2.  Statewide stakeholder forum to facilitate the planning, coordination, and implementation of projects to improve the state’s traffic records system 2  Technical working groups created on ad hoc basis to address specific issues  Meets quarterly or as needed

3. 3 TRCC Member Agencies Department of Transportation Department of Health Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles Agency for Health Care Administration Florida Highway Patrol Police Chiefs Association Sheriffs Association

4.  Develop and maintain a Five-Year Strategic Plan to improve Florida’s traffic records data systems  Prepare Florida’s Section 408 Grant Application to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)  Identify projects to improve the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and uniformity of Florida’s traffic records systems  Represent the interests of TRCC member agencies to outside organizations 4

5. 5 Florida’s Traffic Records Systems Vehicle Registration EMS & Injury Data Crash Data Driver License / History Florida’s Traffic Records System Citation & Adjudication Roadway Inventory Source: Adapted from Washington State DOT

6. Electronic submission of crash reports – reduces data element errors – allows for timelier updating of crash information – increased efficiencies in crash analysis 172 law enforcement agencies submit crash reports electronically 60-65% of Long forms submitted electronically 9 vendors provide e-crash software

7. Legislative Changes – to s. 316.066 Revenue Sharing - $5 for each report FIRESportal.com South Florida Processing Center Grant Funding for free software and hardware

8. The intent of the changes to F.S. 316.066 is to  combat Insurance fraud  place emphasis on injury and CMV crashes  capture more data with the inclusion of short forms

9.  Prepared by law enforcement must be submitted to the department and may be maintained by the Law enforcement officers agency.  Must be submitted within 10 days after an investigations is completed by the law enforcement officer who investigates a motor vehicle that: ◦ Resulted in death ◦ Personal injury ◦ s.316.061(1) Hit & Run ◦ s. 316.193 DUI ◦ Rendered a Vehicle inoperable ◦ Involved a Commercial Motor Vehicle

10. FMCSA:  any truck with a GVWR/GVCWR greater than 10,000 lbs eligible to be classified as a CMV.  a motor vehicle designed to transport 9 or more people (including the driver’s seat)

11. Florida traffic statutes  Has a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more;  Is designed to transport more than 15 persons, including the driver; or  Is transporting hazardous materials and is required to be placarded.  A vehicle that occasionally transports personal property to and from a closed-course motorsport facility, as defined in s. 549.09(1)(a), is not a commercial motor vehicle if the use is not for profit and corporate sponsorship is not involved.

12. 1 Vehicle 10,000 lbs. or less Placarded for Hazardous Materials 2 Single-Unit Truck (2-axle and GVWR more than 10,000 lbs. (4.536 kg) 3 Single-Unit Truck (3 or more axles) 4 Truck Pulling Trailer(s) 5 Truck Tractor (bobtail) 6 Truck Tractor/Semi-Trailer 7 Truck Tractor/Double Truck 8 Tractor/Triple 9 Truck more than 10,000 lbs. (4,536 kg), Cannot Classify 10 Bus/Large Van (seats for 9-15 occupants, including driver) 11 Bus (seats for more than 15 occupants, including driver) 77 Other (Narrative may contain clarifying information) 88 Unknown

13. Must include date, time and location of crash Description of vehicle involved Name and address of parties involved including drivers and passengers Names and address of all witnesses Name and badge number and agency of the officer investigating crash Names of insurance companies

14. These two forms are the same with the exception of the Narrative/Diagram which are not required for short form Driver Exchange form (90011S) is kept by local agency No more optional short form on Driver Exchange HSMV number is required for both short & long forms

15. 1. If not a Hit and Run owner information is required. (“Same as Driver” is not acceptable) 2. A Parked Car cannot have a driver 3. If a person has a first name, they must have a last name 4. For a Non Motorist these are required fields (most, but not all, vendor applications already require this): ◦ Non Motorist Location At Time of Crash ◦ Action Prior to Crash

16. 5. When “Work Zone Related” is “Yes,” these are required fields (most, but not all, vendor applications already require this):  Crash in Work Zone  Type of Work Zone  Workers in Work Zone  Law Enforcement in Work Zone ◦ (Helpful Hint: Ask your vendor if the Department Name and Department Type could be prefilled, rather than requiring the officer to do this for each crash report.)

17. 1) Duplicate Crash Numbers 2) No HSMV Number 3) Illegible Crash Report 4) A Parked Car cannot have a driver

18. Faster access to crash data on FIRESportal.com Improved data uniformity Timeliness will increase Revenue Sharing Cost savings by reducing office and postal expenses Reduction in common reporting errors including empty data fields and legibility.

19. $5 for each crash report Both electronic and paper reports qualify Must be submitted timely, accurately and purchased on BuyCrash.com Paid out over $170,000 so far Over $95,000 this quarter already earned

20. Access paper and electronic reports Search, display, and print report copies from current to historical Run statistical queries Display collision maps Request and schedule formatted reports Password and login required 866-495-4206 pimsupport@appriss.compimsupport@appriss.com Paid out over $ _______

21. FMCSA grant  12 law enforcement agencies  CMV crash reports  awarded 350,000,00  laptops and mounting hardware  report large truck and bus crash data

22. Dade 50,000.00 Broward 74,000.00 Lee 25,000.00 St. Lucie 33,000.00 Martin 25,000.00 Palm Beach 25,000.00 Alachua 25,000.00 Volusia 24,500.00 Walton 10,500.00 Orange 25,000.00 Monroe 25,000.00

23. 11 of the highest reporting agencies are within 25 miles of each other. All agencies submitting paper reports would have to participate to make it worthwhile DHSMV would like to find an agency with extra office space to host this endeavor Encourage agencies to use a courier the reports to this central location DHSMV vendor would collect and scan reports 3 days a week. Agencies would save postage and meet timely criteria for more revenue sharing.

24. More grant funding of laptops and hardware for CMV crashes CMV Crash Report Training On-line Crash Report Manual South Florida Processing Center

25. Contact Information: David Hetzel FMCSA SSDQ david@nisrinc.com 954-864-6281

26. Additional Information A list of approved vendors can be found at www.flhsmv.gov/courtswww.flhsmv.gov/courts Tom Austin (850) 617-3275, ThomasAustin@flhsmv.govThomasAustin@flhsmv.gov Region 4:Darrell Schultz (863) 499-2921, DarrellSchultz@flhsmv.govDarrellSchultz@flhsmv.gov Region 5: Richie Frederick(941) 223-0847, RichieFrederick@flhsmv.govRichieFrederick@flhsmv.gov Region 6: Mario Rallo (305) 338-7337, MarioRallo@flhsmv.govMarioRallo@flhsmv.gov For more information about E-Citations and E- Crash or answers to your questions visit us at: www.flhsmv.gov/courts www.flhsmv.gov/courts

27. Open Discussion: Issues Barriers Concerns