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Insights on Road Safety Audits in RSA 2019

Discover the status quo of road safety audits in South Africa in 2019, examining key findings on awareness, training, qualifications, and implementation of recommendations. Gain valuable insights on the industry landscape and emerging trends.

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Insights on Road Safety Audits in RSA 2019

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  1. STATUS QUO OF ROAD SAFETY AUDITS 2019 LOUIS ROODT PR ENG PHD PRESENTED BY KOBUS LABUSCHAGNE PR ENG

  2. STATUS QUO OF ROAD SAFETY AUDIT 2019

  3. RSA STATUS QU0 IN 2002 • LOW LEVELS OF AWARENESS BY ROAD AUTHORITIES • MANY ROAD AUTHORITIES COULD NOT BE CONTACTED • POOR UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES • LOW AWARENESS OF BENEFITS • LACK OF TRAINED RS AUDITORS • LACK OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES • NO BUDGET SUPPORT • SPORADIC PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED WITH NO FOLLOW UP

  4. MOTIVATION TO DO RSA STATUS QUO IN 2019 • HIGHER LEVELS OF AWARENESS • INVOLVEMENT OF RTMC AS LEAD IMPLEMENTING AGENT • POSITIVE SUPPORT BY SANRAL FOR OWN PROJECTS • POSITIVE SUPPORT BY CERTAIN PROVINCIAL AND METROPOLITAN ROAD AUTHORITIES • SARF FACILITATING RSA TRAINING SINCE 2015 • MORE THAN 450 PERSONS ATTENDED THE FIRST 2 DAYS = MANAGEMENT ORIENTATION COURSE

  5. RSA SQ 2019

  6. EMPLOYMENT OF PARTICIPANTS

  7. EMPLOYMENT OF PARTICIPANTS

  8. SURVEY PART 1

  9. PRIMARY FIELD OF STUDY • OF THE 41 RESPONDENTS: • 39 FROM TECHNICAL BACKGROUND • 1 FROM COMMERCIAL BACKGROUND • 1 FROM POLICING BACKGROUND

  10. YEARS OF EXPERIENCE GROUPS: 10 TO 20 YEARS ACCOUNT FOR 46% 20 TO 30 YEARS 8% (ILLUSTRATES MISSING GENERATION) 30 YEARS + OLD ENGINEERS (TO BE MENTORS)

  11. QUALIFICATIONS B ENG HONS 36% B ENG 30% M ENG 20% PDH 4% ROAD SAFETY AUDITORS TYPICALLY HIGHLY QUALIFIED

  12. COURSE ATTENDED SARF COURSE ATTENDED MORE THAN 5 YEARS AGO 46% SARF COURSE ATTENDED LESS THAN 5 YEARS AGO 44%

  13. WAS THE COURSE WORTHWHILE 80% OF ALL RESPONDENTS FOUND THE COURSE VERY TO EXTREMELY WORTHWHILE

  14. QUALITY OF COURSE PRESENTATIONS 25% RATED AS VERY HIGH QUALITY 65% RATED AS HIGH QUALITY

  15. RELEVANCE OF COURSE MATERIAL 88% OF RESPONDENTS FOUND THE MATERIAL VERY TO EXTREMELY RELEVANT

  16. ATTITUDE TOWARDS SAFETY 27% EXISTING POSITIVE ATTITUDE 29% ATTITUDE CHANGED SOMEWHAT 34% ATTITUDE CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY POSITIVE

  17. CONCLUSIONS SURVEY PART 1

  18. SURVEY PART 2

  19. ROLES OF RESPONDENTS • As road authority letting tenders for audits 17.86% • As consultant letting tenders on behalf of road authorities 7.14% • As consultant tendering (not successful) 28.57% • As consultant tendering (successful) 25.00% • As specialist road safety auditor 21.43%

  20. ROAD SAFETY AUDITS ADD VALUE 57% STRONGLY AGREE 35% AGREE 7% NEUTRAL

  21. PRICES OF AUDITS v QUALITY 54% ARE OF THE OPINION THAT TENDERED PRICES ARE TOO LOW TO ENSURE QUALITY 46% RESPONDED THAT CLIENTS STILL GET ADEQUATE TO HIGH QUALITY DESPITE LOW PRICES

  22. TENDERS COMPILED FOR CLIENT 30 RESPONDENTS: 63% NONE 27% UP TO 5 9% MORE THAN 10

  23. SUCCESS IN TENDERING FOR AUDITS • Consultants tendered • unsuccessfully on all audits (48%), successfully on • one to five audits (36%%), • six to 10 audits (12%) and • 11 to 20 audits (4%). • With 48% of consultants never winning a tender and 16% winning six and more tenders, it seems that the audit industry is dominated by a few players.

  24. APPROPRIATE PROCESSES FOLLOWED? ALL THE FORMAL PROCESSES ARE FOLLOWED IN ONLY 26% OF THE CASES • All processes followed 26% • No commencement or completion meeting and no feedback: 16% • No completion meeting and no feedback 26% • No feedback 20%

  25. SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TRUE IN ONLY 40% OF CASES

  26. IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS 50%

  27. FORMAL RESPONSE ONLY IN 20% OF CASES ARE FORMAL RESPONSES RECEIVED

  28. CONCLUSIONS SURVEY PART 2 • Aspects that need attention are the following: • • Auditing process are followed but certain steps are sometimes omitted, i.e. lack of commencement and completion meetings and feedback, recommendations are not always implemented. • Formal responses must be given. • • Design engineers do not always provide sufficient information to do the audits.

  29. CONCLUSIONS • The status quo of road safety audits in South Africa in 2019 seems to be healthy and improving as the skills set develops and commitments by road authorities become institutionalised. It is, however, a reason for concern that the field is dominated by a few players.

  30. Thank you AUTHOR: Dr. Louis RoodtPrEng ldvroodt@gmail.com PRESENTER: Kobus Labuschagne PrEng flabusc@gmail.com

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