badger tracs – a coordinated effort
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Badger TraCS – A Coordinated Effort. Patricia McCallum Wisconsin Department of Transportation Traffic Records Forum July 16, 2003. Wisconsin At A Glance. State Animal: Badger State Beverage: Milk State Motto: “Forward”. Wisconsin At A Glance. Population: 5.364 million Counties: 72 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Badger TraCS – A Coordinated Effort
Patricia McCallumWisconsin Department of Transportation
Traffic Records ForumJuly 16, 2003
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Wisconsin At A Glance
State Animal: Badger
State Beverage: Milk
State Motto: “Forward”
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Wisconsin At A Glance
Population: 5.364 million Counties: 72 Total miles of Roadway: 110,150
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
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Crash Reports Submitted by Enforcement Type
620 Law Enforcement Agencies State Patrol 4.4% County Sheriff 39.5% City Police 47.7% Village Police 5.1% Town Police 3.1% Other .2%
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State-of-Practice in Wisconsin
MV4002 Driver Report of Accident 1-page paper form Completed by drivers involved in the
crash Manually entered by DMV staff Data not used for statistical reporting
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State-of-Practice in Wisconsin
MV4000 Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Accident Report 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
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MV4000 Processing Sequence
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State-of-Practice in Wisconsin
Uniform Traffic Citation (UTC) 2 forms – paper and electronic 1-page, 3 ply paper form Information keyed by 3rd party vendor 12% sent from courts electronically to
DMV No standard software for Field Data
Collection, for Mobile Data Browsers or Records Management Systems
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State-of-Practice in Wisconsin
Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Paper form Manual entry by Office of Justice
Assistance Summary crime statistics Not compliant with National Incident-
Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
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State-of-Practice in Wisconsin
CMV Inspection Forms Motor Carrier Safety Inspection Report
42,000 reports annually Federal reporting system Paper form Manual entry by State Patrol Inspectors
Motor Carrier Incident Reports 50,296 reports annually State reporting system Paper form Manual entry by State Patrol Inspectors Only CMV Inspections at this time
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Time to Change the Current Reporting System in Wisconsin
“Bridging the gap between the state-of-practice and state-of-the-art”
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Looking At Options
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
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Reasons to Adopt TraCS-Administrative Benefits
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
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Reasons to Adopt TraCS-Law Enforcement Benefits
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
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Reasons to Adopt TraCS-Law Enforcement Benefits
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
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TraCS Forms Development
CRASH FORMS Phase I – Driver Report of
Accident (MV4002) Internal Entry System
Phase II – Police Accident Report (MV4000) Internal Entry System
Phase III – Automation of MV4000 for Law Enforcement
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TraCS Forms Development
Phase I – Driver Report of Accident
Project began September 2001 Created a focus group of processors Added ODBC connectivity
enhancement to TraCS (External Search)
200+ edits in form Implemented July 2002
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TraCS Forms Development
Phase II – Police Accident Report Project began August 2002 Project about 95% complete Involved a focus group of processors Adopted most of the edits from MV4002
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
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TraCS Forms DevelopmentPhase III – Automation
Project planned to start fall 2003 Create Outreach group of law enforcement
officers Adopt the majority of edits from internal
MV4000 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
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TraCS Forms DevelopmentLocation
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
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Crash Transmission
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TraCS Forms Development
E-Citation 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
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E-Citation – Field Entry Screen
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Citation Transmission to Court System
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Future TraCS Forms DevelopmentWARNING CITATION
MOTOR CARRIER INSPECTION
INCIDENT REPORT
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Coordination and Dissemination of TraCS
TraCS Sub-license and Application Wisconsin TraCS Steering
Committee Agency representatives Mission and goals
Coordination Subcommittee Technical/programming experts Reviews forms development to
ensure statewide consistency
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Wisconsin ContactsTraCS Project Manager: [email protected] IT Developer: [email protected] Citation Manager:
[email protected] IT Developer: [email protected]
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Wisconsin Contacts
Questions?