the process. Key areas addressed are (A) Implementation Team, (B) National/Regional Forums, and (C) Ongoing Communication.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1501426
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• Record URL:
  http://www.bts.gov/publications/safety_data_action_plan/entire.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4703
• Corporate Authors:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2000-9-13

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 19 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data quality; Databases; Improvements; Intermodal transportation; Quality control; Stakeholders; Standards; Statistics; Strategic planning; Transportation safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Missing data
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General); I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00798972
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 20 2002 12:00AM