Milwaukee vehicle collision dashboard; phase two launched Tuesday
The Brief
There are new updates to an online tool that fights reckless driving in Milwaukee County.
The Motor Vehicle Collision Dashboard shows us where crashes happen the most.
Phase 1 began in March 2024 and unveiled the initial public dashboard, displaying motor vehicle collisions throughout Milwaukee County, filterable by certain characteristics.
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley will join the Milwaukee County Department of Transportation and members of the Milwaukee Area Safe Streets Task Force on Tuesday, March 11 to launch phase 2 of the Motor Vehicle Collision (MVC) Dashboard.
What we know
The MVC Dashboard is part of a three-phase plan by the Milwaukee Area Safe Streets Task Force. Phase 1 began in March 2024 and unveiled the initial public dashboard, displaying motor vehicle collisions throughout Milwaukee County, filterable by certain characteristics.
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According to a news release, the goal of the MVC Dashboard is to create a public-facing, comprehensive map showing fatal and nonfatal collisions throughout Milwaukee County, accompanied by charts demonstrating demographics and characteristics of crashes through an equity lens.
With the second phase of this initiative, the dashboard has been updated to incorporate internal and external stakeholder feedback and leverage statistical and geospatial technologies to identify hotspots for MVCs in Milwaukee County.
What we know
According to a news release, one major update to the dashboard is the "Hotspots" tab to create a visualized storyboard highlighting key trends in MVCs in Milwaukee County by road segment and crash density over four-month increments.
Users can filter the data by crash type – bicycle, pedestrian, stolen vehicles, fatal crashes, among others. Injuries and deaths from MVCs are not equitably distributed, disproportionately affecting low-income populations and people of color.
The visualization of this data allows experts to identify these disparities and tailor initiatives to maximize their impact.
What they're saying
"In Phase One, we collected the data and made it publicly accessible to the community, but with the Phase Two update, we are helping to tell the story of what this data means for our residents,"said Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley. "This dashboard helps my administration and other municipalities in Milwaukee County make policy decisions that will have the largest positive impact on the community. But, as we collaboratively work to address reckless driving and move toward our goal of Vision Zero, everybody has a part to play. We need all of us, together, working to save lives."
"The data tells us that while overall crashes in Milwaukee County have declined 14% since 2019, fatal injuries have actually increased by 34%," said Milwaukee County Chief Health Policy Advisor Dr. Ben Weston. "This means the crashes that do occur are more severe, more deadly, and more devastating to families and communities. Behind every statistic is a person, a mother, a child, a friend, whose life was forever changed by a preventable crash."
What you can do
The updated dashboard can be accessed at county.milwaukee.gov/MVC.
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The information in this post was provided by the Milwaukee County Department of Transportation.
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