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Tribal Transportation Program
Tribal Transportation Safety Data Survey
Your responses to this survey will help inform a report to the United States Congress on the quality
of safety data available to federally recognized tribal governments.
This report was requested in the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST) section 1117(b). This
survey will be available until June 26, 2016. The final report is expected by December 2016.
If you would prefer to schedule a phone interview instead of completing this online survey, please contact
Adam Larsen at [email protected] or 3606197751.
OMB Paperwork Reduction Act document control number is pending under 44 USC 3507(j)
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Anonymous Survey : Tribal Transportation Safety Data Survey
Your responses to this survey will help inform a report to the United States Congress on the quality
of safety data available to federally recognized tribal governments.
Survey Categories
*Please choose the entity type you represent
Choose one of the following answers
Federally Recognized Tribe
*
Safety data collection, sharing, and use often require participation of many departments and people. As
a result, it is anticipated that no one person will be able to adequately address all questions being posed
in this survey. All questions are optional, and upon completion of this survey you will be asked to identify
others within your government who may more readily address the questions you choose to skip or can
offer additional information.
Please choose the topics which you are likely able to address:
Check any that apply
Crash Data Collection (16 questions or fewer)
Crash Data Sharing (8 questions or fewer)
NonCrash Safety Data (7 questions or fewer)
Safety Data Use (16 questions or fewer)
You will also be asked six questions about existing safety efforts.
You will be provided an opportunity after the survey to recommend other individuals who should be
contacted for questions you are unable to answer.
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*
Please provide information about the tribal government you represent.
Please do not use acronyms.
Name of
Tribe
Department
What are your primary concerns related to transportation safety for your tribe?
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Tribal Transportation Safety Data Survey Safety Data Collection by Tribes MAX Survey
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Anonymous Survey : Tribal Transportation Safety Data Survey
Your responses to this survey will help inform a report to the United States Congress on the quality
of safety data available to federally recognized tribal governments.
Safety Data Collection by Tribes
All questions on this page are optional. Please skip any question you do not feel confident answering.
1. What law enforcement entity(s) are present in your tribe's area of transportation interest?
Check any that apply
Tribal Law Enforcement
State Law Enforcement
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Police
County Law Enforcement
Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
Other:
2. What law enforcement entity(s) respond to crashes in your tribe's area of transportation interest?
Check any that apply
Tribal Law Enforcement
State Law Enforcement
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Police
County Law Enforcement
Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
Other:
3. What is your current crash data collection method(s)?
Check any that apply
Data not collected
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Computerized completed later
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Paper Form
Uncertain
Computerized at time of incident with
laptop in vehicle
Other:
4a. How was the crash report form developed?
Choose one of the following answers
No crash report form exists
Same as state crash form
NOT based on state crash form
Uncertain
Based on state crash form
Other:
4b. If available, please upload a copy of the crash report form (and/or coding guide) used by your tribe.
Alternatively you may email the files to [email protected]
Obtaining a copy of your crash form allows an understanding of the data elements you are collecting.
Please upload at most 5 files
Upload files
5. Does the responding agency initiating and completing a crash report change when tribal members are
involved in the crash?
Choose one of the following answers
Please enter your comment here:
No
Uncertain
Yes. Please explain:
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6. How is location documented on the crash report? Check all that apply.
Check any that apply
Location NOT Recorded
Georeferencing latitude and longitude
(i.e. GPS)
Street Address or distance from cross
street
Uncertain
Route and Mile Marker
Other:
7. What, if any, training is provided to officers on filling out a crash report form?
8. Does your tribe have access to a crash report database?
Choose one of the following answers
No
Yes, available through state or local
government
Uncertain
Yes, both at the tribe and available
through another government
Yes, maintained by tribe
Other:
Yes
Uncertain
No
9a. Are paper
crash reports
stored?
10a. Are there
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methods in place
to assure quality
of individual
crash reports
before they are
submitted to the
database or
storage?
11. Are there
methods in place
to evaluate the
accuracy and
completeness of
crash data in the
crash database?
12. Is your tribe
involved in the
state's Traffic
Records
Coordinating
Committee?
9b. Please describe the retention schedule for paper reports.
How long and where are they stored?
How are the reports indexed?
If uncertain, please skip this question.
10b. Please describe the methods in place to assure quality of individual crash reports.
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13. Does your tribe have any planned improvements to the collection of crash data? Please describe.
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Anonymous Survey : Tribal Transportation Safety Data Survey
Your responses to this survey will help inform a report to the United States Congress on the quality
of safety data available to federally recognized tribal governments.
