Sunday, July 22
1:30 - 3:00pm
Session 1:
Motorcycle Lane Splitting
Speakers:
Tiffani Fordyce
Wendy Van Selow
Hoa Le-Resnick
This presentation summarizes the results of analysis on a selection of states
(where lane splitting is legal and illegal) using state and national motor vehicle
crash databases. Though not conclusive, our results suggest motorcycle lane splitting
is a safety issue that needs to be examined in more detail.
EB Spreadsheet Tool for Evaluating Crash Risk of Left-Turn and Opposing Through Traffics at Signalized Intersections
Speaker: Young-Jun Kwon
This presentation introduces the new spreadsheet tool employing the EB method
for evaluating multi-vehicle crash risk of left-turn and opposing through traffics at
four-legged signalized intersections. It also provides a procedure used to develop
the spreadsheet, including defining crash population reference group and mean
and variance model development.
1:30 - 5:00pm
Session 2:
Safe Georgia On My Mind - Saving Lives with Improved Safety Data
Speakers:
Robert F. Dallas - Safe Georgia on My Mind
Michael Smith
Alvin Shultz - Implications of Emerging In-Vehicle Technology
W. Randall Clayton
Traffic Records Forum attendees must see this high level panel discussion/
presentation of life saving safety data improvements, "Safe Georgia on My
Mind." Then don't miss Georgia's Team presentations on the Role of TRCC
Technical Committee, Implications of Emerging Problems Technology for Highway
Safety Data, GA's New Interoperable Traffic Records Systems, and Safey Data
Privacy and Legal Issues.
Georgia's New Interoperable Traffic Records Systems
Speaker: W. Randall Clayton
The presentation describes how Georgia continues to identify and develop new
opportunities in traffic records systems and includes Georgia's current traffic
records system challenges and the new direction for achieving collaborative
successes. Georgia's traffic records systems are developed to optimize
interoperability among varying system owner infrastructures.
Georgia Safety Data Privacy and Legal Issues
Speaker: W. Randall Clayton
The presentation describes how Georgia manages safety data in compliance with
federal and state laws. The presentation highlights legal issues disseminating crash
report personal information, driver's license security issues and suggests a "cheap
and legal" approach to support data safety uses.
Role of the TRCC Technical Committee
Speaker: Michael Smith
The presentation describes how the design and activities of the TRCC Technical
Committee support the Section 408 funded projects of Georgia's traffic safety
partners. The presentation includes examples of the Georgia projects and
partnerships that benefit from this approach.
3:30-5:00pm
Session 3:
Collision Data Issue Resolution Process Washington State DOT
Speakers:
Angela M. Davis
Warren Stanley
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) continues to
develop policies and programs to increase the quality of its collision data. One
program that is critical to meefing ever-changing customer needs through the
business coding processes is the Data Issue Resolution process. We believe that
serving our customers takes a collaborative effort between the department,
internal and external agencies, customers, and other traffic safety organizations.
Collision Data Quality Audit Washington State DOT
Speakers:
Angela M. Davis
Warren Stanley
In a continuing effort to provide the best collision data possible to our organization
and our customers, the Collision Data and Analysis Branch of the Washington State
Department of Transportation perform an annual collision data quality audit. This
presentation will highlight the procedures, steps, and results of this process.
How to Get Your State Fatalities and FARS Numbers to Balance
Speakers:
Michael Conners
Sara Graham
Julie Sukkar
This presentation will detail the process of working with both the state crash
database and the FARS system in order to make sure all fatalities are accounted
for. We will discuss the process we use to "balance" the two databases.