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# Road Safety Audits: Risk assessments, legal expert witness, safe system assessments and DDA assessments

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## Posts
- [Road Safety Risk Assessments: A Guide for Australian Councils and Road Managers](https://rsaudits.com.au/road-safety-risk-assessments-a-guide-for-australian-councils-and-road-managers/): Every year, Australian local councils face the difficult task of allocating limited budgets across vast road networks — often without a clear, evidence-based picture of where the greatest risks lie. A road safety risk assessment provides exactly that clarity, helping road managers identify hazards, quantify risk, and direct investment where it will save the most lives and prevent the most serious injuries.
- [DDA Compliance Audits & Accessibility Assessments](https://rsaudits.com.au/dda-compliance-audits-accessibility-assessments-rsa-road-safety-audits/): At RSA Road Safety Audits, we bridge the gap between disability access law and the practical realities of road and transport infrastructure. Our DDA compliance audits give asset owners clear, actionable findings - so you can prioritise upgrades, manage risk and deliver genuinely inclusive public spaces.
- [Expert Witness Services for Motor Vehicle Accidents & Road Safety Litigation in Australia](https://rsaudits.com.au/expert-witness-services-for-motor-vehicle-accidents-road-safety-litigation-in-australia/): When a motor vehicle accident ends up in court, the outcome often hinges on one critical element: expert evidence. Solicitors, insurers and government legal teams need a **car accident expert witness** who can bridge the gap between complex road engineering principles and the clear, defensible testimony that courts demand. RSA Road Safety Audits provides precisely that — independent, engineering-led expert witness services for motor vehicle accident litigation across Australia.
- [Condition Assessment of Safety Barrier Systems | RSA Road Safety Audits](https://rsaudits.com.au/condition-assessment-of-safety-barrier-systems-rsa-road-safety-audits/): Safety barriers are passive protective systems that save lives — but only when they are in the right condition, correctly installed, and compliant with current standards. For local councils and road authorities managing hundreds or thousands of kilometres of road network, knowing the condition of your barrier assets is both a safety obligation and a legal one.
- [Essential Tips for Conducting an Effective Transport Impact Assessment](https://rsaudits.com.au/essential-tips-for-conducting-an-effective-transport-impact-assessment/): A Transport Impact Assessment (TIA) determines how new developments affect transport and road safety. It ensures existing infrastructure can handle new transport demands effectively. This article covers the purpose, components, and benefits of TIAs and walks you through the steps in the TIA process.

## Pages
- [Road Safety Consultants Melbourne & Australia | RSA Road Safety Audits](https://rsaudits.com.au/road-safety-consultants/): Government procurement teams and council engineers evaluating road safety consultants are looking for a specific combination: current accreditation, relevant project experience, and the independence that makes an audit report credible to a road authority. RSA delivers all three.
- [Traffic Impact Assessments](https://rsaudits.com.au/services/traffic-impact-assessments/): Traffic Impact Assessments (TIAs) are a critical input to planning approvals, infrastructure delivery and development feasibility. For civil engineering firms, land developers, councils and road authorities, a high-quality TIA provides confidence that a proposal can be delivered safely, efficiently and in accordance with statutory and policy requirements.
- [Asset Condition and Dilapidation Surveys](https://rsaudits.com.au/services/asset-condition-and-dilapidation-surveys/): RSA specialises in Asset Condition and Dilapidation Surveys for state road authorities, councils, and private asset owners across Australia. These surveys provide a clear, evidence-based understanding of asset performance, maintenance needs, and compliance with relevant standards. Our approach combines on-site inspections, structured assessment frameworks, and GIS-linked reporting to give clients a complete picture of their assets’ condition.
- [Thank You!](https://rsaudits.com.au/thank-you/): Your form has been successfully submitted. We will get back to you by email as soon as possible.
- [Other Specialisations](https://rsaudits.com.au/services/other-specialisations/): RSA can train your team on issues such as road safety, traffic management, protocols for managing moving equipment using our pre-existing training modules or develop bespoke training material specific to your needs.
- [Risk Assessments](https://rsaudits.com.au/services/risk-assessments/): Risk assessments apply similar principles and methodologies as Road Safety Audits to assessing transport and traffic environments, identify issues, quantify risks and consider treatments and solutions.
- [Safe System Assessments](https://rsaudits.com.au/services/safe-system-assessments/): Safe Systems is a philosophy for considering the various elements of the transport system forming an environment which eliminates the potential for serious and fatal injury crashes
- [Legal Expert Witness](https://rsaudits.com.au/services/legal-expert-witness/): As RSA’s team, includes senior members with 15+ years’ experience in road safety, we are often engaged to provide expert witness advice for transport and traffic legal matters
- [DDA / Accessibility](https://rsaudits.com.au/services/dda-accessibility/): The Disability Discrimination Act seeks ‘to eliminate, as far as possible, discrimination against persons on the ground of disability”.
- [Road Safety Audits](https://rsaudits.com.au/services/road-safety-audits/): Road Safety Audits (RSAs) are an internationally recognised methodology for assessing safety issues within existing and new road networks – during the design stage, the construction/ roadwork stage and during pre and post-opening stages.
- [Case Studies](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-studies/): RSA is Australia's sole specialist privately owned road safety auditing company established in 1994 and provides services in the following areas which are outlined in more details.
- [FAQ](https://rsaudits.com.au/faq/): If you cannot find the answer to your question from our FAQs, you can always contact us. Let us know and we’d love to help. Just fill out the form below and we’ll get back to you shortly.
- [Contact](https://rsaudits.com.au/contact/): RSA is Australia’s sole specialist privately owned road safety auditing company established in 1994.
- [About](https://rsaudits.com.au/about/): RSA has been undertaking Road Safety Audits, Risk Assessments, Expert Legal, Safe Systems and DDA assessments across Australia since 1994. Our team have expertise in roads, rail, logistics, mining, and car parks. We assess safety issues affecting drivers, workers, pedestrians and cyclists.
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- [Services](https://rsaudits.com.au/services/): RSA’s road safety auditors base their knowledge on practical first hand examples through conducting significant numbers of road and transport safety audits (all stages).
- [Blog](https://rsaudits.com.au/blog/)
- [Home](https://rsaudits.com.au/): RSA has been undertaking road safety audits, risk assessments, legal expert witness, safe system assessments and DDA assessments across Australia since 1994. Our team have expertise in roads, rail, logistics, mining, and car parks. We assess safety issues affecting drivers, workers, pedestrians and cyclists.

