To improve road safety, better monitor high-incident areas and provide better reporting and visibility into traffic accident data, the State of Michigan partnered with EDS, now HP, to consolidate systems across the Department of State, Department of Transportation and State Police, significantly reducing costs and reducing traffic fatalities. The state decreased traffic accident fatalities through implementation of its CRASH Process Redesign (CPR). This multi-department effort streamlines the flow of critical information to help State Police monitor high-incident areas, the Department of State to request and channel funding in high risk areas, and the Department of Transportation to provide better reporting and visibility to traffic crash data. The unprecedented collaboration also significantly reduced costs to the state through inter-department information sharing and helps Michigan recover insurance claims to state property damage caused by motorists.
The processing system now collects traffic crash data from law enforcement agencies throughout the state and posts the data to a statewide database, allowing easy access to all interested entities. Over the next seven years, the State will recognize net benefits of $3.3 million and an ROI of 30 percent – but most importantly – has already proven to decrease lives lost on Michigan roads by 12 percent.
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