Recovering full repair costs of INDOT infrastructure damaged by motor vehicle crashes.
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Recovering full repair costs of INDOT infrastructure damaged by motor vehicle crashes.

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    • Alternative Title:
      Joint Transportation Research Program Technical Report Series : Civil Engineering
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    • OCLC Number:
      779621515
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      Final report.
    • NTL Classification:
      NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-AccidentsNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway SafetyNTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-Economic ImpactsNTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
    • Abstract:
      There are approximately 4,000 instances per year where state property located along Indiana Department of Transportation

      (INDOT) maintained right-of-way needs to be replaced or repaired due to motor vehicle crashes. INDOT incurs significant financial

      losses to repair state property damage that is not recovered from the responsible driver because responsible parties cannot be

      identified and invoices do not reflect the fully-loaded cost of the repair. This study’s objective is to identify enhanced management

      procedures to decrease the financial burden of the state by identifying best practices supporting the following four goals: 1)

      increasing the percent of invoices collected, 2) more effectively associating vehicle crash reports with crash damaged infrastructure,

      3) decreasing the process time, and 4) ensuring that invoices reflect the fully-loaded repair cost. As part of the study INDOT’s

      recovery process was compared to peer states, a prototype process to document crash damaged infrastructure was field tested,

      enhanced crash repair documents were developed, and crash report queries were evaluate.

      Based on the research, this report recommends that the recovery process should begin with the placement of a tag by the

      investigating law enforcement officer at the scene of the crash. This tag would allow maintenance crews to directly link

      infrastructure damage with a specific vehicle crash report. This report recommends that a notification letter be sent to the driver

      and/or insurance company notifying them of the pending invoice. Past invoicing challenges show that these components are

      expected to increase the likelihood of successful repair cost recovery. This report also recommends that an administration fee be

      included in the repair costs to facilitate the new procedures. Performance measures have been proposed to evaluate the

      effectiveness of these procedures.

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