Traffic Incident Management (TIM) is the planned and coordinated multidisciplinary process used to detect, respond, and clear traffic incidents as quickly as possible while protecting the safety of on-scene responders and the traveling public. An incident is defined as “any non-recurring event that causes a reduction in roadway capacity.”1 Such events include, but are not limited to, traffic crashes, debris in the roadway, disabled vehicles, spilled cargo, floods, and other unplanned natural or man-made events. Safe, quick clearance of the roadways following traffic incidents is necessary to restore traffic flow to pre-incident levels as safely and quickly as possible.
