Safety Analysis Without the Legal Paralysis: The Road Safety Audit Program

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• Creators:
  Owers, Roger S. ; Wilson, Eugene M.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Wyoming. Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering ; Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; Mountain-Plains Consortium
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Highways
  • Highway safety
  • Traffic safety
  • Injuries
  • Laws
  • Liability
  • Roads
  • Rural areas
  • Safety
  • Safety audits
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MPC-02-129
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  This report presents results of an investigation into the practice and legal issues of Road Safety Audits and Road Safety Audit Reviews (RSAs and RSARs). These safety analysis approaches focus on identifying safety issues of proposed projects (RSA) and existing roadways (RSAR). In the United States, these approaches are just beginning to be considered. The study results show that the Road Safety Audit Program adds value to a transportation entity, and those legal doctrines such as sovereign immunity and the rules of discovery and evidence can operate to protect the transportation entity from liability. Furthermore, the public interest of improving road safety outweighs the plaintiff's interests in a potential lawsuit.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/64719/dot_64719_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.95 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:326a708fb287543e611ef36b656b1bedd77f55fb5eb7445c01f213c8004b1b3b