Keeping road safety audits relevant: a review of the Guide to Road Safety Part 6

In 1994, Austroads established road safety audit practice in Australia and New Zealand with the publication of the Road Safety Audit Guide. Since that time, the Guide has been incorporated into the Guide to Road Safety as Part 6: Road Safety Audit with two updates being completed, in 2002 and 2009. In 2005 a new road safety paradigm was introduced to Australia. While the 2009 edition of Road Safety Audit guide contains information about the Safe System approach, it does not provide road safety audit practitioners with guidance about how this new paradigm should be reflected in a road safety audit. In the 2015 review of Part 6: Road Safety Audit, Austroads has sought to align road safety audits, auditors and road project managers with a structured, systems based approach to road safety. A review by Austroads has also looked at road safety auditor training and accreditation and where opportunities are available for improvement and harmonisation.