Traffic signal junctions

An example of a Stage 2 Road Safety Audit Report problem/ recommendation format follows. In this case a new traffic signal junction is being introduced on an existing road. 

Traffic signal junctions are more prevalent in urban than in rural situations. Right turning accidents and accidents involving pedestrians are particular safety concerns. 

TEC Safety audit ai traffic signal junctions, April 2007 The most frequently identified issues in safety audits of traffic signals were ... 

The main road safety risks identified at the traffic signal junctions were ... 

There are a number of costs that can be attributed to a Road Safety Audit. First there is the cost of the audit itself. The cost of a Road Safety Audit is related to the time spent to complete it, rather than the cost of the scheme itself. It takes less time to audit a scheme involving a new link road with a simple junction at each end than it does to audit a complex traffic signal junction in an urban area. Research carried out by the IHT found that the average time taken to complete an audit was 25 hours. ... 

There are very few HA standards where such specific requirements are included, and this situation could be said to have created anomalies. For example, there are no prescribed training and experience requirements for a designer of a traffic signal junction, but the Road Safety Auditors checking the scheme may need to comply with HD 19/15. 

Safety audit at traffic signal junctions Traffic Engineering and Control, issue 48(4). 2007... 

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