Safety in Numbers: Using Statistics to Make the Transportation System Safer: Safety Data Action Plan

United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics

doi:10.21949/1501426

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Safety in Numbers: Using Statistics to Make the Transportation System Safer: Safety Data Action Plan

2000-09-13
By United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics

English

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Safety data initiative
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United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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Action Plans Database Management Systems Data Collection Fatalities Intermodal Database Reporting Systems Safety Data Strategic Planning Transportation Research Transportation Safety
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https://doi.org/10.21949/1501426
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United States
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United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Abstract:

Deaths and injuries are a major cost in transportation. Transportation fatalities rank third as the cause of lost years of life in the U.S. (behind heart disease and cancer. But the Department of Transportation has not yet responded to this public health threat by developing data programs as capable as those used in the federal medical community. This plan aims to improve the quality of safety data programs throughout the Department of Transportation. Our principal model for improvement is the reporting system used by the National Institutes of Health to track and treat disease, and this requires better timeliness, comparability, accuracy, and coverage for transportation data. Our goal is to provide DOT with a new level of data quality, sufficient to identify, quantify, and minimize the risk factors in U.S. travel. This quality is essential to fact-based management of transportation safety programs. The Safety in Numbers project directly supports the DOT Strategic Safety Goal-"Promote the public health and safety by working toward the elimination of transportation-related deaths, injuries, and property damage." The plan is divided into two sections. Section 1 describes the actions that need to be taken to improve the quality of existing data and fill data gaps. Section 2 describes a process for involving all stakeholders in the process.
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