1. Traffic Records Programs and Resources
John Siegler
National Driver Register and Traffic Records Division
Amy Schick
Regional Operations and Program Delivery
43rd International Forum on Traffic Records & Highway Information Systems New Orleans, LA

2. Support for State Traffic Records Programs
Technical assistance for State traffic records programs
Develops standards and identifies noteworthy practices
Traffic Records Team
Administers the State Traffic Safety Information System Improvement grants.
Regional Operations and Program Delivery

3. Traffic Records Core Programs
Traffic Records Assessments
Crash Data Improvement Program (CDIP)
Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria
GO Teams: Training & Technical Assistance

4. Traffic Records Assessments

5. Traffic Records Assessments
Requirement for the 405 C State Traffic Safety Information System Improvement grants.
Needs to comply with NHTSA's Traffic Records Highway Safety Program Advisory (DOT HS ).
Provides State a peer review of their systems and recommendations to address in the TRCC strategic plan

6. Assessment Results Identify Common Issues
Identifies System Strengths and opportunities
Provides broad recommendations for States to address in their 405 C data improvement grants.
Module narratives include specific considerations on how to improve systems.

7. STRAP 2.0 Improvements Improvements to the online interface
Preload previous responses and documents
Identify the previous respondents to each question by name, title, and agency.
Moderator site visit after the first assessment round to explain the initial ratings and answer questions

8. Uses for the National Assessment Data
Analysis underway to examine the data ands documents from States’ assessment to identify
Noteworthy practices
Common obstacles
Provide stakeholders aggregate information on traffic records systems
NASEMSO examining States Injury Surveillance Systems Analysis
NTSB used data for monitoring State-level progress on implementing electronic data collection.
Contact us with your ideas with us for querying this data and the associated documents.

9. GO Teams

10. GO Teams: Training & Technical Assistance
State requests technical assistance on a specific TR issue
State, working with its RPM and the TR Team, prepares a request
NHTSA identifies GO Team members & sends to State
Small-to-medium scope projects
Number of GO Teams depends upon available resources
GO Teams work with States to accomplish goals

11. Recent Go Team Activities
Help with TRCC Strategic Plan
Arkansas
Help State Trauma Registry and EMS data collection systems
Connecticut
Facilitate Agency dialogue to map State databases
Florida
Develop a data linkage implementation plan
North Carolina
Help develop crash data dashboard
South Carolina

12. New: State TRCC Strategic Planning Workshop
Building on the TRCC Noteworthy Practices report, develop report and workshop for States wanting assistance with their strategic planning processes.

13. Crash Data Improvement Program (CDIP)

14. Crash Data Improvement Program
People
Processes
Technology
Crash Data Improvement Program
Improving Crash Data is not just an IT problem…
People:
Training
Communication
Importance of crash data and its uses
Providing data back to local jurisdictions as actionable information
Performance monitoring and reporting
Feedback
Processes:
Examine crash data processes for bottlenecks, opportunities for improvement
Build in accuracy - investing in good data up front is cheaper and easier than making corrections later
Look for “best practices” and “lessons learned” from other jurisdictions
Technology:
Electronic systems, like TraCS, can improve accuracy via edit checks, context sensitive help, and logical direction of data capture
Data timeliness is improved by electronic transmittal of data
Use of technology has it’s own issues - not a panacea, must be combined with people and process improvements to obtain benefits

15. Crash Data Improvement Program (CDIP)
Deep dive into the crash data system
Thorough examination of a State’s actual crash data
NOT an assessment; very little overlap
Great for States about to update their crash systems
Program includes:
Analysis of live State crash data
Onsite meeting to review data
Assistance in identifying challenge areas
Help developing appropriate performance measures
Full MMUCC mapping of State’s crash data collection and database

16. Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria

17. New: MMUCCC 5th Edition
Collaboration between NHTSA, FHWA, FMCSA, NTSB, & GHSA
MMUCC is a voluntary guideline
Provides States with a minimum set of standardized data elements to promote uniformity and integration of data within the highway safety community.

