The traffic crash report completed at roadside by a police officer is thestaple for traffic safety analysis. Current systems that automate traffic crash reporting following the transmission model do a good job of assisting officers and agencies with the task of documenting traffic crashes in the field. They typically use a computer application installed on the officer laptop that collects traffic crash information and stores it on thelaptop for later transmission to a server or other storage system. Whilethey are a significant improvement over the traditional handwritten report, they still fall short of the full promise of automation. This composition establishes the method and benefits of moving to a web-based system fortraffic crash reporting in the field. A migration to the web-based approach has the potential to reduce effort and costs, improve timeliness and accuracy, bolster data integration, and improve training and the software itself
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