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State Safety Office
Safety Engineering
Transportation Safety Engineering is the Engineering art that prevents drivers from conflicting on the roadway, reduces the roadway problems that lead to traffic crashes and gives clear information to assist drivers to make safe driving decisions. In Florida, Transportation Safety Engineering is conducted at statewide and district or regional levels.
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Statewide Functions
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District Transportation Safety Engineering Functions
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Crash Data
By law, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) is the official custodian of the crash reports and is responsible for statewide crash data collection and dissemination. The numbers they report are the official numbers.DHSMV can provide crash data for all General Data Requests (reports for a county, multiple counties, or the entire state). They can also provided non-site specific data queries for code values on the traffic crash report form.
Using DHSMV crash data and other FDOT data, the Safety Office Crash Records Section processes crash records to determine exact locations and can provide location-based crash analyses and listings or summaries of crash data. In addition, the Safety Office can provide geo-located data for crashes on the State Highway System and for crashes on public roads. To request crash data from the FDOT, contact the Safety Office in your District (see below for contacts).
Crash reports that reveal the personal information concerning the parties involved in the crash and that are held by any agency that regularly receives or prepares information from or concerning the parties to motor vehicle crashes are confidential and exempt from the provisions of Section 119.07(1), F.S. for a period of 60 days after the date the report is filed. (Section 316.066 (3)(a), F.S.)The information provided by the FDOT Safety Office has been compiled from information collected for the purpose of identifying, evaluating or planning safety enhancements. It is used to develop highway safety construction improvements projects which may be implemented utilizing Federal Aid Highway funds. Any document displaying this notice shall be used only for the purposes deemed appropriate by the Florida Department of Transportation. See Title 23, United States Code, Section 409.
For General Requests
For general Crash Data Requests and Crash Statistics contact the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV).
- View the DHSMV Recurring/Periodic Reports
- Crash reports may be purchased from the DHSMV @ www.BuyCrash.com or you may request a copy from DHSMV, Nell Owens, (850) 617-3413
CRASH DATA REQUEST FORM
Please make your requests using our on-line request form.
Safety Engineering Contacts
(See the State map)| State Traffic Safety Engineer | CO | Joe Santos | 850.414.4097 |
| Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Lee, Manatee, Okeechobee, Polk, Sarasota | D1 | Gary Amig | 863.519.2666 |
| Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Madison, Nassau, Northeast Florida Multicounty, Putnam, St. Johns, Suwannee, Taylor, Union | D2 | Rodney Cooper | 904.360.5629 |
| Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, Walton, Washington | D3 | Holly Walker | 850.415.9516 |
| Broward, Indian River, Martin, Palm Beach, St. Lucie | D4 | Yujing (Tracey) Xie, P.E. | 954.777.4350 |
| Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Sumter, Volusia | D5 | Tony Nosse, P.E. | 386.943.5334 |
| Miami-Dade, Monroe | D6 | Misleidys Leon | 305.470.5345 |
| Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | D7 | Peter Hsu | 813.975.4216 |
| Florida's Turnpike Enterprise | TP | Even Echeverria | 954.934.1615 |
Related Links
| The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) | The Critical Care Analysis Reporting Environment (CARE) |
| Federal Highway Administration | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| US Department of Transportation | US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
| Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety | Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine |
| Insurance Research Council | Florida Dept of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles |
| HSIP Transparency (5%) Maps 2010 | |
| The Florida Highway Safety Implementation Program (HSIP) Transparency (5%) Report list was compiled by evaluating each one of Florida Department of Transportation's eight Districts separately as opposed to using a global statewide perspective. The number of locations per District represents the largest of 5% of the combined high crash intersection/segment list. The locations were sorted by the highest number of crashes and then sorted by fatalities plus injuries and the appropriate number of locations was selected from each District. The map set displays the locations of the top 5% high crash lists. | |
| Download Maps | |
| State Highway Segments | Local Highway Segments |
| State Highway Intersections | Local Highway Intersections |
| Contact Rickey Fitzgerald for more information: rickey.fitzgerald@dot.state.fl.us or 850.414.4075 | |
Florida Highway Safety Manual Efforts
Florida Highway Safety Manual Efforts This link provides information on what implementation efforts have been done and are planned.
The Highway Safety Manual (HSM) is a useful tool to help practitioners in decision making. The HSM provides the best factual information and tools in a useful and widely accepted form and to facilitate roadway design and operational decisions based upon explicit consideration of their safety consequences. This manual strengthens the role of safety in road planning, design, maintenance, construction, and operations decision making. The manual features synthesis of validated highway research; procedures that are adapted and integrated to practice and; Analytical tools for predicting impact on road safety.
For more information contact Joe Santos @ 850.414.4097
