The objective of the Traffic Records Program at the VI Office of Highway Safety is to manage and improve the collection, analysis, and dissemination of traffic-related data. This data encompasses traffic crashes, citations and adjudications, driver information, driving behavior, vehicle registration, roadway conditions, and crash-related injuries and fatalities. A robust traffic records system is essential for improving road safety, supporting efficient law enforcement, and guiding effective policy decisions, all aimed at reducing crashes and saving lives.
The Territory’s Traffic Records System is made up of the following six core databases:
This system contains detailed information about traffic crashes including time, location, cause, occupants, and resulting injuries or fatalities.
This holds information about licensed drivers, including driving history, license status, traffic violations, and any sanctions or restrictions.
This records vehicle registration details, including vehicle type, ownership, inspection, and licensing status.
This database contains information about road infrastructure, including road conditions, intersections, signage, and safety features.
This includes medical and emergency response data related to injuries from traffic crashes.
This contains records of traffic violations, citations issued, court outcomes, and any penalties or fines imposed.
Traffic Records Coordinating Committee
The program is also responsible for establishing the Territory’s Traffic Records Coordinating Committee (TRCC) which provides a forum for agencies and stakeholders involved in collecting, managing, and utilizing traffic data. The TRCC identifies priority areas for improving traffic record systems, develops strategies to address these needs, and oversees the implementation and evaluation of data improvement projects to ensure effectiveness. The TRCC:
- Represents the interests of the agencies and organizations within the traffic records system to outside organizations.
- Reviews and evaluates new technologies to keep the highway safety data and traffic records systems up to date and compliant with federal requirements
- Develops, reviews, and approves the Territory’s Traffic Records Strategic Plan.
The Traffic Records Strategic Plan provides a five-year vision and mission for improving traffic records. The plan, which is updated each fiscal year, identifies high-level goals, objectives, and strategies, and establishes benchmarks and quantifiable performance measures to assess progress.
The link to the Strategic Plan will be listed.
Partnership Opportunities
The Traffic Records Program also provides funding to stakeholders who wish to improve the timeliness, accuracy, completeness, uniformity, integration, and accessibility of the Territory’s safety data needed to:
- Identify priorities for local and federal highway and traffic safety projects and evaluate the effectiveness of such efforts.
- Integrate the Territory’s data systems, including traffic records and systems that contain crash, medical, roadway, and/or economic data.
- Improve the compatibility and interoperability of the Territory’s data systems with national data systems and the data systems of other States.
- Enhance the Department’s ability to observe and analyze national trends in crash occurrences, rates, outcomes, and circumstances.