Attendees to this conference were safety data analysts, safety data practitioners and decision makers who use the Forum as a one-stop clearinghouse of traffic safety research, data improvement initiatives and innovative practices, and as an opportunity to communicate with others in their field and across disciplines. 

Presentations featured advances in:

·       traffic safety issues research

·       data collection

·       integration

·       notable uses of data

·       research to reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities

·       “best practice” examples of using data to make sound program and policy decisions

·       human factors in crash causation

·       use of data to formulate public policy

·        law enforcement data automation

·       state-level coordination of data initiatives

·       operational aspects - using data to identify problems and measure program performance

·       the work of Traffic Records Coordinating Committees

·       building Strategic Highway Safety Plans

·       traffic safety workforce development and training 

The Forum Program addresses issues and research within or across one or more of the six federal Core Highway Safety Data Systems: (Crash, Roadway, Driver, Vehicle, Citation/ Adjudication, and Injury Surveillance) as well as in related fields of human behavior, information management and information technology. 

The 2010 Program emphasized research and programs that cut across and exist outside the usual separate “programmatic silos” that have narrowed and restricted the progress across the wide front of traffic safety issues.  In keeping with the goal to widen the world view of traffic safety information professionals, the planning committee sought to build a program that encompasses the widest range of traffic safety topics.