Roadway Safety Professional Capacity Building Program

2012PDFProceedingsAccident dataData collectionWorkshopsData qualityHighway safetyTraffic safetyPeer groupsUniversities and collegesRoadway safety dataCrash dataData analysis toolsElectronic crash reportingConnecticut;New Mexico;LouisianaUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of SafetySmichenko, SusanJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of SafetyAGR-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITYNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-AccidentsNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway SafetyNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITYVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center;Federal Highway AdministrationIn March 2012, the Connecticut (CTDOT) and New Mexico (NMDOT) Departments of Transportation met in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for a two\u2010day peer session dedicated to exploring the intricate 12\u2010year safety data partnership between the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) and Louisiana State University\u2019s (LSU) Highway Safety Research Group (HSRG) (see Appendix A for a complete list of participants). While CTDOT\u2019s andNMDOT\u2019s goals were slightly different, each wished to advance their electronic crash reporting efforts and develop more comprehensive and collaborative relationships with their respective state universities to collect, store, and analyze crash data.This report summarizes the key lessons from this dynamic peer exchange and highlights the progress made by each agency in advancing their data partnerships