Agency authorized to create countywide collision data system

RIVERSIDE - The Board of Supervisors today authorized the Riverside County Department of Transportation to implement a countywide collision data collection system, accessible to area cities, to make roads throughout the region safer.

The Department of Transportation was awarded a $340,000 federal grant, disbursed by the California Office of Traffic Safety, to upgrade its Geographic Information System. According to transportation officials, the system will now be converted into a real-time data cruncher that identifies problem spots on roads and intersections anywhere in the county – exce...