Michigan Crash Records History Five Decades – Good & Bad
1960s CRASH System 1966 First Surface Transportation Safety Act 1966 First Surface Transportation Safety Act Required Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Required Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) 1966 First Statewide Computer File 1966 First Statewide Computer File Burroughs 5500 Burroughs 5500 Accessible by Magnetic Tape & Computer Cards Accessible by Magnetic Tape & Computer Cards Uniform Reporting Form UD-10 Uniform Reporting Form UD-10 Crash Data Located on State Routes Only Crash Data Located on State Routes Only
1970s CRASH System Michigan Accident Locating System Proposed Michigan Accident Locating System Proposed Featured Analysis Software and Statewide Locating Featured Analysis Software and Statewide Locating MALI Development Started MALI Development Started MALI Database Provides for Automated Locating using Two Linear Reference Systems MALI Database Provides for Automated Locating using Two Linear Reference Systems 1976 – MALI Software Implemented, Crash Data Located on State Routes 1976 – MALI Software Implemented, Crash Data Located on State Routes 1979 – MALI Database Complete, Crashes Located Statewide 1979 – MALI Database Complete, Crashes Located Statewide
1980s CRASH System Michigan’s System Recognized Nationally as Model Crash System Michigan’s System Recognized Nationally as Model Crash System Data Shared with MDOT, UMTRI, TIA, MPOs Data Shared with MDOT, UMTRI, TIA, MPOs Comprehensive Redesign Proposed Comprehensive Redesign Proposed Budget Cuts – Cause Backlog in Posted Data Budget Cuts – Cause Backlog in Posted Data Redesign Effort Fails Redesign Effort Fails Decade Ends with Significantly Degraded System Decade Ends with Significantly Degraded System
1990s CRASH System 1992 – To Improve Efficiency Bubbled Form Introduced 1992 – To Improve Efficiency Bubbled Form Introduced Quality Issues Result from Data Collected by 20,000 Officers Rather Than by Centralized Staff Quality Issues Result from Data Collected by 20,000 Officers Rather Than by Centralized Staff Electronic Data Collection Proposed & Prototype Developed Electronic Data Collection Proposed & Prototype Developed Second Comprehensive Redesign Proposed Second Comprehensive Redesign Proposed MALI Database Updating Eliminated MALI Database Updating Eliminated Redesign & Electronic Data Collection Initiative Fail Redesign & Electronic Data Collection Initiative Fail MALI Database Conflated to Statewide Geographic Framework Database MALI Database Conflated to Statewide Geographic Framework Database
2000 CRASH System 2000 Automated Locating Converted to Framework Database – Location Success Drops to 70% 2000 Automated Locating Converted to Framework Database – Location Success Drops to 70% 2001 – TRANStip Process Improvement Conducted 2001 – TRANStip Process Improvement Conducted 2002 – Comprehensive System Redesign Initiated 2002 – Comprehensive System Redesign Initiated 2003 – First Development Phase Implemented 2003 – First Development Phase Implemented 2003 – 2006 Four Additional Development Phases Implemented 2003 – 2006 Four Additional Development Phases Implemented New System Eliminates Backlog, Implements QA/QC Programs, Introduces Web Analysis New System Eliminates Backlog, Implements QA/QC Programs, Introduces Web Analysis 2006 – Crash Data Submitted Electronically from 10 Law Enforcement Agencies 2006 – Crash Data Submitted Electronically from 10 Law Enforcement Agencies Michigan’s System Recognized Nationally as Model Crash System Michigan’s System Recognized Nationally as Model Crash System