Project Title:   AUTOMATED CRASH NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, UAB
     
Project Status:   In Progress
     
Project Type:   Deployment/Integration
     
Project Description:   This project is the FY 2001 ITS Integration Program earmark for Birmingham, AL. The project, to be conducted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will integrate automatic crash notification technology with an organized trauma system in order to expedite identification of vehicle crashes with injuries and the delivery of appropriate medical care. The project will seek to employ remote electronic data collection by emergency medicine personnel, and then using these data, route patients to the appropriate medical facility. These features of the system will be complemented by the use of real-time collision parameters to predict the likelihood of injury in a given crash.
     
Project Location:   Birmingham, Alabama
     
Project Partner(s):   FHWA; Alabama DOT; Alabama Department of Public Health, EMS Division; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Veridian Engineering
     
Project Start Date:   September 2001
     
Project End Date:   March 2004
     
Estimated Total ITS Funds:   $793,615
     
Estimated Total Project Cost:   $1,588,979

Project Contacts:    
     
Linda Guin
FHWA Alabama Division, HDA-AL
(334) 223-7377
Ext.
Loring Rue, M.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
(205) 975-3030
Ext.



U.S. Department of Transportation, Intelligent Transportation Systems