1. Partnering for Improving Crash Data Quality and Use State of Maine Approach ME Traffic Records Forum Session #43 July 17, 2003 Denver, Colorado 2001 Best Practice Award 2003 Best Practice Honorable Mention

2. State Agencies Involved Department of Public Safety - Maine State Police - Bureau of Highway Safety - Management Information System Department Bureau of Motor Vehicles Department of Transportation

3. Roles and Responsibilities Maine State Police Subject Matter Expert (Data Collection) System Analysis and Design (User Point of View) System Testing and Evaluation System User Training

4. Roles and Responsibilities Cont.. Bureau of Highway Safety Project Sponsor ($$$) Project Coordinator System Analysis and Design (Data User) System Testing and Evaluation Local Liaison Data Validation and Audit Rules

5. Roles and Responsibilities Cont.. Management Information Systems Department Technical Advisor Database Administrator Wide Area Network System Testing and Evaluation Project Management DPS Registered Trademark of Oracle Corporation

6. Roles and Responsibilities Cont.. Bureau of Motor Vehicles System Improvements Insurance Company Data Integration Elimination of the 48 Hour Form Elimination of the Motorist Report

7. Roles and Responsibilities Cont.. Department of Transportation Crash Location Wizard Crash Location Map Interface System Testing and Evaluation System Training Subject Matter Expert (Data User) Data Validation and Audit Rules

8. Program Outcomes Well Accepted System Throughout the Law Enforcement Community 85% of the State Law Enforcement Agencies Reporting Electronically to the State Reduction of Data Collection Time Near Real-Time Crash Data To Data User (Within 24hr of Occurrence) Interface Provided to All Agency Involved in Highway Safety (BMV, DOT, EMS) and the Public Improved Data Quality

9. Traffic Records Suite Wireless Secure Network EMS Crash/Citation MOBILE CRASHCITATION EMS Related Systems FARS SAFETY NET GIS CODES Hospital Roadway Driver/Vehicle Health Law Enforcement Police Ambulance Judicial HospitalCorona Areas of Potential XML Use Copyright 2003 © Ledge Light Technologies Data Users DOT DMV JUDICIAL RESEARCHERS & UNIVERSITIES NHTSA FHWA MEDICAL EXAMINERS DOH PUBLIC LAW ENFORCEMENT XML

10. Crash Reporting Module Crash Location Wizard & Mapping Standard Reports Module Ad-Hoc Reporting Module Citation Module RMS Export Module Web-based Reporting Module Emergency Medical Services Module SafetyNet Export Module Export Manager Module Import Manager Module E-Mail Processing Module Wireless Server Data Repository Traffic Records Suite Components

11. Deployed Architecture CRS Desktop Systems CRS Mobile Systems Crash Data Entered in VehicleEnter Crash Data at Agency Export Manager Export Crash Data Agency Network Server Agency Crash Database State Centralized Crash Database Registered Trademark of Oracle Corporation Agency Exports Crash Records to State Via WAN Internal Agency Network Import Manager Wireless (CDPD) Network or Floppy Transfer Copyright 2003 © Ledge Light Technologies

12. Project Cost To-Date Phase 1 - $75,000.00 Phase 2 - $149,150.00 Phase 3 - $451,589.70 Phase 4 - $485,535.00

13. Contact Tracy Poulin Maine Department of Public Safety Bureau of Highway Safety Phone: (207) 624-8756 Email: Tracy.J.Poulin@maine.gov