Data Collection
Identifying, collecting, and integrating different, useful data sets are integral to developing
a robust data program and fundamental to making informed decisions about safety strategies
and investments. This section offers information about what safety data to collect and how
to use them to strengthen the Highway Safety Improvement Program and other highway investments.
Learn how safety data support roadway safety considerations throughout program planning, project
development, and operations decision making.
- Perspectives for the Development of the Roadway Safety Data Program Perspectives for the Development of the Roadway Safety Data Program This document follows the state data capability assessment process and summarizes the project team's and State participants' perspectives, organized into four areas: data collection, data analysis, data management, and data expansion. For each goal area and proposed action item the document includes discussion on motivation, priority, delivery methods, and recommendations.
- MIRE Management Information System Lead Agency Data Collection Report
MIRE Management Information System Lead Agency Data Collection Report The Lead Agency
Data Collection Report presents the findings from an effort to assist two States to expand
their roadway inventory data collection to include MIRE intersection data elements. The development
of this information into their databases was intended to facilitate the use of this information
to use more advanced analytic methods. The report documents two different methods of data
extraction used by the two pilot states. The implications from this effort may lead to more
effective and efficient methods of increasing the collection and use of MIRE by State and
local transportation agencies. Further, these results may better assist States in complying
with the guidance and requirements of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21)
legislation.
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MIRE Element Collection Mechanisms and Gap Analysis
MIRE Element Collection Mechanisms and Gap Analysis The Element Collection Mechanisms
and Gap Analysis Report presents the findings of an effort to 1) explore existing and emerging
data collection technologies, and 2) to narrow the gaps between the elements in the MIRE listing
and the current data available from transportation agencies' inventories and supplemental
databases. This report provides data managers and data collectors with potential techniques
for advancing future data collection of roadway and traffic inventory data.
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United States Roadway Safety Data Capabilities Assessment
United States Roadway Safety Data Capabilities Assessment FHWA Office of Safety initiated the Roadway Safety
Data Capability Assessment to better understand the current status of State safety data systems.
- Development
of a Structure for a MIRE Management Information System
Development of a Structure for a MIRE Management Information System The Structure Report
identifies issues States should be cognizant of when collecting, correcting, and maintaining
information for a safety management system. The report presents a conceptual model that identifies
the business functions a state is likely to need from a safety management system. This document
provides data managers with information and issues they should address in establishing or
improving an integrated safety data file structure to enhance the safety performance of the
state's roadways.
- MIRE MIS - Feasibility
of a Model Inventory of Roadway Elements Management Information System
MIRE MIS - Feasibility of a Model Inventory of Roadway Elements Management Information System
The Feasibility Report serves as a summary document for the activities conducted as part of
the MIRE MIS program. This report provides information about each of the component projects
and the findings and implications of the effort.
- Exploration of
the Application of Collective Information to Transportation Data for Safety White Paper
Exploration of the Application
of Collective Information to Transportation Data for Safety White Paper The White Paper
explores the technique of collective information as a means of gathering data needed for transportation
safety. Collective information is a process of assembling or gathering information on a subject
through the use of a large, disperse, and potentially uncontrolled group of individuals. The
White Paper also examines current uses of collective information gathering and potential next
steps for this process to support the collection of transportation data.
- Integrating MIRE:
Better Data for Better Decisions to Save Lives
Integrating MIRE: Better Data for Better Decisions to Save Lives The Integrating MIRE
Brochure highlights the major findings from the MIRE MIS program. It includes information
about data collection, integration and management, and measuring data quality.
MIRE
MIRE, the Model Inventory of Roadway Elements, is a dictionary of recommended roadway inventory
and traffic elements critical to safety management.