1. STATUS QUO OF ROAD SAFETY AUDITS 2019
LOUIS ROODT PR ENG PHD
PRESENTED BY KOBUS LABUSCHAGNE PR ENG

2. STATUS QUO OF ROAD SAFETY AUDIT 2019
A SATC PAPER IN 2002 REVIEWED THE STATUS QUO OF ROAD SAFETY AUDITS FOLLOWING THE DRAFT SOUTH AFRICAN ROAD SAFETY MANUAL VOLUME 4 PUBLISHED 1999:
SLOW IMPLEMENTATION DUE TO LACK OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING
THE 2012 EDITION OF SOUTH AFRICAN ROAD SAFETY AUDIT MANUAL PUBLISHED BY RTMC LEAD TO INCREASED AWARENESS
IMPLEMENTATION ON SANRAL PROJECTS
TRAINING PROVIDED BY SARF
STATUS QUO OF ROAD SAFETY AUDIT 2019

3. RSA STATUS QU0 IN 2002 LOW LEVELS OF AWARENESS BY ROAD AUTHORITIES
MANY ROAD AUTHORITIES COULD NOT BE CONTACTED
POOR UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES
LOW AWARENESS OF BENEFITS
LACK OF TRAINED RS AUDITORS
LACK OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
NO BUDGET SUPPORT
SPORADIC PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED WITH NO FOLLOW UP

4. MOTIVATION TO DO RSA STATUS QUO IN 2019
HIGHER LEVELS OF AWARENESS
INVOLVEMENT OF RTMC AS LEAD IMPLEMENTING AGENT
POSITIVE SUPPORT BY SANRAL FOR OWN PROJECTS
POSITIVE SUPPORT BY CERTAIN PROVINCIAL AND METROPOLITAN ROAD AUTHORITIES
SARF FACILITATING RSA TRAINING SINCE 2015
MORE THAN 450 PERSONS ATTENDED THE FIRST 2 DAYS = MANAGEMENT ORIENTATION COURSE
MOTIVATION TO DO RSA STATUS QUO IN 2019

5. RSA SQ 2019 Design of investigation
Not intended as random sample of civil engineers
Not intended as interrogation of road authorities
Survey sent to all persons in the SARF data base.

6. EMPLOYMENT OF PARTICIPANTS
11 national government
75 SANRAL
38 provincial road authorities (25 from Western Cape Province) and
58 from municipalities (31 from City of Cape Town)
182 government officials
4 from the RTMC
20 from other SADC countries

7. EMPLOYMENT OF PARTICIPANTS
210 persons from the consulting engineering profession
20 each representing Aurecon, RHDHV and SMEC
9 representing AECOM
6 each representing WSP Group, Gibb, ITSE and TS Consulting
EMPLOYMENT OF PARTICIPANTS

8. SURVEY PART 1 OBJECTIVES : PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS TRAINING:
EXPERIENCE
QUALIFICATIONS
BACKGROUND
TRAINING:
ATTITUDE
MATERIAL
PRESENTATION

9. PRIMARY FIELD OF STUDY OF THE 41 RESPONDENTS:
39 FROM TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
1 FROM COMMERCIAL BACKGROUND
1 FROM POLICING BACKGROUND

10. YEARS OF EXPERIENCE GROUPS: 10 TO 20 YEARS ACCOUNT FOR 46%
20 TO 30 YEARS 8% (ILLUSTRATES MISSING GENERATION)
30 YEARS + OLD ENGINEERS (TO BE MENTORS)

11. QUALIFICATIONS B ENG HONS 36% B ENG 30% M ENG 20% PDH 4%
ROAD SAFETY AUDITORS TYPICALLY HIGHLY QUALIFIED

12. COURSE ATTENDED SARF COURSE ATTENDED MORE THAN 5 YEARS AGO 46%
SARF COURSE ATTENDED LESS THAN 5 YEARS AGO 44%

13. WAS THE COURSE WORTHWHILE
80% OF ALL RESPONDENTS FOUND THE COURSE VERY TO EXTREMELY WORTHWHILE

14. QUALITY OF COURSE PRESENTATIONS
25% RATED AS VERY HIGH QUALITY
65% RATED AS HIGH QUALITY

15. RELEVANCE OF COURSE MATERIAL
88% OF RESPONDENTS FOUND THE MATERIAL VERY TO EXTREMELY RELEVANT

16. ATTITUDE TOWARDS SAFETY
27% EXISTING POSITIVE ATTITUDE
29% ATTITUDE CHANGED SOMEWHAT
34% ATTITUDE CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY POSITIVE

17. CONCLUSIONS SURVEY PART 1
Training that was lacking in 2002, has reached many road safety professionals, especially since 2015 when the SARF started to present an RSA course.
More than 480 persons have attended first two days of training.
The fact that 20 road safety auditors are from other SADC countries, indicates progress in the recognition of road safety in a regional context.
Trained auditors are overall satisfied with the training and the course material presented.

18. SURVEY PART 2 OBJECTIVES : EXECUTION OF AUDITS PROCESSES FOLLOWED
ROLES
INFORMATION
VALUE
PROCESSES FOLLOWED
MEETINGS
FEEDBACK IMPLEMENTATION

19. ROLES OF RESPONDENTS
As road authority letting tenders for audits %
As consultant letting tenders on behalf of road authorities 7.14%
As consultant tendering (not successful) %
As consultant tendering (successful) %
As specialist road safety auditor %

20. ROAD SAFETY AUDITS ADD VALUE
57% STRONGLY AGREE
35% AGREE
7% NEUTRAL

21. PRICES OF AUDITS v QUALITY
54% ARE OF THE OPINION THAT TENDERED PRICES ARE TOO LOW TO ENSURE QUALITY
46% RESPONDED THAT CLIENTS STILL GET ADEQUATE TO HIGH QUALITY DESPITE LOW PRICES

22. TENDERS COMPILED FOR CLIENT
30 RESPONDENTS:
63% NONE
27% UP TO 5
9% MORE THAN 10

23. SUCCESS IN TENDERING FOR AUDITS
Consultants tendered
unsuccessfully on all audits (48%),
successfully on
one to five audits (36%%),
six to 10 audits (12%) and
11 to 20 audits (4%).
With 48% of consultants never winning a tender and 16% winning six and more tenders, it seems that the audit industry is dominated by a few players.

24. APPROPRIATE PROCESSES FOLLOWED?
ALL THE FORMAL PROCESSES ARE FOLLOWED IN ONLY 26% OF THE CASES
• All processes followed 26%
• No commencement or completion meeting
and no feedback: 16%
• No completion meeting and no feedback 26%
• No feedback %

25. SUFFICIENT INFORMATION
TRUE IN ONLY 40% OF CASES

26. IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS 50%

27. FORMAL RESPONSE
ONLY IN 20% OF CASES ARE FORMAL RESPONSES RECEIVED

28. CONCLUSIONS SURVEY PART 2
Aspects that need attention are the following:
• Auditing process are followed but certain steps are sometimes omitted, i.e. lack of commencement and completion meetings and feedback, recommendations are not always implemented.
Formal responses must be given.
• Design engineers do not always provide sufficient information to do the audits.

29. CONCLUSIONS
The status quo of road safety audits in South Africa in seems to be healthy and improving as the skills set develops and commitments by road authorities become institutionalised. It is, however, a reason for concern that the field is dominated by a few players.

30. Kobus Labuschagne Pr Eng
Thank you
AUTHOR:
Dr. Louis Roodt Pr Eng
PRESENTER:
Kobus Labuschagne Pr Eng