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A Road Safety Audit is a systematic check of the road safety implications of the scheme and its possible impact on future road collision occurrences and their severity. The goal is to ensure that new works do not introduce a safety hazard on to the highway.

 

There are four Audit stages:

 

This is often a paper-based exercise to establish that there are no fundamental flaws with the proposal and to check the existing collision record for the site.

 

The Stage 2 Audit requires a site visit to examine the impact of the design on the location.

 

If any problems are identified during Stages 1 and 2, the Auditor will make comment on the problems and make recommendation on how they could be overcome. It is then up to the scheme design team to make changes and resubmit their proposals, or to provide evidence of other actions which will remove or negate the problem.

 

This stage of audit will review how the completed scheme operates by driving, walking or cycling along the new route (as appropriate) to identify any unforeseen problems that may have been missed during the previous stages of audit. The audit is undertaken when the scheme is substantially complete and preferably before the works are opened to road users.

 

This final stage is a review of collision data for the scheme since opening to ensure that no unforeseen problems have arisen with the operational design and is a chance to correct anything that is having a negative effect on highway safety.

The Team

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Casualty Reduction Schemes

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Road Safety Audits

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