Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Centre in Qatar University's College of Engineering in collaboration with the International Road Federation (IRF), World Conference on Transport Research Society, and Khatib & Alami Consolidated Engineering Company jointly organised an international technical workshop entitled 'Introduction to Road Safety Audits,' QNA reported.
The workshop aims to build knowledge and understanding around the importance and benefits of RSAs, which are one of the main risk assessment tools that can be applied at successive stages of road planning, design, and operations.
Furthermore, it provided introductory knowledge on the scope and procedure of RSAs as well as the role and skills of the RSA team.
More than 1,100 international experts on road safety attended the workshop from more than 55 countries.
Director of Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Centre Dr Mohamed al-Qaradawi, commented that the workshop is part of the centre's continuous efforts to share expertise with international partners to disseminate knowledge and awareness in road safety.
The workshop highlights the centre's role in advancing research and knowledge in traffic safety, and in contributing to the community locally, and internationally.
During the workshop, distinguished experts from the IRF and Public Works Authority (Ashghal), delivered technical presentations addressing different issues related to road safety audits.
The workshop also provided an overview of the Global Plan for the new UN Decade of Action for Road Safety (2021-2030). The target for the new decade is to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries by at least 50%.
Speakers also discussed the technical presentations about Road Safety Audits and addressed the Road Safety Management systems and the role of Road Safety Audits, highlighting the need to have unified procedures, criteria for having accredited experts, well-trained and independent Road Safety Auditors and Senior Road Safety Specialists.
Participants stressed that it is important that designers understand the analysis, and comments of the Road Safety Specialists when performing a Road Safety Audit.
This will enable them to incorporate, in advance of their proposed designs, the standard problems and comments usually identified by Road Safety Auditors, thus saving time and costs for all parties involved.
Road traffic crashes and resulting fatalities, injuries are among the most challenging issues facing the world community. The newly adopted UN Resolution on Improving Global Road Safety encourages member states to ensure the safety and protection of all road users, through safer road infrastructure and to take into account the needs of motorised and non-motorised transport, and other vulnerable road users, through a combination of proper planning, road safety assessment and audits performed at different stages of projects (design, construction, operation and maintenance of roads.) Road Traffic Injuries are the eighth leading cause of death.
The new resolution declares a new Decade of Action (2021-2030), with the objective to halve road deaths and injuries by 2030. It is noteworthy that road safety assessment reports are one of the main tools for assessing risks that can be applied to successive stages of road planning, design and operation.
Furthermore, it provided introductory knowledge on the scope and procedure of RSAs as well as the role and skills of the RSA team.
More than 1,100 international experts on road safety attended the workshop from more than 55 countries.
Director of Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Centre Dr Mohamed al-Qaradawi, commented that the workshop is part of the centre's continuous efforts to share expertise with international partners to disseminate knowledge and awareness in road safety.
The workshop highlights the centre's role in advancing research and knowledge in traffic safety, and in contributing to the community locally, and internationally.
During the workshop, distinguished experts from the IRF and Public Works Authority (Ashghal), delivered technical presentations addressing different issues related to road safety audits.
The workshop also provided an overview of the Global Plan for the new UN Decade of Action for Road Safety (2021-2030). The target for the new decade is to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries by at least 50%.
Speakers also discussed the technical presentations about Road Safety Audits and addressed the Road Safety Management systems and the role of Road Safety Audits, highlighting the need to have unified procedures, criteria for having accredited experts, well-trained and independent Road Safety Auditors and Senior Road Safety Specialists.
Participants stressed that it is important that designers understand the analysis, and comments of the Road Safety Specialists when performing a Road Safety Audit.
This will enable them to incorporate, in advance of their proposed designs, the standard problems and comments usually identified by Road Safety Auditors, thus saving time and costs for all parties involved.
Road traffic crashes and resulting fatalities, injuries are among the most challenging issues facing the world community. The newly adopted UN Resolution on Improving Global Road Safety encourages member states to ensure the safety and protection of all road users, through safer road infrastructure and to take into account the needs of motorised and non-motorised transport, and other vulnerable road users, through a combination of proper planning, road safety assessment and audits performed at different stages of projects (design, construction, operation and maintenance of roads.) Road Traffic Injuries are the eighth leading cause of death.
The new resolution declares a new Decade of Action (2021-2030), with the objective to halve road deaths and injuries by 2030. It is noteworthy that road safety assessment reports are one of the main tools for assessing risks that can be applied to successive stages of road planning, design and operation.