Safety Data Beyond Crash Data by Tribes
All questions on this page are optional. Please skip any question you do not feel confident answering.
1a. Does your tribe maintain a roadway inventory?
Choose one of the following answers
No
Yes, spreadsheet based
Uncertain
Yes, GIS based
Yes, only the Tribal Transportation
Other:
Program National Inventory
1b. What other features does your tribe track using GIS software?
Check any that apply
Crash Locations
Traffic Volumes
Road Signs
Intersection Locations
Traffic Signals
Horizontal or Vertical Curves
Guardrail locations
Other:
2. How often does your tribe conduct traffic counts on inventory routes?
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Choose one of the following answers
Never
Every 3 years
Uncertain
Every 6 years
Annually
Other:
3a. Does your tribe maintain a roadway asset database to track items such as signs, surface condition,
guardrail, signals, or other roadway features?
Choose one of the following answers
No
Uncertain
Yes, spreadsheet based
Yes, GIS based
Other:
3b. What roadway assets does your tribe inventory?
4. Does an Indian Health Service Clinic or other health care facility record injury data that is useful for
identifying transportation safety issues?
Choose one of the following answers
No
Uncertain
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Yes
Other:
5. Does your tribe have a policy that ensures the proper nighttime visibility of road signs?
Choose one of the following answers
Please enter your comment here:
No
Uncertain
Yes. Please explain:
6. Has your tribe conducted any Road Safety Audits (RSA) to assess the safety performance of specific
roadways?
Use the comment box if you wish to provide any further details concerning RSA.
Choose one of the following answers
Please enter your comment here:
No and unfamiliar with the RSA
concept
No but aware of RSA concept
Yes
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Tribal Transportation Program
Anonymous Survey : Tribal Transportation Safety Data Survey
Your responses to this survey will help inform a report to the United States Congress on the
quality of safety data available to federally recognized tribal governments.
Crash Data Sharing by Tribes
All questions on this page are optional. Please skip any question you do not feel confident answering.
1a. Does your tribe share crash data collected by Tribal and BIA Law Enforcement with the state?
Please use the comment box to provide clarification if needed.
Choose one of the following answers
Please enter your comment here:
No
Yes, shared with some information
redacted
Yes, all data shared
1b. Why do you not share all crash data with the state?
What barriers exist that limit or prevent the sharing of all crash data?
2. In what format does your tribe submit the crash data to the state agency?
Please use the comment box for other methods or to describe any strengths or weaknesses of this
submission method.
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Choose one of the following answers
Please enter your comment here:
Paper/Fax/Email of HardCopy crash
reports
Electronic/database integration
Online
Both Paper and Electronic (some
officers do not have computers)
Other
3. How often does your tribe submit crash reports to the state database?
Choose one of the following answers
Uncertain
Yes, quarterly
Yes, semiannually or annually
Other:
4. Does your tribe withhold any data elements from crash reports submitted to state agencies?
If yes, please explain what elements are withheld, if known.
Choose one of the following answers
Please enter your comment here:
No
Uncertain
Yes. Please explain:
5. Is your tribe able to access the submitted crash reports at a later time from the state system?
If available, please provide any clarifying information in the comment box.
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Choose one of the following answers
Please enter your comment here:
No
Uncertain
Yes, with request
Yes, without request
6. Is there a written agreement (e.g. MOU) in place between your tribe and the state agency for crash
data sharing?
Choose one of the following answers
No
Uncertain
Yes
7. Please rate the governmenttogovernment relationship and communication betweeen your tribe
and a state agency as it pertains to the sharing of crash data.
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Tribal Transportation Program
Anonymous Survey : Tribal Transportation Safety Data Survey
Your responses to this survey will help inform a report to the United States Congress on the quality
of safety data available to federally recognized tribal governments.
Safety Data Use by Tribes
All questions on this page are optional. Please skip any question you do not feel confident answering.
1. Does your tribe use crash data to...
Yes
Uncertain
No
...identify
locations with a
high number of
crashes?
...identify system
wide (not location
based)
infrastructure
improvement
needs?
...identify trends
in unsafe
behaviors (seat
belt nonuse,
impaired driving,
distracted driving,
etc.)?
...recover
damages to tribal
property caused
by motorists?
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...guide law
enforcement
strategies?
...assist in
obtaining grant
funding?
...develop
informational
reports for
leadership?
