The high rate of road accidents in Indonesia have become a national problem, which need serious handling. One of the causes, beside the human and vehicle factor, is the road and environmental factor. Based on international research, the contribution of road and environmental factors is calculated to 24 per cent. This in turns stresses the importance of a strategy, which in the end lead to the improvement of road safety conditions through application of a road safety concept. The author strongly argues in favour of Road Safety Audits. A safety audit process could be applied at all stages - in the feasibility study before the road is constructed or rehabilitated, during all of the design phases and after the road have been in operation. Furthermore, this paper introduces the concept of road safety audit with an existing by pass road in Cirebon as an example.
Abstract