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VCU Transportation Safety Training Center

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TREDS Users:

The Annual Traffic Records Workshop typically held in September is being moved to a later date. Please stay posted; a future date for the conference will be forthcoming. Thanks,

VAHSO/TREDS Team

TREDS Online Training

Introduction to TREDS Electronic Submission

In this powerpoint tutorial, you will learn what are the basic requirements to participate in TREDS electronic submission. The tutorial will also explain the work flow process involved in successfully submitting a crash report electronically to TREDS.

Click here to view tutorial, 5 mins duration

Introduction to Report Beam

In this video tutorial, you will learn the how to use Report Beam to fill out a crash report. You will learn how to use the built-in mobile mapping client to locate the GPS Lat/Long data for a given location. The tutorial will also show you how to draw a crash scene using the built-in drawing client SmartRoads.

Click here to view tutorial, 35 mins duration

Introduction to TREDS Backend

In this tutorial, you will learn the basic operations that can be performed by a police officer and a supervisor in the TREDS backend.

Click here to view tutorial, 5 mins duration

Introduction to Revised Reports

In this tutorial, you will learn the basics on creating and submitting a revised crash report electronically using Report Beam.

Click here to view tutorial, 6 mins duration

Advance diagramming using Smart Roads

In this video tutorial, you will learn the how to use the basic drawing components to create roadways and create complex crash diagrams using the built-in templates.

Click here to view tutorial, 34 mins duration
Click here to download Smart Roads User Manual

Click here to download FX3 User Manual

Identifying Commercial Crash Reports

This short video will show you how to identify a commerical motor vehicle crash

Click here to view tutorial, 6 mins duration
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