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

2. Why Implement Road safety Audits?

3. 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

4. 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
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
Five day and 1-Two course was held in Gauteng and KZN 83 people attended
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 and 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)

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

10. Road Safety Audits
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