Milwaukee County unveiled a new motor vehicle crash dashboard on Monday, March 11.
It will allow data analysis to identify areas where crashes happen most often. Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley joined Safe Streets Taskforce members to explain how it works.
"To effectively combat reckless driving in Milwaukee County, we must know what we’re up against,” said Crowley. “Motor vehicle collisions are completely preventable. Enhancing the safety of our roads for all who use them is one of the most important issues facing the health and well-being of our community, and we all have a part to play.”
The new dashboard is part of a multi-year plan to improve traffic safety — county leaders say motor vehicle crashes, or MVCs, cause not only death but significant injury and disability.
Many communities face secondary trauma and statistics show low-income populations and people of color are impacted by crashes at a higher rate.
The hope is that more information can lead to crash prevention techniques. Now that the dashboard is up and running, members of the Milwaukee Area Safe Streets Taskforce (MASST) will begin Phase 2 — analyzing the data to better identify and understand hotspots for crashes in the community.
Phase 3 includes making informed policy recommendations to make streets safer across Milwaukee County.
Click here to see the dashboard.
Watch: County Executive David Crowley joined TMJ4 News at 4 to discuss the new dashboard below:
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