18. New Features of the MMUCC 5th Edition
Eliminate Defined Sources
Provides States the flexibility to determine whether a data element should be collected at the scene or linked/derived
Reorganized into Context-Specific Sections
Collect detailed data for specific crash types:
Fatal
Non-motorist
Large Vehicle and Hazardous Materials
Edit Checks
Help States to improve the accuracy of crash data
Mapping Rules
Help States measure their alignment to MMUCC

19. New: MMUCC Crash Report
The MMUCC Crash Report provides a visual representation of the new sections and the updated data elements and attributes. An editable version of this form will be available to States on the NHTSA website.

20. Changes to Existing Data Elements A limited number of elements were changed to conform with FARS, follow State best practices, improve user experience, or address unmet data needs.

21. Dynamic Data Element: Automated Vehicles
New automated vehicle data element based on the current SAE standard. Classified as a dynamic data element – because it is a new phenomena and technology is changing rapidly, NHTSA and GHSA agreed to discuss this data element annually at the Traffic Records Forum . Join us Wednesday August 9 at 1:00Pm in the Oak Alley

22. Regional Operations & Program Delivery

24. NHTSA Safety Grant Program Overview
The Highway Safety Act of 1966 required that the Governor of each State shall administer a highway safety program through a State highway safety agency.
The Governor must designate a single point of contact (Governors Representative) in that agency for the review and management of the program.
Every State, U.S. Territory, and Indian Nation, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, has an agency responsible for delivering highway safety programs to their jurisdictions.

25. NHTSA Safety Grant Management Overview
NHTSA, under Section 402 of the Highway Safety Act, distributes State and community grant funds to these agencies for behavioral traffic safety programs aimed a preventing crashes and their attendant costs, both human and financial.
An estimated $600 million annually goes to State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs). These funds include State and Community grants, based on a statutory formula, as well as the National Priority Safety Program grants, which are criteria based grant funds.
These funds are used to support countermeasure strategies and projects identified in the States’ Highway Safety Plan (HSP).

27. NHTSA Grants 101 NHTSA’s largest investment in safety
Formula (and incentive) safety grants
Federal aid (penalty) transfer programs
57 jurisdictions – the States, DC, Indian Nations (BIA) and the Atlantic and Pacific Territories
Ten NHTSA field offices (seven situated in Federal buildings)

28. The FAST Act Interim Final Rule (IFR) effective on 5/23/16
Authorizes traffic safety programs thru 2020
Increases State grant funding, adds new non-motorized grant program, revises three existing grant programs
Provides more flexibility to transfer funds
Increases Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS) funding

29. NHTSA National Priority and Safety Programs Grants Section 405
$277.5M authorized in 2017
Separate sub-grants for different program areas, including
Impaired Driving
Ignition Interlock
24/7 Sobriety Program
Occupant Protection
Traffic Records/Data
Motorcycles
Graduated Drivers License
Distracted Driving
Non-motorized traffic

30. § 405(c) State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements Grants
Section 405c grants are designed to make data program improvements to core highway safety databases which include crash, citation and adjudication, driver, EMS or injury surveillance system, roadway and vehicle databases.
To qualify:
States must have a functioning Traffic Records Coordinating Committee (TRCC);
Have a traffic records strategic plan, approved by the TRCC, that describes anticipated improvements in the State's core highway safety databases and address recommendations from the State’s, NHTSA-facilitated, traffic records system assessment; and
Demonstrate quantifiable improvement in a core database when compared to a contiguous 12-month baseline period.

31. Regional Office Roles in Advancing Safety
Administer NHTSA’s grant safety programs
Provide programmatic and fiscal oversight for NHTSA safety grants and grant-funded programs
Provide leadership in the planning, development and implementation of behavioral traffic safety programs
Act as the liaison between HQ and Regional Offices
Provide training to NHTSA field and State highway safety officials

32. Regional Office Roles in Advancing Safety
Leads DOT/NHTSA priorities and initiatives in the States
Provide training to States and other safety partners
Provide programmatic technical assistance
Guide States with problem identification, performance measurement
Provide Stewardship & Grants Management
Programmatic and fiscal oversight
Site visits to grantees and sub-grantees
Highway Safety Office Management Reviews

33. Examples of Approaches to Advancing Traffic Safety
Promoting innovative strategies and countermeasures in behavioral change
Creating new partnerships
Implementing collaborative programs
Developing solutions for consistent, efficient and effective police traffic safety services
Addressing traffic safety and mobility issues in rural communities
Improve focus on impaired driving, to include drugged driving

34. Questions?
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