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

STATUS QUO OF ROAD SAFETY AUDIT 2019 A SATC PAPER IN 2002 REVIEWED THE STATUS QUO OF ROAD SAFETY AUDITS FOLLOWING THE DRAFT SOUTH AFRICAN ROAD SAFETY MANUAL VOLUME 4 PUBLISHED 1999: SLOW IMPLEMENTATION DUE TO LACK OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING THE 2012 EDITION OF SOUTH AFRICAN ROAD SAFETY AUDIT MANUAL PUBLISHED BY RTMC LEAD TO INCREASED AWARENESS IMPLEMENTATION ON SANRAL PROJECTS TRAINING PROVIDED BY SARF STATUS QUO OF ROAD SAFETY AUDIT 2019

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

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 MOTIVATION TO DO RSA STATUS QUO IN 2019

RSA SQ 2019 Design of investigation Not intended as random sample of civil engineers Not intended as interrogation of road authorities Survey sent to all persons in the SARF data base.

EMPLOYMENT OF PARTICIPANTS 11 national government 75 SANRAL 38 provincial road authorities (25 from Western Cape Province) and 58 from municipalities (31 from City of Cape Town) 182 government officials 4 from the RTMC 20 from other SADC countries

EMPLOYMENT OF PARTICIPANTS 210 persons from the consulting engineering profession 20 each representing Aurecon, RHDHV and SMEC 9 representing AECOM 6 each representing WSP Group, Gibb, ITSE and TS Consulting EMPLOYMENT OF PARTICIPANTS

SURVEY PART 1 OBJECTIVES : PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS TRAINING: EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS BACKGROUND TRAINING: ATTITUDE MATERIAL PRESENTATION

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

CONCLUSIONS SURVEY PART 1 Training that was lacking in 2002, has reached many road safety professionals, especially since 2015 when the SARF started to present an RSA course. More than 480 persons have attended first two days of training. The fact that 20 road safety auditors are from other SADC countries, indicates progress in the recognition of road safety in a regional context. Trained auditors are overall satisfied with the training and the course material presented.

SURVEY PART 2 OBJECTIVES : EXECUTION OF AUDITS PROCESSES FOLLOWED ROLES INFORMATION VALUE PROCESSES FOLLOWED MEETINGS FEEDBACK IMPLEMENTATION

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%

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

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

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

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.

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%

SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TRUE IN ONLY 40% OF CASES

IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS 50%

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

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.

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.

Kobus Labuschagne Pr Eng Thank you AUTHOR: Dr. Louis Roodt Pr Eng ldvroodt@gmail.com PRESENTER: Kobus Labuschagne Pr Eng flabusc@gmail.com