Road safety audit at expressway: upgrading Pasir Gudang expressway (F17) Johor Baharu

Abstract

Road Safety Audits (RSAs) are an effective tool for proactively improving the future safety performance of a road project during the planning and design stages, and for identifying safety issues in existing transportation facilities. Road safety audits is only a study of safety aspects and the auditing process may indicate road safety problems inherent in designs that conform to the road standards. The main objective in this study area is to identify potential safety hazards on new roads project and existing road which have a direct impacts. Road safety audit process is divided in stages from Stage 1 to Stage 5. In this study case, it is only the first 3 stages to consider. Its started with Feasibility and Planning Stage (Stage 1), then continue with Preliminary Design (Stage 2) and ending with Details Design (Stage 3). The auditing process initiated with selection of auditor team, assemble the background infromation of the project, meeting between client and auditor team. Then the process continue with site inspection by the auditor and follow with producing the finding in a report. Findings from the audit process showing most of the safety requirement in the design was comply with the standards requirement. A minor comment was highlighted in the finding especially for existing road. On the other hand, we can conclude the designer of the new road project had taken all aspect for road safety into account during design stage.