Current issues in Road Safety Audit

Road Safety Auditors who regularly carry out Road Safety Audits on 20 or 30 highway improvement schemes every year soon build up expertise in the work. They will be well used to auditing schemes with new roundabouts, traffic signals and pedestrian crossings, and will be familiar with associated traffic signs and road markings. If they have concerns about the safety of elements of such schemes, they can look at the collision record of similar schemes or examine published research. However, they may also have to carry out a Road Safety Audit on an unfamiliar type of scheme for which there is little or no safety record available.