Other
2. Does your tribe work with a state agency or other agencies to...
Yes
Uncertain
No
...evaluate and
improve the
problem
locations?
...implement
programs and
projects aimed at
modifying unsafe
behaviors?
(education and
enforcement
projects)
3. Has your tribe established a transportation safety committee?
Choose one of the following answers
Please enter your comment here:
No
Uncertain
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Yes. Please describe the committee's
function:
4. Has your tribe developed a Transportation Safety Plan?
Choose one of the following answers
No
Uncertain
In Progress
Yes
5. Does your tribe use crash data in combination with any other data (road inventory, maintenance
records, community surveys, etc.) to identify transportation safety problems?
Choose one of the following answers
Please enter your comment here:
No
Uncertain
Yes. Please explain:
6. Has your tribe requested federal or state support for addressing transportation safety issues?
Check any that apply
No
Uncertain
Yes, state grants
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Yes, FHWA TTP Safety Fund
Yes, BIA Indian Highway Safety Program
Other:
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Your responses to this survey will help inform a report to the United States Congress on the quality
of safety data available to federally recognized tribal governments.
Existing Safety Efforts
All questions on this page are optional. Please skip any question you do not feel confident answering.
1. Which of the following laws has your tribe established?
Seatbelt Law
Child Safety
Motorcycle
Seat Law
Helmet Law
Primary
Secondary
None
Uncertain
2. Which of the following laws are in place by your tribe to address impaired driving?
Check any that apply
.10 BAC (Blood alcohol concentration)
None
.08 BAC
Uncertain
Repeat DUI Offender
Other:
3. What safety strategies are currently being used by your tribe?
Check any that apply
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DUI Checkpoints
Education efforts in Schools
Child Safety Seat Distribution Program
Educational efforts with general public
Location Based Infrastructure Safety
Improvements
Other:
Systemwide Infrastructure Safety
Improvements
4. What other transportation safety strategies are used by your tribe?
5. What resources are most important to improve roadway safety?
Please list your 3 top priorities. These could include resources that you already have, resources you
need more of, of new resources that you need to get. For example: equipment, more staff for a specific
purpose, funding, stronger laws, more training, etc.
6. What are your tribe's most significant risks in transportation safety?
Please choose three from the following list or enter others in the box provided.
Check any that apply
Road infrastructure (curves, ditches,
roadside objects, surface condition,
lighting, etc.)
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Seatbelt nonuse
Lack of proper child safety seat use
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Road maintenance problems (winter
maintenance, roadside vegetation, etc.)
Not enough support from other
government agencies (county, state,
federal, etc.)
Lack of adequate pedestrian facilities
Animals on road
Impaired (DUI) driving
Traffic congestion
Drowsy driving
Older or poorly maintained vehicles
Distracted driving
Speeding or other reckless driving
Insufficient traffic law enforcement
Slow emergency response time to
accidents
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Long travel distances (to access work,
school, services, etc.)
Unfamiliar drivers (tourists, etc.) do not
know local roads or conditions
Other:
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Your responses to this survey will help inform a report to the United States Congress on the quality
of safety data available to federally recognized tribal governments.
Final Page
Please provide your name and contact information (optional)
This information will remain confidential and may be used to follow up on your responses.
Also, if you provide an email address a summary of the survey will be sent along with useful resources
based on your responses to the survey.
Full
Name
Job
Title
Phone
Email
Address
Please provide contact information for anyone else who you feel could contribute valuable information to
this project.
Name
Title
Department
Phone
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Additional Comments
Are there any additional thoughts related to the collection, sharing, or analysis of safety data that you
would like to share with those developing the report to Congress?
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Recommended Resources
Based on your responses to this survey the following resources may be of interest:
NCHRP Report 788: Guide for Effective Tribal Crash Reporting
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_788.pdf
The survey you just completed was heavily based on the self assessment found in this guide. Based on
the answers you provided in the survey the following sections of this guide are most applicable to you:
this feature is under development
Developing Safety Plans Toolkit for Tribal Governments
http://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/ttp/safety/stsptoolkit.htm
Transportation Safety Plans are a valuable method of communicating with safety partners and funding
agencies in the pursit of improving transportation safety. This toolkit provides guidance, resources, and
a template for developing safety plans. Grant funding is also available from the Tribal Transportation
Program Safety Fund to support the development and update of transportation safety plans.
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addressing the MUTCD standard.","")}
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Summary of Your Responses
If you would like to correct any of the answers provided below, please send an email to
[email protected]
Under development
FHWA Tribal Transportation Program Safety Resources
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