Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory
Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Crash DataPast, Present, and Future
Andrea Bill
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Audience
● Law Enforcement?● Analysts?● Education?● IT?● Dispatchers?● Other?
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
● Past• MV4000• Training• Paper● Present• TraCS• WisTransPortal● Future• Crash Data 2.0
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Past
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Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
People & Training● According to the CDIPG, one refrain
commonly heard from police is that“crash forms are being completed justfor insurance companies”
● WisDOT MV4000 Instruction Manual• Primary training resource for WI officers• Last updated in 1998• Brief and vague concerning engineering
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Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Present
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Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Engineering ElementsData Quality Audit
● Low accuracy for access control at partially controlledfacilities indicates a lack of understanding by officers forwhat qualifies as partial control
● When hills or curves are present on at least oneapproach, officers are flagging them even when theyare not the site of the crash, which is incorrect
● Low traffic-way accuracy is a result ofmisunderstanding what constitute divided roadwaysand barriers
● Roundabout-specific inaccuracies were especiallynoteworthy in the horizontal curve and traffic-way fields
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
WisTransPortal Overview
● Objectives• Archived Data Management• Real-Time Data Exchange• Centralize Access to Data• Data / Systems Integration• IT Test Bend Environment• Research / Government Shared Objectives
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
WisTransPortal Overview● Data Sources• Traffic Data• Crash Data• Traffic Incidents• Lane Closures• Traffic Video• ITS Inventory• Road Weather Data• Roadway GIS Inventory
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
WisTransPortal Software Systems
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Initial System Deployed in 2006
Wisconsin MV4000 Crash Data
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Crash Reports (2008) and Statewide GIS Crash Map (2012)
Wisconsin MV4000 Crash Data
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Future● New Crash Elements and
Attributes• 2012• Brown County Sheriff,• La Crosse County Sheriff,• City of Madison,• City of Milwaukee,• Wisconsin State Patrol, and• Oneida Tribal Police.
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Crash Data Work Group
● DMV● DSP● DTIM● DTSD● DBM
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory
Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
● Weed out fields that had become obsolete andidentify others that were not being collected (i.e.roundabouts or cell phone use)
● Form is more intuitive and that there is a greatsavings at both the state and local level bygathering correct and accurate data
● Easily describe what happened (i.e., cell phoneusage, roundabouts, cross median crashes)
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Work Zone
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Scene Management
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
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Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
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Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Crash Database - Objectives
● Implement the Revised Crash Form● Streamline Crash Data Processing● Modernize the Data Management System● Improve Crash Data Quality – MMUCC / MIRE● Take Full Advantage of the TraCS Incident Locator Tool
(ILT)● Enhance Crash Data Access and Interoperability● Linking the Old and New Crash Data● Support More Frequent Updates to the Crash Form
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Crash Database - National Perspective
● The Performance “Six Pack”• Timeliness• Accuracy• Completeness• Consistency• Accessibility• Integration
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Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Crash Database - Components
● Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition● TraCS Web Services● Web Based Resolve System
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Crash Database - Timeline
ElementsandA,ributes March2015
HighLevelRequirements June2015
CrashDataDicAonary September2016
RevisedTraCSCrashForm December2015
DatabaseSystemDevelopment October2015–June2016
TesAngandAcceptance July2016
LawEnforcementTraining August–October2016
LawEnforcementTraCSPatch October–December2016
GoLive January1,2017
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Crash Database - Future
● Improve Crash Mapping and Analysis Capabilities● Include Photos & Attachments to the Crash Report● Linkages to Federal Systems (FARS, FMCSA)● Linkages to External Data (EMS, Roadway)● Include Additional TraCS Forms● Research and Innovation• To enable analysis and decision making through
downstream application
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
● All crash reports will need to be submittedelectronically through TraCS 10 as of January 1,2017 on the new crash report form.
• Agencies that currently do not have TraCS or are notusing TraCS 10 should e-mail [email protected] questions.
● Training will be available and provided to lawenforcement agencies across the state in thesecond half of 2016.