Road Safety Audit Process

In order for us to provide you with a quotation, all we will need from you is:

• A brief description of the scheme
• Site location/postcode
• Simple drawing such as a site plan or General Arrangement drawing
• What stage Road Safety Audit you require
  • Stage 1 – Completion of Preliminary Design
  • Stage 2 – Completion of Detailed Design (or Combined Stage 1 & 2)
  • Stage 3 – Completion of Construction
  • Stage 4 – Post Opening Monitoring (12 months)

All of this can be provided by either emailing Lorna Charles or by filling out our quote request form

Once you have received and accepted the quotation, we will ask you to complete the Road Safety Audit Checklist.  The Checklist will detail the information required to progress with the Road Safety Audit.

Upon receipt of the completed RSA Checklist and the relevant drawings/information, the audit team will carry out the site visit and complete the report within 10 working days or sooner if required.

A day time site visit is required at each audit stage.  At Stage 3, the audit requires an additional site visit during the hours of darkness.

The audit team will write up the report identifying any potential road safety problems and provide recommendations on how to alleviate the potential safety issues.

GG 119 has brought about some changes to the designer’s response process.  The design team should liaise with the Overseeing Organisation (i.e. the Highway Authority) with regards to agreeing actions to each problem.  Following the completion of the road safety audit, the design team should prepare a road safety audit response report in collaboration with the Overseeing Organisation.

Further information is provided in GG 119 Sections 4.11 to 4.19 and Appendix F (where a road safety audit response report template is available).

The response report should be produced and finalised within one month of the issue of the Road Safety Audit report.  A copy of the response report should be issued to the Safety Audit Team for information only.