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Citizen Benefits

Convenience
Reports are available at anytime from anywhere through an internet connection. No need to go to the police station – during business hours – to obtain a report.

Time Savings
No need to stand in line and then wait – possibly for weeks – for a request to be processed.

Peace of Mind
Because Buycrash.com adheres to Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards, our customers' personal information is always secure.

Law Enforcement Benefits

No Start-Up Costs
Buycrash.com provides an online report sales solution at no cost.

Decreased Operating Costs
Records administration costs are lowered by decreasing foot traffic and phone requests for report copies.

Increased Revenue
Insurance companies and law firms purchase more reports when provided with a quick, convenient and secure method.

Subscriber Benefits

Control
More powerful searching capabilities make it a snap to find only the reports you want. Personalized queries are also available to provide the highest level of service and convenience.

Time Savings
No need to hunt down reports at various agencies because they're all available at one convenient location.

Simplified Expense Management
Credit accounts are also available to make it easy to keep track of your expenditures.

The Buycrash System

Government agencies are always looking for innovative ways to provide services while driving down the cost of meeting citizens’ needs. Appriss specializes in providing data management products and services that greatly improve efficiency and provide higher quality data for analysis and reporting. Unique funding mechanisms (including a revenue-generating opportunity) help reduce, or even eliminate, dependency on government dollars.

BuyCrash — FREE for participating agencies — is a proven collision reporting system that handles both paper and electronic crash reports. It helps government entities eliminate backlogs, disconnected systems and inconsistent/inaccurate data, while allowing them to maintain day-current processing. It reduces the burden on staff and keeps pace with constantly changing technology.

As a modular system BuyCrash serves the various needs of participating law enforcement agencies and state government partners. The system can be implemented in whole or in part and in each case includes:

• All upfront services necessary to analyze collision reports
• All necessary collision reporting software and hardware
• Implementation, training and assistance
• All resources to maintain day-current processing
• Help desk and software upgrade support

BuyCrash Data Collection

BuyCrash improves the timeliness and accuracy of electronically collected and submitted collision information.

• Simple electronic collection wizard software
• Includes integrated point-and-click mapping and crash diagramming software
• Dynamic form creation – enter data once for all associated forms
• Produces state form upon submission/approval
• Custom interfaces with existing electronic collection systems
• Can use crash diagramming as stand-alone program
• Supports custom workflows for review and approval procedures
• Paper processing available

Enforcement of data validation rules provides consistent, accurate and timely collision information from the field

BuyCrash Management and Analysis

More timely and accurate collision information means agencies are better equipped to make crucial decisions to improve traffic safety through road improvements and enforcement programs.

• Web-based — access anytime, anywhere
• Data mining and ad hoc reporting
• Custom extraction
• Mapping
• Redaction tools
• Access and share data across all government partners
• MMUCC compliant
• SafetyNet extracts
• FARS extracts
• Custom extracts

BuyCrash Public Distribution

BuyCrash offers a revenue-generating option for participating agencies. By making crash reports available online at buycrash.com, they will realize additional funding for their departments.

• Involved parties, insurance agents, etc. can purchase reports at buycrash.com
• Dedicated resources, state-of-the-art technology and proven operational procedures ensure strict compliance with state laws regarding access to crash data
• IP tracking and archiving with PCI compliant e-commerce
• CAPTCHA technology
• Custom disclaimers and search parameters for individual purchasers
• Bulk purchaser profile management and vetting
• State-mandated fulfillment forms
• Buycrash.com reduces/eliminates need for staff to provide reports
• Participating agencies generate revenue from report sales

Testimonials

"We may be interested in roads that have high incidents of run-off-the-road highway crashes … maybe we want to add shoulders to that roadway. If we have a divided highway and people are crossing a narrow median and striking vehicles from the other direction, we can look at side-swipe other direction crashes, head-on crashes. So, the more current the data is, the more real-time it is, the sooner we can address those issues."

Norm Cressman, Safety Program Manager, Georgia Dept. of Transportation

"For the police agency, when they locate these high-incident accident locations, what they’re able to do is center their patrol on those areas or increase enforcement of seatbelt regulations."

Frank Rotondo, Executive Director, Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police

"What we’re having now are more professionally generated reports, relatively easy to read, relatively easy for insurance companies to pick up where the errors may be, and also easy for the departments to recognize where the problems are in their own cities or their own counties and to be able to develop methods of approach to stop those problems."

Frank Rotondo, Executive Director, Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police