ROAD SAFETY AUDIT FOR

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

Workshop cum
Training Programme
on Road Safety
(17-21 September
2018, IIT Delhi)

TRIPP, IIT Delhi,

MORTH & AITD
Dr. Tanuj Chopra
Department of Civil Engineering
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala
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 Thapar University appointed by National
Highways Authority of India (NHAI)

• Safety Consultant for the Four laning of Kiratpur

Sahib – Nerchowk section of NH-21 from km
73.200 to km 186.500 in the state of Himachal
Pradesh for development, Construction and Post
COD operation and Maintenance phase.
• Safety Consultant for the Four laning of Jammu-
Udhampur Section of NH-1A from km 15.000 to
km 67.000 in the state of Jammu and Kashmir for
development, Construction and Post COD

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operation and Maintenance phase.

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 KIRATPUR SAHIB-
NERCHOWK ALIGNMENT

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 JAMMU-UDHAMPUR NH-1A
ALIGNMENT

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 Other Projects
• Construction of high level major bridge on river Hatania-Doania at
km 113.297 of NH-117 in the district of South 24 Parganas, West
Bengal.

• Construction of bridge over river Kushabhadra on Balakati-

Balianta road (old Jagannath Sadak) along with both side
approaches in the district of Khurda.

• Construction of four lanes with paved side shoulder of Harike

bypass of NH-15 from existing km 158.350 to 166.925 of NH-15 in
the state of Punjab under NHDP-IV.

• Construction of bridge over Fulahar river at Nakatti Point

connecting Malda District with Katihar District.

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• Construction of bridge over river Chetei Nallah at 26th Km of
Jaleswar-Batgram-Chandeneswar Road (SH) along with both side
approaches in the district of Balasore

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 Project in Punjab

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 PROJECT TEAM
Department of Civil Engineering, TIET

Dr. Naveen Dr. Prem Pal

Kwatra Bansal
Road Safety Work Zone safety
Auditor &Team Auditor & Associate
Leader. Professor,
Professor, Structu Structural
ral Engineering Engineering &
Head, CED

Dr. Tanuj Chopra Prof. Rajesh

Deputy Road Pathak
Safety Auditor & Traffic Planner &
Assistant Tunnelling

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Professor, Transp Expert, Associate
ortation Professor, Geotech
Engineering nical Engineering

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Safer Roads by Safety Audit
• It is a Formal Check
• Systematic and Evidence Based
• Auditors are Independent of Designers
• Safety Recommendations are set out in an Audit Reports
• Final decision regarding implementation of safety
report rests with Project Director

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Why Safety Audit ?
• To minimize the risk
and severity of
accidents on the roads.
• To meet the needs and
perceptions of all type
of road users during
design stage itself.
• To ensure the workers
safety during

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Construction stage.

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Why Safety Audit ?

• To ensue the traffic

management and safe
working conditions.
• To ensure environmental
safety of work zones and
issues related to health of
workers.
• To minimize the risk of
accidents occurring on
Project Highway and
adjacent roads as a result of
Construction, Operation and
Maintenance.

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• To ensure safe operations
of plants, machinery, and
equipment.

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 Road Safety Audit (RSA ) basically
comprises of three (3) Stages:
• Stage 1 - Audit during design and planning.
(Development Phase)
• Stage 2 - Audit during Construction.
(Construction Phase)
• Stage 3 - Audit after the completion of the

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project. (Post COD, O&M Phase)

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Safety Audit Procedure

Reconnaissance survey
of Project Highway, Inception Report,
Methodology,
Training & Workshop

Project Data Collection

Pavement & Bridge

Condition assessment

Assessing the documents

Inspecting the site

Review of
Preparation of safety audit report Previous Audit
Report

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Submission of safety audit report

Responding to the audit report

Implementing the
agreed recommendations
 During Development Period:

• Collection of data for all the accidents in the project highway for
preceding two years from Police Stations (Primary Source) or other
secondary sources.
• To perform the analysis of fatal and grievously injured accidents
“to identify the black spots” and relate to Accidents records with
Traffic Volume to show trend as per Traffic Volume Count.
• Carrying out a design stage Road Safety audit as per the applicable
manual, guidelines, standards and good industry practices; and
prepare a draft Safety Report.

To review the comments from Concessionaire, Independent

Engineer and NHAI on the draft Safety Report and furnish
the Final Safety Report which inter-alia shall include costing

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of all the safety recommendations.

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 During Construction Period:
• To study the Safety Report of the development period and provide a
gap report vis-à-vis what was given in Final Safety Report and Safety
Report which was finally implemented.
• To inspect the Project Highway Keeping into consideration the
construction planning for the project as prepared by the
Concessionaire and then identified the safety implications of the
construction planning.
• Carry out the Safety Audit once in a Calendar Quarter, till COD, to
assess the adequacy of safety measures adopted and provided in
construction zone(s).
• Collect accident data (monthly) from the Concessionaire/PD
office/other secondary source and examine causes of fatal accidents
including suggesting countermeasures.

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• Conduct Work Zone Safety Audit for civil works, casting yards and
stores as per Contract Agreement and submit quarterly safety report.

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 Documents used in the audit

i) IRC:SP:84-2009 “Manual of Specifications & Standards for four

laning”
ii) IRC:SP:55 “Guidelines on Safety in Road construction zones”
iii) IRC:SP:88-2010 “Manual on Road safety Audit”
iv) IRC:35 “Code of practice for Road Markings”
v) IS-4756 “Safety Code for tunnelling works”.
vi) BS-6164 “Code of Practice for Health and Safety in tunnelling in the
construction industries”.
vii) Safety Manual NHAI
viii) Concession Agreement
ix) Inception report submitted to PIU, Concessionaire & IE by Thapar
University, Patiala.

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x) Other relevant IRC, IS & BS Codes as applicable

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Implementation of 5 E’s of Road
Safety

•Education
•Enforcement
•Engineering
•Environmental and Emergency Care
•Evaluation

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Road Infrastructure
• Road infrastructure development is one of the major sectors
contributing to the National economy. Maintaining these roads is
one of the most important component of the entire road system and
should not be neglected, particularly in developing countries like
India.
• The magnitude of work involved in maintenance is very large but
the funds available are not enough to meet the requirements. The
shortfall for maintenance funds is around 40%. As per Vision 2021-
IRC report, the total replacement cost of the existing network is
assessed to be about Rs 500,000 crore. So these are huge national
assets and maintenance of these roads is an economic necessity.
• This creates the need to develop a comprehensive pavement
maintenance decision support system which can suggest the

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optimum maintenance actions required and will also create
safer road network as lack of maintenance is a major concern in
road safety.
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 GOOD ROADS ARE AN ASSET
AND
BAD ROADS A DEBT FOR THE NATION

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