Community Maps Pilot Project - Phase II

Each Wisconsin county has a Traffic Safety Commission, with representation from the Highway and Sheriff's Departments. At quarterly meetings, they review the crash summary of fatalities, injuries, and reported property damages - usually presented on three hard-copy 'spot maps'. Using a Google-API based online interface, authorized users - whether internal or external - will be able to enter and plot selected data from the MV4000 WI Motor Vehicle Accident Report. Easy-to-use web-based spot maps could incorporate additional data including locally tracked crash safety factors, traffic counts, pavement conditions, and crash history. More detailed maps, and the ablility to work with them in-house, may make it easier for local decision-makers to identify 'accident prone' road segments and appropriate safety improvements.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $15700.00
• Contract Numbers:

  MRUTC 08-12

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Midwest Regional University Transportation Center

  University of Wisconsin
  2205 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive, Room 272
  Madison, WI  United States  53706
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  1415 Engineering Drive
  Madison, WI  United States  53706
• Principal Investigators:

  Adams, Teresa

• Start Date: 20070815
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20080930
• Source Data: RiP Project 14969

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash data; Crash locations; Crash rates; Highway safety; Maps; Research projects; Traffic safety
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01460175
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Midwest Regional University Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: MRUTC 08-12
• Files: UTC, RiP
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:20PM