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Implementing Road Safety Audits: Benefits and Impact

Learn about the importance of road safety audits in minimizing crash risks, reducing costs, and enhancing awareness of safe design practices. Explore the evolution of SARF Road Safety Audit courses and the need for audits in developing countries. Discover key findings and contributing factors to road fatalities. Attend the upcoming SARF 5-day course in Cape Town from July 16 to 20.

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Implementing Road Safety Audits: Benefits and Impact

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  1. 0 Road Safety Audits A presentation by the South African Road Federation

  2. Why Implement Road safety Audits?

  3. Benefits of Road Safety Audits Road Safety Audits: • Minimise the risk and severity of road crashes that may be affected by the road project at the Construction Site or on adjacent roads • Minimise the need for remedial works after construction. Reduce the whole Life Cycle costs of the project • Improve the awareness of safe design practices by everyone involved in the planning, design, construction and maintenance of roads • Integrate multimodal safety concerns • Consider human factors in all facets of design

  4. SARF Road Safety Audit courses by numbers • 2014one course was held in Cape Town and one in Gauteng 49 people attended these two courses • 2015 4- Five day courses and 2-Three day course were presented 138 people attended in Cape Town, Gauteng, Durban and PE. • 2016  3- Five day and 2- Two day courses were held in Cape Town, Gauteng and Durban. 172 people attended • 2017 2- Five day and 1-Two course was held in Gauteng and KZN 83 people attended • 2018 2-Five courses were held in KZN and Limpopo 37 People attended. A 5 day course is scheduled for Cape Town 16 to 20 July TOTAL: 479 

  5. Riaan Steenkamp first South African to pass the IRF Road Safety Audit Team Leader Certification Program

  6. The need for Road Safety Audits in Developing Countries • In developing countries there are many more km of Rural Roads than Motorways. • A study that was done in Australia in 2016 showed that the rate of been killed on Rural Roads per Km travelled was 4 to 6 times higher than on Motorways. • The study showed firstly that the 17 -20 and 21-29 year age groups make up the largest proportion of fatalities by age. Contributing factures identified:

  7. CONTENTS • Vision & Mission of SARF • SARF Membership • SARF’s Main Activities • 5th SARF/IRF Regional Conference Sept 2014

  8. Road Safety Audits Thank you

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