Road Safety Audit Checklist

Use this Road Safety Audit (RSA) Checklist to assess and report on road alignment, visibility, signage and more, ensuring safer travel for all users.

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Road Safety Audit Checklist

6.14.1 Landscaping

6.14.2 Temporary Works

6.14.3 Headlight Glare

6.14.4 Roadside Activities

6.14.5 Errant Vehicles

6.14.6 Other Safety Issues

6.14.7 Rest Areas

6.14.8 Animals

6.14.9 Safety Aspects For Heavy Vehicles Not Already Covered

6.1.1 Visibility, Sight Distance

6.1.2 Design Speed

6.1.3 Speed Limit/Speed Zoning

6.1.4 Overtaking

6.1.5 Readability By Drivers

6.1.6 Widths

6.1.7 Shoulders

6.1.8 Crossfalls

6.1.9 Batter Slopes

6.1.10 Drains

6.2.1 Tapers

6.2.2 Shoulders

6.2.3 Signs And Markings

6.2.4 Turning Traffic

6.3.1 Location

6.3.2 Visibility; Sight Distance

6.3.3 Controls And Delineation

6.3.4 Layout

6.3.5 Miscellaneous

6.4.1 Lighting

6.4.2 General Signs Issues

6.4.3 Sign Legibility

6.4.4 Sign Supports

6.5.1 General Issues

6.5.2 Centrelines, Edgelines, Lane Lines

6.5.3 Guideposts And Reflectors

6.5.4 Curve Warning And Delineation

6.6.1 Clear Zones

6.6.2 Crash Barriers

6.6.3 End Treatments

6.6.4 Fences

6.6.5 Visibility Of Barriers And Fences

6.7.1 Operations

6.7.2 Visibility

6.8.1 General Issues

6.8.2 Pedestrians

6.8.3 Cyclists

6.8.4 Public Transport

6.9.1 Design Features

6.9.2 Crash Barriers

6.9.3 Miscellaneous

6.10.1 Pavement Defects

6.10.2 Skid Resistance

6.10.3 Ponding

6.10.4 Loose Stones/Material

6.11.1 General Issues

6.12.1 Design Issues

6.12.2 Pavement/Shoulder Quality

6.13.1 Ponding, Flooding

6.13.2 Safety Of Devices

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Road Safety Audit Checklist

Use this Road Safety Audit (RSA) Checklist to assess and report on road alignment, visibility, signage and more, ensuring safer travel for all users.

1. Is landscaping in accordance with guidelines? (e.g., clearances, sight distance) Will existing clearances and sight distances be maintained following future plant growth?

2. Does the landscaping at roundabouts avoid visibility problems?

1. Are all locations free of construction or maintenance equipment that is no longer required?

2. Are all locations free of signs or temporary traffic control devices that are no longer required?

1. Have any problems that could be caused by headlight glare been addressed? (e.g., a two-way service road close to main traffic lanes, the use of glare fencing or screening)

1. Are the road boundaries free of any activities that are likely to distract drivers?

2. Are all advertising signs installed so that they do not constitute a hazard?

1. Is the roadside furniture on the verges and footways free of damage from errant vehicles that could indicate a possible problem, hazard, or conflict at the site?

1. Is the embankment stability safe?

2. Is the route free of unsafe overhanging branches?

3. Is the route free of visibility obstructions caused by long grass?

4. Are any high-wind areas safely dealt with?

5. If back-to-back median curbing is used, is it: • adequately delineated? • obvious where it starts? • obvious at intersections? • unlikely to be a hazard to pedestrians?

1. Is the location of rest areas and truck parking areas along the route appropriate?

2. Is there adequate sight distance to the exit and entry points from rest areas and truck parking areas at all times of the day?

1. Is the route free from large numbers of animals? (e.g., cattle, sheep, kangaroos, koalas, wombats, etc.)

2. If not, is it protected by animal-proof fencing?

1. Have all other matters that may have a bearing on safety for heavy vehicles been addressed?

1. Is sight distance adequate for the speed of traffic using the route?

2. Is adequate sight distance provided for intersections and crossings (e.g., pedestrian, cyclist, cattle, railway)?

3. Is adequate sight distance provided at all private driveways and property entrances?

1. Is the horizontal and vertical alignment suitable for the (85th percentile) traffic speed?

2. If not, are warning signs and advisory speed signs installed?

3. Are the posted advisory speeds for curves appropriate?

1. Is the speed limit compatible with the function, road geometry, land use, and sight distance?

1. Are safe overtaking opportunities provided?

1. Is the road free of elements that may cause confusion?

2. Is the alignment of the roadway clearly defined?

3. Has disused pavement (if any) been removed or treated?

4. Have old pavement markings been removed properly?

5. Do tree lines follow the road alignment?

6. Does the line of street lights or the poles follow the road alignment?

7. Is the road free of misleading curves or combinations of curves?

1. Are medians and islands of adequate width for the likely users?

2. Are traffic lane and carriageway widths adequate for the traffic volume and mix?

3. Are bridge widths adequate?

1. Are shoulders wide enough to allow drivers to regain control of errant vehicles?

2. Are shoulders wide enough for broken-down or emergency vehicles to stop safely?

3. Are shoulders sealed?

4. Are shoulders trafficable for all vehicles and road users (i.e., are shoulders in good condition)?

5. Is the transition from road to shoulder safe (no drop-offs)?

1. Is appropriate superelevation provided on curves?

2. Is any adverse crossfall safely managed (for cars, trucks, etc.)?

3. Do crossfalls (carriageway and shoulder) provide adequate drainage?

1. Are batter slopes traversable by cars and trucks that run off the road?

1. Are roadside drains and culvert end walls traversable?

1. Are starting and finishing tapers located and aligned correctly

2. Is there sufficient sight distance to the end of the auxiliary lane?

1. Are appropriate shoulder widths provided at merges?

2. Have shoulder widths been maintained beside the auxiliary lane?

1. Have all signs been installed in accordance with the appropriate guidelines?

2. Are all signs conspicuous and clear?

3. Does all line marking conform to these guidelines?

4. Is there an advance warning of approaching auxiliary lanes?

1. Have right turns from the through lane been avoided?

2. Is there an advance warning of turn lanes?

1. Are all intersections located safely with respect to the horizontal and vertical alignment?

2. Where intersections occur at the end of high-speed environments (e.g., at approaches to towns), are there traffic control devices to alert drivers?

1. Is the presence of each intersection obvious to all road users?

2. Is the sight distance appropriate for all movements and all road users?

3. Is there a stopping sight distance to the rear of any queue or slow-moving turning vehicles?

4. Has the appropriate sight distance been provided for entering and leaving vehicles?

1. Are pavement markings and intersection control signs satisfactory?

2. Are vehicle paths through intersections delineated satisfactorily?

3. Are all lanes properly marked (including any arrows)?

1. Are all conflict points between vehicles safely managed?

2. Is the intersection layout obvious to all road users?

3. Is the alignment of curbs obvious and appropriate?

4. Is the alignment of traffic islands obvious and appropriate?

5. Is the alignment of medians obvious and appropriate?

6. Can all likely vehicle types be accommodated?

7. Are merge tapers long enough?

8. Is the intersection free of capacity problems that may produce safety problems?

1. Particularly at rural sites, are all intersections free of loose gravel?

1. Has lighting been adequately provided where required?

2. Is the road free of features that interrupt illumination (e.g., trees or overbridges)?

3. Is the road free of lighting poles that are fixed roadside hazards?

4. Are frangible or slip-base poles provided?