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Goal 21 - Improving Information and Decision Support Systems
Good information properly used is one of the underpinnings of a sound traffic safety enterprise. Drivers with bad driving records need to be rigorously tracked and appropriate measures taken to protect public safety. The how, who, when, where, and why of accidents need to be recorded and the data made readily available for analysis and use in the formation of safety policy. The technology exists to gather, integrate, and utilize information on a wide variety of important traffic safety issues. Understanding and using information technology to the greatest advantage is a critical challenge to traffic safety programs nationwide.

Recommended Strategies:

• Strategy 21A: Improve the quality of safety data by establishing programs for quality assurance, incentives, and accountability within agencies responsible for collecting and managing safety data
• Strategy 21B: Provide managers and users of highway safety information with the resources needed to make the most effective use of the data
• Strategy 21C: Establish a means for coordinated collection, management, and use of safety information among organization at all jurisdictional levels
• Strategy 21D: Establish a group of highway safety professionals trained in the analytic methods appropriate for evaluating highway safety information
• Strategy 21E: Establish and promote technical standards for highway safety information systems' characteristics that are critical to operating effective Safety Management Systems (SMS) programs