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European Directive: Four Stages

Stage 1 – Preliminary Design

Stage 2 – Detailed Design

Stage 3 – Pre-opening

Stage 4 – Operation

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Audits performed by RHDHV auditors

Till March 2016:

• RSA1: 53 audits

• RSA2: 76 audits

• RSA3: 55 audits

• RSA4: 25 audits

• Total over ten years:

209 RSA’s

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Road Safety Auditors’ Clients

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0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140

Contractor

National government

Provincial government

Municipality

Consultant

Other

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Type of Client (n=209)

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Road Safety Auditors do:

• Consider human factors

• Check on guidelines

• Assess anticipated behaviour

• Report identified problems

• Recommend solutions

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When is a road safe enough?

• Road safety is difficult to measure

• Risk assessment

• Scenario’s: “What if…” and “How serious is the consequence?

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Sight

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Auditor’s findings

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RSA 3 RSA 4

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RSA-3

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RSA-4

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Auditor’s headaches

Relevant information is lacking (Stage 1)

No Stage 1 Audit carried out (Stage 2)

Equipment still on site (Stage 3)

Unsolved issues from previous stages (Stage 4)

Recommendations are ignored (all stages)

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