Safety audit is a formal process that has four main stages:

Stage 1: At initial design
Stage 2: Prior to tender issue
Stage 3: Before opening to traffic (or as soon as possible after completion on site)
Stage 4: Monitoring

The earlier a potential problem is spotted, the better. If not picked up till Stage 3, the cost of rectifying the fault can be considerable. Typical problems that may be discovered are:

Stage 1: gap in the provision of facilities for pedestrians
Stage 2: insufficient signing to direct drivers around the new layout
Stage 3: ponding which may tempt pedestrians to avoid designated crossing points

Safety audit sometimes goes beyond design standards and is performed independently of design.  Safety audit of a significant road improvement scheme has been estimated to save at least one injury per year.

Road safety engineers also have an input to the work of choosing road safety camera sites and their experience is often called upon for less formal safety assessments of existing roads.

Monitoring of schemes implemented has shown that AIP work has contributed significantly to casualty reduction, but it is only one aspect of the work and its success is partly due to the work of colleagues engaged in the education and enforcement aspects of road safety.

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