FHWA Road Safety Audit Guidelines
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Construction Phase
Prompt List 5 – Pre-Opening Stage Audit
General Topics
- Drainage
- Climatic conditions
- Landscaping
- Utilities
- Access to property and developments
- Emergency vehicles and access
- Side slope treatment
- Shoulders and edge delineators
- Signs and markings
- Surface treatment, skid resistance
- Changes since previous audit: translation of design into practice
- Contrast with markings
- Roadside hazards
- Natural features
- All road users
- Speed zoning
- Human factors
Alignment Details
- Visibility, sight distance
- New/existing road transitions
- ‘Readability’ (perception) of the alignment by drivers
- Bridges and culverts
Intersections
- Visibility of intersection
- Visibility at intersection
- ‘Readability (perception) by drivers
- Pedestrians, bicyclists
- Traffic signals
- Signing and marking
- Roundabouts and approach islands
- Lighting
Interchanges
- Visibility, sight distance
- ‘Readability’ (perception) by drivers
- Signing, marking, delineation
- Pedestrians, bicyclists
- Lighting
Special Road Users
- Adjacent land
- Pedestrians
- Bicyclists
- Older drivers
- Motorcyclists
- Equestrians
- Motor carriers
- Public transport
- Road maintenance vehicles
- Snowmobiles and ATVs
- Special (slow moving) vehicles
Lighting, Signs and Delineation
- Lighting
- Signs
- Marking and delineation
Roadside
- Median barriers
- Poles and other obstructions
- Roadside barriers
- Pedestrian railing
- Bridges, culverts and causeways/floodways
Operation
- Operation
- Traffic management
- Removal of temporary traffic control/ management devices
Safety Aspects Not Already Covered
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