DEVELOPING A SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ROAD AUTHORITIES

As part of the development of a New Zealand Road Safety 2010 Strategy strong community support was evident for a structured approach to address road engineering safety issues. The method of achieving this was seen as through the adoption of SMS. This paper describes what a SMS is, what are its benefits and what it should contain. The model used to implement "best practice" SMS within New Zealand (NZ) Road Controlling Authorities (RCAs) is also presented. This paper is intended to showcase and create discussion on the innovations in road safety engineering that have come out of a SMS development project involving NZ RCAs. This project is a key component of the NZ Road Safety 2010 Strategy. The project envisages all RCAs within NZ will operate a SMS by 2007. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E210298.

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  ROADS AND TRAFFIC AUTHORITY (RTA)

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  SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES  Australia  1238
• Authors:
  • GREENWOOD, B
  • DENTON, R
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 303-8 (VOL 2)
• Serial:
  • ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH, POLICING AND EDUCATION CONFERENCE, 2003, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
  • Publisher: ROADS AND TRAFFIC AUTHORITY (RTA)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Districts and authorities; Level of service; Management; Networks; Quality assurance; Roads; Safety; Transportation departments
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: New Zealand
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 8525: Conference; 2755: Highway; 653: Level of service; 8079: New Zealand; 9123: Quality assurance; 1053: Road network; 1665: Safety; 253: Transport authority
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00975644
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0 73105 395 8
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 7 2004 12:00AM