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INFORMATION SHARING FOR TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

Traffic Incident Management Concepts

Traffic incident management is the planned, coordinated effort between multiple agencies to deal with incidents and restore normal traffic flow as safely and quickly as possible. This effort makes use of technology, processes, and procedures to reduce incident duration and impact to:

  • Reduce incident detection, verification, response, and clearance times to quickly re-establish normal capacity and conditions
  • Enhance safety for motorists and field/safety personnel
  • Reduce the number of secondary crashes that occur as a result of the primary incident
  • Allow resources to resume non-incident activities