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The RCMP recognized that in order to meet the targets of Road Safety
Vision 2010, a tool was needed to encourage traffic members to move
towards problem solving in order to align service delivery with the fatal
and serious injury crash problem. The Traffic Services Information Tool
(TSMIT) was developed by the RCMP in British Columbia as a means to enable
the police to do just that.
In 2004 TSMIT was selected by National Traffic Services as the means
to effectively manage and analyze traffic data. This newer version of
TSMIT is presently being piloted in Saskatchewan and Manitoba and is based
on ground information systems technology that requires mapping software
and GPS units.
The implementation of TSMIT will enable users to:
- Identify the high injury, fatal areas and their associated Target
Groups.
- Acquire and analyze the crash record data (What, Where, When and Why
the crashes are taking place).
- Focus towards building of partnerships, education and enforcement
in problem solving.
- Create accountability and facilitate problem solving to concentrate
on the root causes of the crash problem based on factual data.
- Provide short and long term analysis to responses to given problems,
to measure success and failures.
TSMIT can assist traffic managers in tailoring their enforcement activities
to address their collision picture.
- 36% of fatal collisions at this particular unit are due to occupants
being unbelted but yet only 23% of the enforcement is for occupant restraints.
- 39% of fatal collisions are occurring at intersections but less than
2% of enforcement is focused on intersections.
- 7% of fatal collisions involve speed as a contributing factor but
56% of enforcement activity is speed related.
The implication for this particular unit is it needs to develop strategies
for intersection and occupant restraints enforcement/education and place
less emphasis on speed related enforcement.
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