A road safety audit is a formal safety examination of a proposed change to an existing road, or a new highway scheme which is carried out throughout the design and construction period. In the audit, an independent, qualified team reports on the project’s accident potential and makes recommendations for improvement. When the audit process is applied to an existing road it is called a ‘road safety review’. Road safety audits were first developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1980's for checking the safety performance of new road designs and improvement schemes, and some of the principles have now been extended to apply to existing roads. The main objective of in service safety reviews is to identify the technical, geometric and functional characteristics that may increase the number and/or the severity of accidents. Safety reviews may be part of a national comprehensive road safety strategy since they represent a low cost method for the periodic evaluation of network safety performance, and the programming of safety improvements. In countries where accident data are not collected and “blackspot” remedial programs are not in use, safety reviews are a suitable methodology for starting systematic safety improvements programs, whereas in countries with more evolved safety management the review can be used to support blackspot analysis. In the paper, a formal methodology for both carrying out safety reviews and integrating safety reviews into a national comprehensive road safety strategy is described. The methodology has been tested during road safety audits in Italy and has been systematically applied in the safety review of rural road networks.

Safety Review of the Existing Roads / Montella, Alfonso; Proctor, S.. - ELETTRONICO. - (2002), pp. 1-10. (Intervento presentato al convegno SORIC’02. Safety on Roads: An International Second Conference tenutosi a Bahrain nel 21-23 ottobre 2002).

Safety Review of the Existing Roads

MONTELLA, ALFONSO;
2002

Abstract

A road safety audit is a formal safety examination of a proposed change to an existing road, or a new highway scheme which is carried out throughout the design and construction period. In the audit, an independent, qualified team reports on the project’s accident potential and makes recommendations for improvement. When the audit process is applied to an existing road it is called a ‘road safety review’. Road safety audits were first developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1980's for checking the safety performance of new road designs and improvement schemes, and some of the principles have now been extended to apply to existing roads. The main objective of in service safety reviews is to identify the technical, geometric and functional characteristics that may increase the number and/or the severity of accidents. Safety reviews may be part of a national comprehensive road safety strategy since they represent a low cost method for the periodic evaluation of network safety performance, and the programming of safety improvements. In countries where accident data are not collected and “blackspot” remedial programs are not in use, safety reviews are a suitable methodology for starting systematic safety improvements programs, whereas in countries with more evolved safety management the review can be used to support blackspot analysis. In the paper, a formal methodology for both carrying out safety reviews and integrating safety reviews into a national comprehensive road safety strategy is described. The methodology has been tested during road safety audits in Italy and has been systematically applied in the safety review of rural road networks.
2002
Safety Review of the Existing Roads / Montella, Alfonso; Proctor, S.. - ELETTRONICO. - (2002), pp. 1-10. (Intervento presentato al convegno SORIC’02. Safety on Roads: An International Second Conference tenutosi a Bahrain nel 21-23 ottobre 2002).
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