Traffic Records Programs and Resources

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 SystemsNew Orleans, LA

2. Support for State Traffic Records Programs

3. Traffic Records Core Programs

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 811 644). • 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

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 • 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

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 Improving Crash Data is not just an IT problem…

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

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 ElementsA 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? Thank You!