TRAFFIC SAFETY INFORMATION SYSTEMS: AN INTERNATIONAL SCAN AIMED TO FIND STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING SAFETY DATA
With reductions in staff and other resources, a smaller proportion of motor vehicle crashes is reported to State databases than ever before. Also, due to entry backlogs, the information is dated by the time the database is available for use. This article reports on an international scanning tour on traffic safety information systems that was conducted in October 2003. The objective of the scan was to seek innovative ways to build these information systems by learning from countries that have achieved some level of success in designing, developing, and using these systems. The countries visited were Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Australia (Victoria and New South Wales). The scan team did not, for the most part, identify better systems and technologies than those used throughout the United States, however they determined that there are three themes that deserve attention: strategy, efficiency, and utility. Other topics discussed include safety as a core business function, data estimates, the communication of safety programs and data to customers (including the public), the use of new technologies, and implementation strategies. The article is illustrated with numerous full-color photographs.
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Authors:
- Griffith, M S
- DeLucia, B H
- Publication Date: 2004-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos;
- Pagination: p. 52-56
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Serial:
- Public Roads
- Volume: 68
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
- ISSN: 0033-3735
- Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
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Publication flags:
Open Access (libre)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Administrative procedures; Crash analysis; Data collection; Implementation; Information dissemination; Information management; Information processing; Information storage and retrieval systems; International; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Vehicle factors in crashes
- Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Highway Administration; U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00983714
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Dec 17 2004 12:00AM