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

• 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

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

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

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

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

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)

Florida traffic statutesHas a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more;Is designed to transport more than 15 persons, including the driver; orIs 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.

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

• 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

• 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

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 name4. 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

5. When “Work Zone Related” is “Yes,” these are required fields (most, but not all, vendor applications already require this):Crash in Work ZoneType of Work ZoneWorkers in Work ZoneLaw 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.)

1) Duplicate Crash Numbers2) No HSMV Number3) Illegible Crash Report4) A Parked Car cannot have a driver

FMCSA grant

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

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

Additional Information

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