Delivered during the 2016 Southern African Transport Conference (SATC), held in Pretoria, South Africa.

1. Current Status of Road Safety
Audits (SANRAL)
6 July 2016
Randall Cable Pr Eng

2. Contents
• SANRAL Road Safety Strategy
• Road Safety Audit Policy
• Minimum Requirements for Auditors
• Some Achievements to Date
• National Road Safety Strategy - RSAs

3. Road safety – A Global Issue
• Road deaths increased by 46% between 1990
and 2010
• Some 90% in LMICs and the victims are
predominantly vulnerable road users, males,
and include the most socio-economically
active citizens
• Estimated:
• By 2030, around 96% road deaths will occur in
LMICs

4. Road safety – A Global Plan
• Without new initiatives,
– 50 million deaths and 500 million serious injuries on the
world’s roads over the first 50 years of the 21st century
http://www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/
plan/plan_english.pdf

5. SANRAL Road Safety Strategy
• Pillar 2: Safer Roads and Mobility
– Safe Systems Approach – Role of Infrastructure
– Proactive:
• Road Safety Assessments – Netsafe
– Understanding Road Safety Risk
• Road Safety Audit (Policy/Procedure)
– SANRAL Core Business (Maintain and Develop the
Primary Road Network)
– Reactive:
• Hazardous Location Programme
• Pedestrian Infrastructure
– Community Development Programme

6. SANRAL Road Safety Strategy
• Pillar 4: Safer Road Users
– School Road Safety
Education and Awareness
• 25 520 Schools in South Africa
• Focus on 5 km radius
Phase 2 km Count 5 km Count
Combined 591 1 144
Primary 1 868 4 059
Intermediate 96 209
Secondary 848 1 838
Total 3 403 7 250

7. SANRAL Road Safety Strategy
• Pillar 4: Safer Road Users
– Road Safety Communication Campaigns
• Social Media, Art Competitions
– Research into Road User Behaviour
– Law Enforcement Partnerships

8. • Speed Enforcement
(Collaboration with Law Enforcement)
– Engineering Technology Working with
Traffic Law Enforcement :
– Average Speed Over Distance (ASOD)
Passing A @
12:00:00
Passing B @
12:30:12
A B
Fixed Distance
Average Speed Over Distance

9. INSET

10. N1 Speed Profile

11. SANRAL Road Safety Strategy
• Pillar 5: Post-Crash Response
– Road Incident Management Systems (RIMS)
– Freeway Incident Management Systems (FMS)

12. Pillar 5: Post Crash Responses
• Reductions in Response Times

13. SANRAL Road Safety Strategy
Road Safety
Assessments
Safe Systems
Approach
Road Safety
Education and
Awareness
(School
Programme)
Road Incident
Management
Systems
Road Safety
Assessments
Road User
Behaviour
Research
Freeway
Management
System (ITS)
Road Safety
Audits
Partnerships
with Law
Enforcement
Hazardous
Location
Programme

14. SANRAL Road Safety Audit Policy
• Development of a RSA Policy for SANRAL
2013/2014
– Limited Road Safety Auditor Capacity
– Create an environment that promotes RSA
Capacity Development
• Stimulate Supply and Demand
– Must have/use the relevant RSA tools
• (RTMC RSA Manual: 2012)
– Must add value to projects
• At which Stages of which Project Types?

15. SANRAL Road Safety Audit Policy

16. Road Safety Audit Team Composition
• 1 x Road Safety Audit Team Leader
• 2 x Road Safety Audit Team Members
• Design Team
– Can second / assign an additional Road Safety
Audit Team Member, (Declaration of non
involvement with Design aspects)

17. Minimum Requirements

18. Achievements to date
• More than 150 delegates completed 5 CPD
RSA Course
• More than 20 major projects Audited at
various stages
• Developing a Culture of RSA and Road Safety
on SANRAL Projects
• Spill over into Design Phase

19. Strategic Theme Objective KPI
• Implement Road Safety
Audit Programme on new
and upgrade road
infrastructure projects
 To ensure the inherent
safety (by the mitigation
of high and very high road
safety risk) in the provision
of new and upgraded road
infrastructure
 To develop Road Safety
Auditor and Road Safety
Engineering Capacity.
 Develop a culture of Road
Safety among those
responsible for the
delivery of road
infrastructure
 Review Legal
Requirements for the
execution of Road Safety
Audits.
 Mandatory Road Safety
Audits Policies and
Programmes for All Road
Authorities.
 # of Road Safety Auditors
Trained
 # of Road Safety Audits
Completed
National Road Safety Strategy - RSAs

20. Taking Road Safety Audits Forward
• International Trends / Best Practices
• Gathering Input from the Industry
• Road Map for Road Safety Audits

21. Some key Questions ???
• Procurement Processes
• Quality
– RSA Reports
– Designs ????
• RSA Team
– Composition
– Continuity
• Dealing with Audit Findings
– Response Reports, are they being done ?
• While we are grabbling with quality and capacity issues, should the
RSA Audit Report submitted to the Client be regarded as FINAL?
• Are we adding value? Or introducing risk / liaibility ?
• What is reasonable Road Map for Road Safety Audits in South
Africa?

22. Thank You !