Road Safety Audits

Road Safety Audits (RSAs) are

• required to ensure that Highway Improvement Schemes will be safe for all types of road user and that they will achieve the maximum road safety benefits,
• mandatory for all trunk road Highway Improvment Schemes including motorways

HD 19/03

The guidance contained in HD 19/03 is being embraced by most local authorities to ensure good practice.  It is a requirement that the RSA is carried out by a team of qualified auditors who are independent of the designers.

Road Safety Audits are required:

• at the completion of preliminary design (Stage 1)
• after detailed design (Stage 2)
• at the completion of construction (Stage 3)
• and at 12 months and 3 years after completion (Stages 4a and 4b respectively)

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