Road safety audits: FHWA case study program

Margaret Gibbs, Sany R. Zein, Dan Nabors, Louisa Ward, Craig Allred

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Abstract

Road safety audits (RSAs) are emerging as an effective tool for proactively improving the safety performance of a road project while it is still in the design or planning stage or for identifying and mitigating safety concerns in existing transportation infrastructure. The authors are nearing the end of a yearlong series of nine pilot RSAs conducted across the United States, sponsored by FHWA's Office of Safety Design and conducted for a variety of agencies at the local (county, city, and tribal) and state levels. The purpose of this paper is to inform the transportation community of this pilot RSA series, to discuss six important lessons learned in the process of conducting the pilot audits, and, on the basis of these lessons, to advise how the usefulness and effectiveness of a road safety audit can be maximized.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHighway Safety
PublisherNational Research Council
Pages79-82
Number of pages4
Edition1969
ISBN (Print)0309099781, 9780309099783
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameTransportation Research Record
Number1969
ISSN (Print)0361-1981

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

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