Ian Appleton Safety Team Leader

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Road Safety Audit Policy Procedures
Ian AppletonSafety Team Leader
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Outline

• Definitions and history
• Public consultation
• Industry feedback
• Justification
• Criteria
• Transfund Board resolutions
• Next steps
• Conclusions

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Definitions and History

• What is RSA?
• all projects
• not existing networks
• History
• started 1990
• Transit 1993
• TLA uptake

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Public Consultation

• Workshops
• Industry working party
• Revise manual
• Recommendations
• Consultation paper

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Industry Feedback

• Working Party Recommendations
• Make RSA compulsory ? strong support
• Use 1993 manual table ? poor support
• Independent auditors ? strong support
• Resource register ? strong support

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Justification

• RSA proven
• Austroads research
• Transit policy
• TLA uptake
• Pragmatic response

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Criteria

• Why have criteria?
• WP looked at
• Transit
• Australia, USA
• UK, HA counties
• Recommended Hampshire CC

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Transfund Board Resolutions

• RSA condition of funding
• Finalise criteria
• Independent auditors
• Register of auditors
• Start date 1 July 2004

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Next Steps

• Finalise criteria
• Issue revised manual
• Promotion
• Training

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Conclusions

• RSA introduced 1990
• Conducted review
• RSA in good shape
• RSA excellent tool
• RSA condition of funding