Defining a Road Safety Audits Program for Enhancing Safety and Reducing Tort Liability

Owers, Roger S.; Wilson, Eugene M.

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Defining a Road Safety Audits Program for Enhancing Safety and Reducing Tort Liability

2000-07-01
By Owers, Roger S. ; Wilson, Eugene M.

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Creators:

Owers, Roger S. ; Wilson, Eugene M.
Corporate Creators:

University of Wyoming. Dept. of Civil and Architectural Engineering
Corporate Contributors:

Mountain Plains Consortium ; United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration ; University Transportation Centers Program (U.S.)
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Publication/ Report Number:

MPC REPORT NO. 00-113
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

MPC Interim / Phase 1 Report
Corporate Publisher:

Mountain Plains Consortium
Abstract:

Table of Contents: (1) Introduction; (2) Review of Safety Issues; (3) Review of Legal Liability Issues; (4) Summary of Safety and Legal Liability Issues. Prepared in cooperation with Wyoming Univ., Laramie. Dept. of Civil and Architectural Engineering. Sponsored by Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. Office of Research and Special Programs. Long in our history, the safety of what we build has been mandated and our failure to build safely a source of liability. A program has been developed, which targets the improvement of the safety of the transportation road and street network. This program - the Road Safety Audit Program - originated in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and has been further developed by Austroads, the Australian transportation authority. The program is aimed at identifying the "accident potential and safety performance" of existing or future transportation projects and ensuring the full consideration of solutions for mitigating any deficiencies. This study explores expanding the Road Safety Audit (RSA or Program) to address the liabilities arising from an RSA review of existing roads in the United States. 92 pages
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University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
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