0 Road Safety Audits A presentation by the

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

Why Implement Road safety Audits?

Benefits of 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

SARF Road Safety Audit courses by numbers • 2014 one 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

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

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: • Driver Error in Judgement • Excessive Speed • Driver Fatigue • Failure to wear a seatbelt • Young drivers (under 25) • Driving on Unfamiliar road • Old drivers (over 60)

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

Road Safety Audits Thank you