Road Safety Audits

Greg Smith (iRAP)

Urban Road Safety Workshop, Asian Development Bank
18-19 September 2014
A World Free of High Risk Roads
A World Free of High Risk Roads
What is a road safety
audit?
iRAP?
RSA?
Check of
standard?
Crash
investigation
?
Speed
limit
review?
A World Free of High Risk Roads
A World Free of High Risk Roads

a formal examination of proposed or existing
roads and road related areas from the
perspective of all road users with the intention
of identifying safety deficiencies and areas of
risk that could lead to road crashes. It does not
consider crash history. It is conducted by an
independent, qualified team of professionals.
NSW Transport Roads & Traffic Authority, Part 1: Road Safety Audit
A World Free of High Risk Roads

a formal examination of proposed or existing
roads and road related areas from the
perspective of all road users with the intention
of identifying safety deficiencies and areas of
risk that could lead to road crashes. It does not
consider crash history. It is conducted by an
independent, qualified team of professionals.
NSW Transport Roads & Traffic Authority, Part 1: Road Safety Audit
A World Free of High Risk Roads

a formal examination of proposed or existing
roads and road related areas from the
perspective of all road users with the intention
of identifying safety deficiencies and areas of
risk that could lead to road crashes. It does not
consider crash history. It is conducted by an
independent, qualified team of professionals.
NSW Transport Roads & Traffic Authority, Part 1: Road Safety Audit
A World Free of High Risk Roads

a formal examination of proposed or existing
roads and road related areas from the
perspective of all road users with the intention
of identifying safety deficiencies and areas of
risk that could lead to road crashes. It does not
consider crash history. It is conducted by an
independent, qualified team of professionals.
NSW Transport Roads & Traffic Authority, Part 1: Road Safety Audit
A World Free of High Risk Roads

a formal examination of proposed or existing
roads and road related areas from the
perspective of all road users with the intention
of identifying safety deficiencies and areas of
risk that could lead to road crashes. It does not
consider crash history. It is conducted by an
independent, qualified team of professionals.
NSW Transport Roads & Traffic Authority, Part 1: Road Safety Audit
A World Free of High Risk Roads

a formal examination of proposed or existing
roads and road related areas from the
perspective of all road users with the intention
of identifying safety deficiencies and areas of
risk that could lead to road crashes. It does not
consider crash history. It is conducted by an
independent, qualified team of professionals.
NSW Transport Roads & Traffic Authority, Part 1: Road Safety Audit
A World Free of High Risk Roads

a formal examination of proposed or existing
roads and road related areas from the
perspective of all road users with the intention
of identifying safety deficiencies and areas of
risk that could lead to road crashes. It does not
consider crash history. It is conducted by an
independent, qualified team of professionals.
NSW Transport Roads & Traffic Authority, Part 1: Road Safety Audit
A World Free of High Risk Roads
A World Free of High Risk Roads
A World Free of High Risk Roads
Road Safety Audit (RSA): often qualitative

http://roadsafety.transport.nsw.
gov.au/downloads/guidelines_f
or_road_safety_audit_practices
_full.pdf
https://www.onlinepublications.
austroads.com.au/items/AGRS
06-09
A World Free of High Risk Roads
http://www.baltris.eu/outbputs/BALTRIS_WP3.5_RSI-Guidelines-1-
kopia.pdf
A World Free of High Risk Roads
iRAP assessments: quantitative
Assumes no intersections
A World Free of High Risk Roads

Assumes no intersections
iRAP assessments: quantitative
A World Free of High Risk Roads
iRAP assessments: quantitative
A World Free of High Risk Roads
Implementing
corrective
actions
A World Free of High Risk Roads
For more information
Greg Smith
Regional Director, iRAP Asia Pacific
greg.smith@irap.org

http://www.irap.org

http://toolkit.irap.org