Sec. 24108. Crash data
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Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise the crash data collection system to include the collection of crash report data elements that distinguish individual personal conveyance vehicles, such as electric scooters and bicycles, from other vehicles involved in a crash. In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary may coordinate with States to update the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria to provide guidance to States regarding the collection of information and data elements for the crash data collection system. Based on the information contained in the vulnerable road user safety assessments required by subsection
(f)of section 32302 of title 49, United States Code (as added by section 24213(b)(2)), the Secretary shall modify existing crash data collection systems to include the collection of additional crash report data elements relating to vulnerable road user safety. The Secretary shall coordinate with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and implement a plan for States to combine highway crash data and injury health data to produce a national database of pedestrian injuries and fatalities, disaggregated by demographic characteristics. In this subsection: The term electronic data transfer means a protocol for automated electronic transfer of State crash data to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The term State means— each of the 50 States; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; the United States Virgin Islands; Guam; American Samoa; the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and the Secretary of the Interior, acting on behalf of an Indian Tribe. The Secretary shall establish a program under which the Secretary shall— provide grants for the modernization of State data collection systems to enable full electronic data transfer under paragraph (3); and upgrade the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration system to manage and support State electronic data transfers relating to crashes under paragraph (4). The Secretary shall provide grants to States to upgrade and standardize State crash data systems to enable electronic data collection, intrastate data sharing, and electronic data transfers to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to increase the accuracy, timeliness, and accessibility of the data, including data relating to fatalities involving vulnerable road users. A State shall be eligible to receive a grant under this paragraph if the State submits to the Secretary an application, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, that includes a plan to implement full electronic data transfer to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by not later than 5 years after the date on which the grant is provided. A grant provided under this paragraph may be used for the costs of— equipment to upgrade a statewide crash data repository; adoption of electronic crash reporting by law enforcement agencies; and increasing alignment of State crash data with the latest Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria. The Federal share of the cost of a project funded with a grant under this paragraph may be up to 80 percent. The Secretary shall manage and support State electronic data transfers relating to vehicle crashes by— increasing the capacity of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration system; and making State crash data accessible to the public. The Secretary may use funds made available to carry out this section to enhance the collection of crash data by upgrading the Crash Investigation Sampling System to include— additional program sites; an expanded scope that includes all crash types; and on-scene investigation protocols. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years following the fiscal year for which the amounts are appropriated.