For authorities that wish to develop their own road safety audit policy and procedure, the following hyperlinks will take them to some examples of other national and local standards.
CIHT and SoRSA recommend that all local authorities adopt a local standard that is appropriate for them. It should be practical and achievable, one that they can afford in terms of resources. We recommend the use of the national standard, (GG119 for UK), in its entirety but we recognise that its implementation for every local authority highway scheme may not be affordable where public funding is limited.
In order to set up and adopt a road safety audit procedure a local authority should decide which of the National standard procedures can be altered to suit their own needs. The advice contained in these guidelines can be used as a basis for such local standards and CIHT SoRSA is able to provide additional advice or contacts for authorities who need further assistance.
Please contact e: sorsa@ciht.org.uk for further info
For example, instead of insisting on two experienced and highly trained auditors for every audit, one trained and experienced auditor, in conjunction with an experienced designer, may suffice for certain schemes.
In the UK the following exceptions from the national standard have been used and are recommended for consideration in locally adopted audit procedures:-
Any exceptions or omissions from the National standard should be appropriately risk assessed by the authority before being written into their safety audit procedures. CIHT and SoRSA also recommend that a local procedure for road safety audit should be formally documented and adopted by the authority at a meeting of the full Cabinet or Committee prior to its use. It should also be reviewed periodically in the light of any issues arising as a result of its use, perhaps annually or bi-annually.
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