As required under Transport Planning & Design Manual (TPDM), Road Safety Audit (RSA) is a formal and systematic examination and reported by an independent qualified team on the road safety performance of highway infrastructure projects for all road users. Road Safety Audit Team, by leveraging road safety engineering techniques, will identify and address problematic areas using the experience gained from highway design, road safety engineering, accident analysis, and road safety-related research.
To ensure that the road safety implications of new road projects are fully considered for all road users, it is recommended that the permanent scheme of new public roads, or improvements to existing public roads which will result in a change in road characteristics, should be subject to RSA at the following stages:
- Stage 1 – Feasibility study/Investigation
- Stage 2 – Detailed design
- Stage 3 – Construction
Roads should be designed in accordance with the prevailing traffic engineering standards and requirements as promulgated in TPDM, and other relevant guidance notes and technical circulars. While these documents provide the basis of standards for a safe design, experience has shown that there can still be potential hazards, for example, some designs may include standards inappropriate for that type of road or the situation; sometimes, when combining various elements which are individually up to the design standards may yield a result not the best in safety; and changes made during construction have not taken into account operational safety factors. RSA would identify design aspects that could give rise to potential road safety problems and suggest modifications that could improve the overall safety of the road scheme as a whole.
RSA procedures in TPDM have been developed to ensure that operational road safety experience is applied during the design and construction process in order to minimize the risk and severity of traffic accidents. Audited schemes will also lead to a reduction in road safety remedial works after the road project is in operation.
Mannings (Asia) Consultants Ltd (MACL) was commissioned by different government departments, consultants, and contractors to carry out all different stages of RSA with our qualified in-house RSA Team. Our RSA projects include:
- CEDD SD/2019/02 – West Kowloon Reclamation – Main Works (Remainder) – Footbridge at the Junction of Sham Mong Road & Hing Wah Street West in Sham Shui Po (Stage 2 and Stage 3)
- HyD CE 91/2017 (HY) – Extension of Footbridge Network in Tsuen Wan – Footbridge B along Tai Chung Road and Hoi Shing Road (Stage 2 and Stage 3)
- CEDD TW/2019/01 – Cycle Track Connecting North West New Territories with North East New Territories – Sam Mun Tsai Extension (Stage 3)
- DSD DC/2018/05 – Relocation of Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Work to Caverns (Stage 3)
- HyD CE 7/2020 (HY) – Lift and Pedestrian Walkway System between Tai Loong Street and Wo Yi Hop Road, Kwai Chung – Investigation, Design and Construction (Stage 1, Stage 2, and Stage 3)
- HyD CE 81/2019 (HY) – Lift and Pedestrian Walkway System between Lai King Hill Road and Lai Cho Road, Kwai Chung – Investigation, Design and Construction (Stage 1, Stage 2, and Stage 3)
- HyD CE 57/2019 (HY) – Retrofitting of Noise Barrier on New Clear Water Bay Road and Po Shek Wu Road – Investigation, Design and Construction (Stage 1, Stage 2, and Stage 3)
- CEDD YL/2020/04 – Site Formation and Infrastructure Works for Public Housing Developments at Kam Tin South, Yuen Long – Phase I (Stage 3 RSA)
- CEDD CE12/2020 (CE) – Site Formation and Infrastructure Works for Proposed Public Housing Developments at Nam Wa Po, Tai Wo and Tai Hang, Tai Po – Feasibility Study (Stage 1)
- CEDD NTN 6/07 – Cycle Tracks Connecting North West New Territories with North East New Territories (Extension), Minor Sections – Investigation, Design and Construction (Stage 2)
- CEDD Quotation No. HP2 01/2021 – Site Formation and Infrastructure Works for Public Housing Developments at Tuen Mun Central (Stage 2)
- HKHA Agreement No. CB20180310 – Term Engineering Consultancy Services 2018-2020 for Kowloon Central and West and Islands Region – Proposed Housing Development at San Kwai Street (Stage 2)
- CEDD CV/2015/03 – Site Formation and Infrastructural Works near Tong Hang Road and Tsz Tin Road in Area 54, Tuen Mun (Stage 3)
- CEDD CV/2019/04 – Site Formation and Infrastructural Works near Tsz Tin Road and Hing Fu Street in Area 54, Tuen Mun (Stage 2)
- CEDD CV/2016/06 – Widening of the Footbridge Connecting Pak Wo Road to MTR Fanling Station and its Associated Works (Stage 3)
- CEDD CE67/2015 (HY) Cycle Tracks from Tuen Mun to Sheung Shui Remaining Works – Design & Construction (Stage 3)
- HKHA Agreement No. CB20180310 and CB20150689 – Term Engineering Consultancy 2018-2020 and 2016-2018, Kowloon Central and West and Islands (Stage 3)
