This paper is also published as a Monash University, Institute of Transport Studies paper ITS-WP-98-22, see IRRD E200006. Road Safety Audit is an important tool in the design and management of safe road networks. Australia and New Zealand pioneered the use of road safety audit in South East Asia and have been refining it since the early 1990's. Road safety audit is mandatory in State Road Authorities in Australia and on 20 percent of state highway projects in New Zealand. Local government is strongly encouraged to adopt and implement road safety audit procedures in both countries, but it is not compulsory. The degree and effectiveness of road safety audit implementation at this level has not been formally researched until recently. This paper reports the results of a Transfund New Zealand survey of the uptake of safety audit by local authorities in NZ, and the Monash University survey of the implementation of road safety audit in Victorian local government. The structural aspects of local government are outlined and the important issues faced by both regions highlighted. The survey methodology is outlined and similarities/differences in the two studies are discussed. The paper makes a number of recommendations that may assist local government to improve effective implementation of road safety audit. (A)
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