Badger Tra CS A Coordinated Effort Patricia

Badger Tra. CS – A Coordinated Effort Patricia Mc. Callum Wisconsin Department of Transportation Traffic Records Forum July 16, 2003 1

Wisconsin At A Glance n State Animal: Badger n State Beverage: Milk n State Motto: “Forward” 2

Wisconsin At A Glance n n n Population: 5. 364 million Counties: 72 Total miles of Roadway: 110, 150 n n n Federal and State Trunk: 11, 752 miles County: 19, 668 miles Local: 78, 730 miles Crashes per Year: 140, 000 Citations per Year: 850, 776 Law Enforcement Agencies: 620 3

Crash Reports Submitted by Enforcement Type n 620 Law Enforcement Agencies n n n State Patrol County Sheriff City Police Village Police Town Police Other 4. 4% 39. 5% 47. 7% 5. 1% 3. 1%. 2% 4

State-of-Practice in Wisconsin n MV 4002 Driver Report of Accident n n 1 -page paper form Completed by drivers involved in the crash Manually entered by DMV staff Data not used for statistical reporting 5

State-of-Practice in Wisconsin n MV 4000 Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Accident Report n n n n 4 -page scannable paper form Non-scannable information entered manually by DMV staff Contains 147 standard informational fields Incorporates previously separate form for large truck and bus crashes On/At location methodology No standard for GIS maps or for automating incident location Statistical reports prepared by DMV 6

MV 4000 Processing Sequence 7

State-of-Practice in Wisconsin n Uniform Traffic Citation (UTC) n n n 2 forms – paper and electronic 1 -page, 3 ply paper form Information keyed by 3 rd party vendor 12% sent from courts electronically to DMV No standard software for Field Data Collection, for Mobile Data Browsers or Records Management Systems 8

State-of-Practice in Wisconsin n Uniform Crime Report (UCR) n n Paper form Manual entry by Office of Justice Assistance Summary crime statistics Not compliant with National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) 9

State-of-Practice in Wisconsin n CMV Inspection Forms n Motor Carrier Safety Inspection Report n n n 42, 000 reports annually Federal reporting system Paper form Manual entry by State Patrol Inspectors Motor Carrier Incident Reports n n n 50, 296 reports annually State reporting system Paper form Manual entry by State Patrol Inspectors Only CMV Inspections at this time 10

Time to Change the Current Reporting System in Wisconsin “Bridging the gap between the stateof-practice and state-of-the-art” 11

Looking At Options n n n Need to replace OS/2 Operating System Limited funding available – federal funds only Lack of IT resources for development Desire to automate crash data reporting Need to improve location data 12

Reasons to Adopt Tra. CSAdministrative Benefits n n Cost effective means to streamline data collection Flexible and expandable architecture Opportunity to enhance location data One system for internal data entry and law enforcement automation 13

Reasons to Adopt Tra. CSLaw Enforcement Benefits n n n Modular design to meet majority of data collection needs Common data shared among forms Options for reporting crashes Reduction in administrative duties and paperwork Driving records updated sooner 14

Reasons to Adopt Tra. CSLaw Enforcement Benefits n n n Immediate access to their own data Printed copies easier to read Fewer keying errors No more filling in bubbles Data collection made easier, faster and more accurate 15

Tra. CS Forms Development n n n CRASH FORMS Phase I – Driver Report of Accident (MV 4002) Internal Entry System Phase II – Police Accident Report (MV 4000) Internal Entry System Phase III – Automation of MV 4000 for Law Enforcement 16

Tra. CS Forms Development Phase I – Driver Report of Accident n n n Project began September 2001 Created a focus group of processors Added ODBC connectivity enhancement to Tra. CS (External Search) 200+ edits in form Implemented July 2002 17

Tra. CS Forms Development Phase II – Police Accident Report n n n n Project began August 2002 Project about 95% complete Involved a focus group of processors Adopted most of the edits from MV 4002 plus added several more Entry of Truck/Bus fields Will include data entry of latitude and longitude coordinates if filled out by officer Plan to implement summer 2003 18

Tra. CS Forms Development Phase III – Automation n n n Project planned to start fall 2003 Create Outreach group of law enforcement officers Adopt the majority of edits from internal MV 4000 plus modifications Develop abbreviated deer, fatal supplement, and driver information exchange forms Establish an image system for storing electronic data Establish a way to print the electronic reports Pilot early 2004 19

Tra. CS Forms Development Location n n Work group formed to provide recommendations on location data capture Comprised of DOT, Law Enforcement and other agency personnel Latitude and longitude coordinates can currently be captured using GPS Will be entered starting in Phase II Considering an automated map tool such as CTRE tool 20

Crash Transmission 21

Tra. CS Forms Development E-Citation n n n Project began January 2003 Outreach group formed Single entry screen 100+ validations Data sent to Circuit Court Automation Program and Municipal Courts Field testing fall 2003 Statewide roll-out 2004 22

E-Citation – Field Entry Screen 23

Citation Transmission to Court System 24

Future Tra. CS Forms Development n WARNING CITATION n MOTOR CARRIER INSPECTION n INCIDENT REPORT 25

Coordination and Dissemination of Tra. CS n n Tra. CS Sub-license and Application Wisconsin Tra. CS Steering Committee n n n Agency representatives Mission and goals Coordination Subcommittee n n Technical/programming experts Reviews forms development to ensure statewide consistency 26

Wisconsin Contacts Tra. CS Project Manager: patricia. mccallum@dot. state. wi. us Crash IT Developer: jennifer. schmidt@dot. state. wi. us Tra. CS Citation Manager: anna. biermeier@dot. state. wi. us Citation IT Developer: jeffrey. murkve@dot. state. wi. us 27

Wisconsin Contacts Questions? 28