Road Safety Audit for Non-Auditors

• Develop an understanding of road safety auditing, its importance and its objectives.
• Develop an appreciation of how Safe System principles and road safety auditing integrate with the Road Infrastructure Life Cycle to create a safer environment for road users.
• Understand the basic concepts and objectives of the Safe System approach.
• Have a clear understanding of the differences between road safety audits and Safe System assessments and how they complement each other to get maximum road safety benefits.
• Develop a sound understanding of who the key stakeholders in a road safety audit are and where non-auditors fit in the broader structure.
• Develop an appreciation of which audit types are commissioned in the pre-construction, construction and post-construction stage of a project.
• Understand the road safety audit process and its different phases.

Road and Transport Owner and Managing Agencies

• Portfolio Directors and Asset Owners
• Asset Management and Planning roles
• Project Management and Design Lead roles
• Traffic, Transport and Road Safety roles
• Construction Management roles
• Road Safety Grants Evaluation roles

Contractors, Developers and Consultants

• Construction and Project Manager roles
• Development Planning roles
• Traffic and Transport specialists
• Designer and Planning roles

1.    Introduction to road safety auditing and the Safe System approach

• Road safety in Australia
• Road safety tools and infrastructure life cycle
• Introduction to road safety auditing and road safety audits
• Road safety auditing within the infrastructure life cycle
• Introduction to the Safe System approach
• Other road safety assessment and evaluation techniques
• Differences between road safety audits and Safe System assessments
• Importance and benefits of road safety audits

2.    Key stakeholders and where non-auditors fit in the process

• Key stakeholders in a road safety audit
• Where non-auditors fit in the process
• Road safety accreditation in states and territories across Australia

3.    Road safety audit process and the role of non-auditors in each phase 

• Road safety audits and their types
• Typical road safety audit process
• Commissioning phase
• Auditor competency (SEKA model)
• Conducting phase
• Completion phase
• Hierarchy of controls
• Implementation phase
• Closing the loop

4.    Road safety audit – a case study focusing on non-auditors’ perspective 

• Introduction of the example project site
• Discussion on factors that influenced the need for a road safety audit
• Role-play an inception meeting
• Interactive discussion focusing on what non-auditors should do in each of the following road safety audit phases:
• Commissioning
• Conducting
• Completion
• Implementation
• Discussion of the report findings
• Role-play a close-out meeting – how non-auditors should review and respond to identified risks, including taking advice from asset owners and subject matter experts in the project team
• Discussion on the importance of closing the loop and record management