Research Pays Off: DamageWise Program Implementation Pays Off for Indiana
This Research Pays Off article from
TR News documents the Indiana Department of Transportation's business processes related to
the repair of state property damaged by
motor vehicle crashes. Road infrastructure elements,
such as guardrails, signs, and
bridges, routinely sustain damage from motor vehicle crashes.
Recovering the costs of repairing
damage to state property from the parties
responsible requires efficient business
processes and public agency collaboration.
Indiana Department of Transportation’s
(DOT’s) implementation of the DamageWise program increased collections for
repairs to damaged state property.
Indiana DOT maintains approximately
11,000 miles of state roads. About 60,000
motor vehicle crashes per year occur on
state-maintained roads; in approximately
4,000 instances, these crashes cause damage to state property. Indiana DOT incurs
significant financial losses to repair the
damage if the responsible parties cannot
be identified, if invoices do not reflect the
fully loaded cost of the repair, or if collection processes are not timely and efficient.
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This Summary Last Modified On: 10/6/2020