Massachusetts has just released its 2023 Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP). The SHSP is a federally mandated plan for providing a comprehensive structure for reducing roadway fatalities and injuries on all public roadways. The SHSP is updated every five years, with the previous update having been completed in 2018. Unique to the 2023 SHSP is…
DetailsMassachusetts Department of Transportation (DOT)’s IMPACT data tool suite is a web-based application that provides data, maps and charts for crashes within the Commonwealth. By providing users with the ability to query and visualize Massachusetts crash data, IMPACT grants roadway safety stakeholders an enhanced opportunity to implement and reinforce safety initiatives and programming. Currently, IMPACT consists of six modules: Interactive Data Dashboards, Data Query and Visualization, Data Extraction,…
DetailsThe Massachusetts’ Registry of Motor Vehicles’ (RMV) Law Enforcement Liaison (LEL) plays a valuable role in improving crash data within the Commonwealth. A major responsibility of the LEL is, through careful review, identifying data quality issues on the officer’s end as well as within the Records Management System software itself, then communicating these issues to the appropriate agency, as well as recommending changes…
DetailsThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) State Safety Data Quality (SSDQ) Program has created five reference cards to assist law enforcement when reporting a large truck or bus crash.
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