Road Safety Audit Checklists

Identify road safety issues in any condition by using a road safety checklist for data capture anytime, anywhere.

Road Safety Audit Checklist

This customizable road safety audit (RSA) checklist can be used to take photos and make notes on the many safety concerns found in various areas, including road function and surroundings, cross-sections, roadside features, and passive safety installations, among others. Using this template, you will be able to do the following and more:

1. Look for potential safety concerns on existing roads or roads that are to be constructed and provide recommendations to reduce injuries and accidents.
2. Attach photos of road observations and include descriptions for better context.
3. Finish the report with comments, recommendations, and the signature of who conducted the audit.
4. Export the completed template into a road safety audit report PDF file. You can also use other file formats such as CSV, Excel, and Word.

What is a Road Safety Audit Checklist?

A road safety audit checklist is a tool used by independent multidisciplinary auditors during the evaluation of safety measures on existing or future roads and intersections. It can also be helpful for construction project auditors when conducting preliminary road safety checks before independent auditors perform their audits. Road safety audit checklists consider various factors that can impact safety for all users, including pedestrians, cyclists, and motorized vehicles.

Why Conduct Road Safety Audits Using Checklists?

The primary importance of conducting road safety audits lies in ensuring that highways and roads operate safely once they’re cleared for public use. This also contributes to efforts in minimizing hazards and risks that road users may face while on the road. In relation to that, these audits are also crucial in reducing collision and accident severity rates.

With ready-to-use road safety audit checklists, findings from the review can easily be stored for future reference. Decision-makers will also have increased visibility on critical aspects of safety. Further, these records can help engineers and construction project managers put more effort into highlighting safety when creating highway designs. This way, the potential costs of future accidents caused by unsafe roads and highways can be reduced.

What to Include in a Road Safety Audit Checklist

Depending on the road scheme and type of construction work to be done, your RSA checklist template can include simpler or more complex details based on your needs. Even so, the following are the most basic information and sections it must include:

• Name of the road being audited
• Date, time, and location of the audit being conducted
• Who conducted the audit
• Road function and surroundings
• Intersection
• Cross-sections
• Service and rest areas
• Passive safety installations
• Adequate lighting
• Traffic signs and markings
• Needs for vulnerable road users
• Comments, recommendations, and sign-off for report completion

To make the audit more comprehensive, it’s also ideal to have the option to upload photo attachments, notes, and descriptions during each inspection.

Conduct Improved Road Safety Audits with Digital Checklists

Why use SafetyCulture (formerly iAuditor)?

When conducting something as vital as a road safety audit, it’s best to use technology that can improve auditing efficiency and make data capture more organized and convenient. SafetyCulture, the world’s most powerful mobile auditing app, can help road safety experts conveniently capture significant information anytime, anywhere, and instantly convert them into a complete report. With SafetyCulture, you can also do the following:

• Make handy road safety audits, even in remote sites with no reception, since it works on mobile devices and automatically saves data and synchronizes them whenever you are online.
• Capture photos of road safety issues to include on the audit report, annotate images to better explain what is observed on site, and recommend corrective actions for resolution.
• Maximize the text fields in checklists and templates so you can enter notes for your audit report.
• Share audit templates with your team and submit geotechnical reports via web reports, PDF documents, and other formats such as Excel, Word, or CSV. You can also save your data in the app’s secure cloud storage for easier recordkeeping and access via mobile or desktop.
• Capture longitude and latitude data via Geotagging for location accuracy when conducting road safety audits.
• Use Training by SafetyCulture, a microlearning solution, to create and deploy a road safety audit course for your team to improve your training program on construction safety and quality.

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