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FHWA Road Safety Audit Guidelines

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Preface

Part A – Background to Road Safety Audits

• 1.0 Introduction
  • 1.1 Purpose
  • 1.2 Scope of Guideline
  • 1.3 What are Road Safety Audits?

• 2.0 Implementation of Road Safety Audits
  • 2.1 Getting Started Steps to Introduce Road Safety Audits in your Organization
  • 2.2 Selection of Projects for Road Safety Audits
  • 2.3 Impact on Project Schedule
  • 2.4 Costs and Benefits
  • 2.5 Training
  • 2.6 Legal Issues

• 3.0 Overview of Road Safety Audit Process
  • 3.1 Essential Elements of an RSA
  • 3.2 Road Safety Audit and Other Processes
  • 3.3 Who Should Conduct Road Safety Audits?
  • 3.4 Roles and Responsibilities
  • 3.5 Which Roads or Projects Should be Audited and When?

Part B – The Road Safety Audit Process

• 4.0 Conducting Road Safety Audits
  • 4.1 Step 1: Identify Project or Existing Road to be Audited
  • 4.2 Step 2: Select an RSA Team
  • 4.3 Step 3: Conduct a Pre-audit Meeting to Review Project Information and Drawings
  • 4.4 Step 4: Conduct Review of Project Data and Conduct Field Review
  • 4.5 Step 5: Conduct Audit Analysis and Prepare Report of Findings
  • 4.6 Step 6: Present Audit Findings to Project Owner/Design Team
  • 4.7 Step 7: Prepare Formal Response
  • 4.8 Step 8: Incorporate Findings into the Project when Appropriate

• 5.0 Pre-construction Road Safety Audits
  • 5.1 Preliminary Design Road Safety Audits
  • 5.2 Detailed Design Road Safety Audits

• 6.0 Construction Road Safety Audits
  • 6.1 Pre-Opening Road Safety Audits

• 7.0 Post-construction Road Safety Audits
  • 7.1 RSAs of Existing Roads

Part C – Road Safety Audit Tools

• 8.0 Road Safety Audit Prompt Lists
  • 8.1 Purpose of Prompt Lists
  • 8.2 Organization of Prompt Lists
  • 8.3 When to Use the Prompt Lists
  • 8.4 How to Use the Prompt Lists

Prompt Lists

• Prompt Lists A - Detailed/Long [HTML][PDF - 133KB]
• Prompt Lists B- By Project Phase
  • Pre-construction Phase
    • Prompt List 1 – Planning Stage. [HTML][PDF - 53KB]
    • Prompt List 2 – Preliminary Design Stage. [HTML][PDF - 55KB]
    • Prompt List 3 – Detailed Design Stage. [HTML][PDF - 57KB]
  • Construction Phase
    • Prompt List 4 – Work Zone Traffic Control Plan Stage. [HTML][PDF - 53KB]
    • Prompt List 5 – Pre-Opening Stage. [HTML][PDF - 53KB]
  • Post-construction Phase
    • Prompt List 6 – Existing Roads Stage. [HTML][PDF - 66KB]
  • Development Projects
    • Prompt List 7– Land Use Development. [HTML][PDF - 52KB]

Appendix A: Reactive and Proactive Approaches to Road Safety

Appendix B: Evolution of Road Safety Audits

Case Studies

• Case Study 1 – Road Safety Audit of Preliminary Design: US Route 1 – Grading, Drainage, Base and Sidewalk Camden, Maine
• Case Study 2 – Road Safety Audit Program: South Carolina Department of Transportation
• Case Study 3 – Road Safety Audit of Existing Roads: Hughes County, South Dakota
• Case Study 4 – Road Safety Audit of Preliminary Design: Minnehaha County, South Dakota
• Case Study 5 – Preliminary Design Stage Audit: Route 22/Spring Street Intersection – Upgrade; Westbrook, Maine
• Case Study 6 – Road Safety Audit of Existing Roads: District 3. Iowa
• Case Study 7 – Walkability and Bikeability Checklist: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, walkinginfo.org

Bibliography

Electronic version of publication FHWA-SA-06-06.