Perspectives for the Development of the Roadway Safety Data Program

FOREWORD

This document summarizes perspectives of the project team and the State representatives that participated in the Roadway Safety Data Capabilities Assessment and Peer Exchanges on the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Roadway Safety Data Program. It offers input on roles FHWA could play in improving state and local safety data systems and safety analysis capabilities. The FHWA will consider these perspectives as it further develops and implements the Roadway Safety Data Program.

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1. Report No. FHWA-SA-13-028	2. Government Accession No.	3. Recipient's Catalog No.
4. Title and Subtitle Perspectives for the Development of the Roadway Safety Data Program		5. Report Date July 2013
		6. Performing Organization Code
7.Author(s) Michael Sawyer, Robert Scopatz, Barbara Hilger DeLucia, and Kimberly Eccles		8. Performing Organization Report No.
9. Performing Organization Name and Address Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB) 8300 Boone Blvd., Suite 700 Vienna, VA 22182-2626		10. Work Unit No.
		11. Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-10-D-00022 (VHB)
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address Federal Highway Administration Office of Safety 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20590		13. Type of Report and Period Final Report, July 2013
		14. Sponsoring Agency Code FHWA
15. Supplementary Notes The contract manager for this report was Ms. Esther Strawder. A special note to all the States participating in the assessment process and the four national peer exchanges: your time and contributions were extremely valuable to the project team as we tried to present a wide range of perspectives on the future of the Roadway Safety Data Program.
16. Abstract FHWA developed the Roadway Safety Data Program (RSDP) as a collaborative effort between FHWA and States to ensure that they are best able to develop robust data-driven safety capabilities. The RSDP included an assessment of all fifty States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia to determine each State's roadway safety data capabilities. FHWA also held a series of four peer exchanges to garner additional State input. This document follows the assessment process and and summarizes the project team's and State participants' perspectives, organized into four areas: data collection, data analysis, data management, and data expansion. For each goal area and proposed action item the document includes discussion on motivation, priority, delivery methods, and recommendations.
17. Key Words: Roadway safety data program, data collection, data management, data analysis, data expansion, roadway inventory.		18. Distribution Statement No restrictions.
19. Security Classif. (of this report) Unclassified	20. Security Classif. (of this page) Unclassified	21. No. of Pages 59	22. Price

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Acronyms

FHWA	Federal Highway Administration
USDOT	United States Department of Transportation
DOT	Department of Transportation
MAP-21	Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
RSDP	Roadway Safety Data Program
SHSP	Strategic Highway Safety Plan
FDE	Fundamental Data Elements
MIRE	Model Inventory of Roadway Elements
MIRE MIS	Model Inventory of Roadway Elements Management Information System
MPO	Metropolitan Planning Organization
GPS	Global Positioning System
HSIP	Highway Safety Improvement Program
CMF	Crash Modification Factor
HSM	Highway Safety Manual
MMUCC	Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria
LRS	Linear Referencing System
IT	Information Technology
FMCSA	Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
TRB	Transportation Research Board
NCHRP	National Cooperative Highway Research Program
NHTSA	National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
GIS	Geographic Information System
TRCC	Traffic Records Coordinating Committee

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