Key factors to become successful road safety auditor

Abstract

The rapid increase of the number of motorized vehicles, increase exposure to more accidents both in terms of the number and the severity. The road safety audit (RSA) is one of the measures to overcome this problem. An RSA is a form of official test of a road section (along its stages of construction) conducted independently by a trusted auditor who is capable to assess the potential accident. To conduct the road safety audit comprehensively, systematically and independently, it is required to recruit auditors who are capable to carry on road and street furniture design and construction based on a specified standard. At present, there are no guidelines regarding recruitment and training for road safety auditors. This paper is intended to develop such guidelines. Hypothetically to be successful, the road safety auditors not only need to be intelligent but also got suitable personalities to undertake road safety audit tasks.