Collision Recording And Sharing System (CRASH)

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Collision Recording And Sharing System (CRASH)

• Pat Kilbey
• Head of Road Safety Statistics Unit
• Department for Transport
• Pat.kilbey_at_dft.gsi.gov.uk

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Vision

• Standard national electronic system for England
  and Wales to enable the secure
• Collection
• Management of collision investigations
• Validation
• Transmission and
• Storage of collision details.
• to meet police business needs and government
  statistical requirements
• Provide an optional mobile solution
• Importation and auto population of collision
  details

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CRASH in general

• The system will deal with all aspects of a
  collision, including
• Initial details at collision scene
• Collision investigation
• Administration
• File management
• STATS19 completion
• Optional system with a back office and an
  optional mobile solution
• Front Office, Back Office and Mobile Device
  screens
• Flexible XML interface

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CRASH in general

• Once-only submission
• Single database Intelligence
• Linked to national databases
• Accessible via Web browsers
• Centralised Support Maintenance
• Annual operating costs
• Electronic transfer of validated STATS19

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CRASH in operation

• Officer attends collision with mobile device
• GPS gives exact location of collision
• Officer inputs minimum data
• Addresses added from post codes
• Name checked on PNC
• VRM checked on PNC
• Police and statistics (NCRF and NCSR report forms
  integrated and only required fields displayed
• Printing at scene
• Officer receives warning if not submitted within
  specified time

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Other Features

• Interfaces
• GPS, PNC, Mapping, Case Preparation systems,
  PentiP, KeyACCIDENT and AccsMap
• Other features
• Management process e.g. reminders - paperless
  system
• Letters and forms
• Audit trail
• Merge duplicate reports
• Electronic transfer to other forces
• National collision details immediately available
• Local stats fields
• Training and Online Help

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Digital Collision Recording - benefits

• Quality improvements for statistics
• Statistics fully integrated within police
  accident reporting
• Details e.g. personal, vehicle and location can
  be confirmed and the reports can be compiled and
  essential parts validated at the scene of the
  collision.
• Maximise the automated importation of data from
  other systems
• Drop down menus/help to ensure correct input eg
  severity classification
• Notify missing data and complete validation
  before final submission.
• Improved quality but also potential for access to
  a wider range of data without adding to the
  burden of data collection

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Progress Plans

• The contract to develop the software has was
  awarded end of 2008
• Clarification of requirements and design
  completed, software under development and an
  initial demonstration system produced
• Testing with 3 pilot forces in spring 2011
• Roll-out to other forces starting mid 2011
• Further information
• NPIA Business Change Manager Inspector Geoff
  Goodall geoff.goodall_at_npia.pnn.police.uk
• General PatKilbey/David Wilson RSS, DfT website

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Creation of a new record
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Casualty record