Road Safety Audits (2004)

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32 APPENDIX A Survey Questionnaire TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD NATIONAL COOPERATIVE HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM Project 20-5, Topic 34-02 Road Safety Audits: State of the Practice Questionnaire Name of respondent: Agency: Title: Telephone: Fax: E-mail: INSTRUCTIONS The information collected will be used to develop a National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) synthesis report on “Road Safety Audits: State of the Practice.” If you or your agency has conducted any Road Safety Audits or Road Safety Audit Reviews, or conducted related safety assessments, please review and respond to this survey. The purpose of this survey is to document information on existing experiences and planned activities in the application of road safety audits and related proactive safety programs. For the purpose of this survey, the following definitions are used: Road Safety Audit—An RSA is a formal examination of a future roadway project by an independent, qualified audit team that then reports on potential safety issues. Road Safety Audit Review—An RSAR is a road safety audit of an existing roadway made by a qualified independent audit team that reports on the potential safety issues on the existing roadway section. There are three parts to this survey. All DOTs are asked to please respond to Part I (10 questions). Please respond to Parts II and III if your state is using RSAs or RSARs. The survey should be completed by the person(s) with knowledge of the agency’s activities related to safety evaluations. You may skip any questions that are not applicable. Attach additional sheets, if necessary. Please send the completed survey and additional documentation to: Eugene M. Wilson 3212 Reynolds Street Laramie, WY 82072 If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Wilson by telephone: (307) 766-3202 or by e-mail at: wilson@uwyo.edu, or Dr. Martin Lipinski by telephone: (901) 678-3279 or by e-mail at: mlipinsk@memphis.edu. WE APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE—THANK YOU

33 PART I—INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES 1. Does your agency have a safety management plan? ___ Yes ____ No (Please provide a copy if possible.) 2. Is a road safety audit/road safety audit review program part of the safety management plan? ____Yes ___ No 3. Does your state have sovereign immunity? _____ Full ____ Partial _______ None 4. Does your agency have measurable safety goals? Are these goals specific to reduction in numbers of fatalities_____ or are these goals rate-based _____? (Please provide a copy if possible.) 5. What are the measures of accountability used for the achievement of these goals? 6. What are the institutional barriers to implementing a road safety audit/road safety audit review program? 7. If your agency has developed and used modified concepts of road safety audit and road safety audit reviews, please provide examples of these changes. 8. Has your agency participated in any road safety audit training? Please describe. 9. Please provide any additional information that you feel would be helpful to improve the understanding of the state of the practice of road safety audits and road safety audit reviews. 10. Does your agency have case studies of actual audits/reviews that you would provide for use in the synthesis? If Yes, please check if you want them returned________. Please return all information provided to:

34 PART II—ROAD SAFETY AUDITS Road Safety Audit—An RSA is a formal examination of a future roadway project by an independent, qualified audit team who then reports on potential safety issues. 11. Has your agency conducted any road safety audits? Yes No If No, go to question 35. 12. How many audits have you conducted in the past five years? 13. How many were conducted in the following stages of the design process? ___________ Planning ___________ Preliminary Design ___________ Final Design ___________ Traffic Control Planning During Construction ___________ Construction 14. How many people were on the audit teams and what disciplines did they represent? ___Planning Stage Audit ___Preliminary Design Stage Audit ___Final Design Stage Audit ___Traffic Control Planning Audit ___Construction Stage Audit 15. What types of projects were audited? 16. Did the team use the following? Checklists Prompt Lists Neither 17. Were the results of the audit implemented? Please explain and if possible please provide sample audits. (If provided, these will be used only in a generic fashion.) 18. What resources were made available to the audit program?

35 19. Where are the audit reports maintained? (Is there a central road safety audit coordinator?) 20. Were the audits done in-house or with outside consultants, or both? 21. How are audit projects selected? (Please provide any selection criteria used and/or any overview characteristics of audit projects.) 22. What are the institutional barriers encountered that hindered implementation of audit findings? 23. Is there a road safety audit component specified in your agency’s safety performance plan? (Please provide a copy if possible.) 24. Are the results of the audits checked against safety performance goals? ____Yes_____ No. Please explain. 25. Do the audits address the needs of pedestrians, bicyclists, or other road users? ____Yes_____ No. Please explain. 26. How do you gain knowledge of road users’ needs on projects being audited? 27. How is the audit program administered in your agency?

36 28. How do you evaluate the success/benefits of the road safety audit program? Do you use any cost-effectiveness or cost–benefit methods of analysis? Please explain. 29. Does your agency have buy-in from the top administration for the road safety audit program? 30. How are liability issues addressed in your road safety audit program? 31. What is your biggest success with the road safety audit program? 32. What is the major failure or shortcoming of your road safety audit program? 33. How is the road safety audit program organized in your state? 34. How is your road safety audit program funded?

37 PART III—ROAD SAFETY AUDIT REVIEWS Road Safety Audit Review—An RSAR is a road safety audit of an existing roadway made by a qualified independent audit team that reports on the potential safety issues on the existing roadway section. 35. Has your agency conducted any road safety audit reviews? Yes No If No, please return your responses and thanks for your help! 36. How many audit reviews has your department of transportation conducted in the past five years? (Please provide a best guess.) 37. What types and locations of roadways were reviewed? 38. How many people were on the audit review and what disciplines did they represent? 39. Did the team use the following? Checklists Prompt Lists Neither 40. Were the results of the audit review implemented? (Please explain; for example, did the road safety audit review result in a project or were spot improvements made?) 41. What resources were made available to the audit review program? 42. Where are the audit reviews maintained? 43. Were the audit reviews done in-house or with outside consultants, or both?

38 44. How are roadway sections to be reviewed selected? (For example, are crash data considered in the roadway selection?) 45. What are the institutional barriers encountered that hindered implementation of the review program? 46. Is the audit review program part of your agency’s safety performance plan? 47. Are the results of the audit reviews checked against safety performance goals? ____Yes_____ No. Please explain. 48. Do the audit reviews specifically address the needs of pedestrians, bicyclists, or other road users? ____Yes_____ No. Please explain. 49. How do you gain knowledge of road users’ needs on roadway sections being reviewed? 50. How is the road safety audit review program administered in your agency? 51. How do you evaluate the success/benefits of the road safety review program? Do you use any cost-effectiveness or cost–benefit methods of analysis? Please explain. 52. Does your agency have buy-in from the top administration for the road safety review program?

39 53. How are liability issues addressed in your road safety review program? 54. What is your biggest success with the road safety review program? 55. How is the road safety review program organized in your state? Thanks for your cooperation and assistance. If you know of any other agency within your state or international contacts that you feel would provide information that would improve the synthesis, please provide contact information.