FOREWORD

The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) is a data driven program that relies on crash, roadway, and traffic data for States to conduct effective analyses for problem identification and evaluation. The FHWA developed the Model Inventory of Roadway Elements (MIRE) to provide a recommended listing and data dictionary of roadway and traffic data elements critical to supporting highway safety management programs. MIRE is intended to help support the States' HSIPs and other safety programs.

The MIRE Management Information System (MIRE MIS) was a project to explore better means of collection MIRE data elements, using and integrating MIRE data, and identifying optimal data file structures. The resulting products include a report documenting the MIRE MIS Lead Agency Program, a MIRE Guidebook on the collection of MIRE, a suggested MIRE data file structure report, and a report on Performance Measures to Assess Quality that will assist the States in conducting a more effective safety program. The intent of the MIRE MIS project is the integration of MIRE into States' safety management processes.

The Development of a Structure for a MIRE MIS Report is one of the products of the MIRE-MIS effort. The report identifies issues State's should be cognizant of when collecting, correcting, and maintaining information for a safety management system. The report presents a conceptual model that identifies the business functions a state is likely to need from a safety management system. This document will provide data managers with information and issues they should address in establishing or improving an integrated safety data file structure to enhance the safety performance of the state's roadways.

Michael S. Griffith Director, Office of Safety Technologies	Monique R. Evans Director, Office of Safety Research and Development

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