Safety Data and Analysis in Developing Emphasis Area Plans (2008) / Chapter Skim
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2. Set a crash, injury or death reduction goal for that issue.
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To obtain grants, local agencies typically have to show that they have a numerically large highway traffic safety problem, and that they have a valid solution to those problems, and that the benefits of improving their traffic records information outweigh the costs of the programs they are hoping to fund. The other barrier to traffic records improvement is that most of the core databases that make up a state's traffic records system exist to serve some other primary purpose.
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• Promote data sharing and linkage among the key components of the traffic records system. Data sharing, including "data-for-data partnerships," is a way to maximize the efficiency of the data collection and data entry efforts of agencies involved with similar datasets (e.g., law enforcement and courts, law enforcement and the state-wide crash data system, and courts and the driver history database)
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This guide has provided analytical methods that can assist the safety analyst in choosing and targeting safety improvement strategies in the 22 different emphasis areas of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan. Alternative methods have been presented for different levels of available safety data – from crash data only to mileposted and linked crash, inventory, and traffic data.
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