Research and Innovative Technology Administration U.S. Department of Transportation August 6, 2012 Safety.Data.Gov Initiative

Safety.Data.Gov It is an Administration-wide effort to increase awareness of and deepen insights into our Nation’s public safety activities by bringing together data around public safety issues This single resource will enable innovators to extract and correlate data in ways that will help the public and industry to make well-informed data-driven decisions It was launched in May 2012 with a “Back of the Napkin” Data Dive – results available in September The latest “community” of the Data.Gov series 2

Vision Safety.Data.Gov empowers people to make informed decisions about their safety and the safety of others. Who is it for? Federal Agencies Developers Entrepreneurs First responders Private citizens Safety associations State and local governments Who else could be involved? Data journalists Researchers State and local Chief Information Officers Who is involved?

Implementation Safety.Data.Gov empowers people to make informed decisions about their safety and the safety of others. How will we do it? Blog when we release new data to the community Feature data sets and problems that need solving through the community Include more than data – list applications, software and tools Highlight research and news items that makes use of the data Partner with organizations to promote the site and encourage its use How can people get involved?

Brings together data around public safety issues, from crime statistics to food safety to product recalls – 8 departments and independent agencies participating, led by DOT Department of Transportation Consumer Product Safety Commission Department of Health and Human Services (Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control) Department of Homeland Security (U.S. Coast Guard & Federal Emergency Management Agency) Department of Justice (National Institute of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation) National Transportation Safety Board Department of Labor (Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Mine Safety and Health Administration) Department of Education Safety.Data.Gov 5

Safety.Data.Gov (cont’d.) 6 Includes – 713 datasets – 4 mobile apps – 14 resources and public domain software tools 3 ongoing challenges – Motorcoach Safety Data Student Challenge – Worker Safety and Health App Challenge – Patient Safety Events Challenge

What data categories do we have? Compliance, Violations & Enforcement Law Enforcement Data Locations & Characteristics Consumer Complaints Corrections DataProduct Safety Incidents & Crashes Fatalities, Casualties & Injuries Court Data & Crime Data Environmental Consequences Recalls Exposure Data

Continuing to Engage Non-Government Stakeholders What is the potential value to your organization? (Ref. Center for Technology in Government) – Economic – Political – Social – Strategic – Quality of Life – Ideological – Stewardship What data would you find most useful? What applications would you find most useful?

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An example of the metadata

14 U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration BTS - Safety Provisions in MAP-21  Establishes a new Safety Data Program  … on behalf of the Secretary a program—(I) to effectively integrate safety data across modes; and (II) to address gaps in existing safety data programs of the Department  Safety components of other BTS programs  The Intermodal Transportation Database provides exposure data for accident rates  The National Transportation Atlas Database can serve as a repository for state highway safety base maps  The National Transportation Library is a repository of data and research and a platform for dissemination of information to the public

15 U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration Role of Safety.Data.Gov  Establishes the safety data universe  Identifies the variety of data to be integrated for the Safety Data Program  A portal to transportation safety data for the National Transportation Library  A platform for data integration  A place where inconsistent definitions of variables and other comparability issues can be highlighted  A venue for developing common definitions and applications that bridge across data sets to improve comparability  A place to inspire participation by the broad community in solving safety data problems  A platform for addressing data gaps  A forum for feedback on data needs and for strategies to meet those needs