Road Safety Audit Definitions

There are key definitions that are used in the road safety audit process that must be understood by Road Safety Auditors. The key definitions can also provide project managers and designers who appoint road safety audit teams an understanding of the roles and definitions used in the audit process.

Road Safety Audit Definitions

Templates

Templates have been developed to ensure adequate information is provided when engaging road safety audit teams, and to provide consistency to the road safety audit reporting process. 

The templates provided can be branded by organisations; however the structure of the templates and findings must be retained. The templates provided are the format that is recommended by the IPWEA / Main Roads - Road Safety Audit Panel for use by accredited Road Safety Auditors in Western Australia.

Road Safety Audit Brief Template:

A road safety audit brief is the instructions prepared and approved by the client organisation and design team prepared using the recommended template. It defines the scope of the audit and provides sufficient information to enable the audit team to conduct the audit. 

The road safety audit brief template provided is recommended by the IPWEA / MRWA Road Safety Audit Panel for use by clients to engage road safety audit teams in Western Australia.

Road Safety Audit Brief Template

Road Safety Audit Report Template:

A road safety audit report template has been developed to provide consistency to the audit reporting process throughout Western Australia, and to ensure audit teams focus on the crash risk of any identified findings. 
The audit report template has been developed to include bookmarks to assist the audit reporting process by auto-populating repeated information throughout the report, and also populate the Corrective Action Report (CAR). 
The road safety audit report template is recommended by the IPWEA / MRWA Road Safety Audit Panel for use by accredited Road Safety Auditors in Western Australia. 
There is a completion procedure provided for auditors unfamiliar with the use of bookmarks and an optional template provided without bookmarks.

Road Safety Audit Report Template (Bookmarked)

Road Safety Audit Report Completion Procedure

Road Safety Audit Report Template (Without Bookmarks)

Road Safety Inspection Report Template:

A Road Safety Inspection is a formal examination of an existing road or road related area in which an independent, qualified team report on the crash and hazard potential and likely safety performance of the location. (Formerly known as an ‘Existing Road Safety Audit’)
The Road Safety Inspection report template is recommended by the IPWEA / MRWA Road Safety Audit Panel for use by accredited Road Safety Auditors in Western Australia. 
There is a bookmarked version of this template and an optional template provided without bookmarks. Refer to the audit report completion procedure for the bookmarked version.

Road Safety Inspection Report Template (Bookmarked)

Road Safety Inspection Report Template (Without Bookmarks)