## Case Study
- [Dilapidation Surveys – Wagga Wagga & Snowy Valleys Councils (UGL / CPB Contractors)](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/dilapidation-surveys-wagga-wagga-snowy-valleys-councils-ugl-cpb-contractors/): RSA was engaged by UGL and CPB Contractors to complete a pre-construction dilapidation survey of 571 km of local roads across Wagga Wagga City Council and Snowy Valleys Council. The survey formed part of the Western Section of the HumeLink High Voltage Electricity Transmission Project, providing a baseline record of existing road and roadside asset conditions prior to major construction works.
- [Safety Barrier Condition and Compliance Assessment – City of Casey](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/safety-barrier-condition-and-compliance-assessment-city-of-casey/): RSA was engaged to carry out a comprehensive Safety Barrier Condition and Compliance Assessment across the entire road network managed by the City of Casey in Victoria. Using GIS asset location data supplied by the client, we inspected all roadside safety barrier systems to determine their condition, fitness for purpose, and compliance with Department of Transport (DoT) and manufacturer requirements.
- [North East Link, Victoria](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/north-east-link-victoria/): At project initiation with staging layout designs, RSA analysed broad key safety issues
- [Princes Highway Duplication, Kilmany, Victoria](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/princes-highway-duplication-kilmany-victoria/): As part of the 12km Stage 3 duplication of Princes Highway East (Traralgon to Sale), RSA carried out desktop and on-site temporary construction staging audits.
- [Taylors Road Upgrade, Bonnie Brook, Victoria](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/taylors-road-upgrade-bonnie-brook-victoria/): New or upgraded roads in existing or growth areas generate the need for road safety audits of plans and staging setups. Many of these lower-profile projects are easily missed.
- [Lavers Hill-Cobden Road, Jancourt East, Victoria](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/lavers-hill-cobden-road-jancourt-east-victoria/): The project involved an intersection and bridge upgrade at Lavers Hill-Cobden Road / Timboon-Colac Road, Jancourt East.
- [Mining](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/mining/): The following are examples of RSA assisting mining companies
- [Logistics / Industrial](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/logistics-industrial/): Recent examples of RSA working outside of public roads and assisting logistics/ industrial facilities includes: Toll Holdings (Tullamarine); Austral Bricks (Craigieburn)
- [Advance Training](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/advance-training/): RSA has constructed and delivered specialised training modules for customised needs. Topics have revolved around safety barriers, temporary traffic
- [Legal Expert Witness](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/legal-expert-witness/): Select staff at RSA act as legal expert witness for legal matters, typically civil liability but sometimes criminal matters.
- [General Modifications and First Principles](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/general-modifications-and-first-principles/): RSA has specialised for many years in assessing unique safety hardware layouts and designs in brownfield sites. Issues often relate
- [Ballarat- Carngham Road, Delacombe, Victoria](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/ballarat-carngham-road-delacombe-victoria/): Drivers had been frequently disregarding emergency signals at a Fire Station.
- [Bridge Protection Beam, Burwood Highway, Melbourne](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/bridge-protection-beam-burwood-highway-melbourne/): A rail bridge passes over a road at an angle, with its collision protection beams parallel to the bridge. Skewed crash beams are discouraged by some authorities due to concerns about shunting loads into adjacent areas.
- [Tarrawarra Winery, Victoria](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/tarrawarra-winery-victoria/): RSA was requested to assess the risk of agricultural farm machinery entering a proposed roof-top car park, and potentially beyond the edge of that car park towards a museum and café.
- [Gwydir Highway, Inverell, NSW](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/gwydir-highway-inverell-nsw/): The pre-existing intersection had an offset and angled T-intersection. The project connects the offset road to the intersection via a 4-leg roundabout able to accommodate large trucks.
- [Myers Creek Road, Healesville, Victoria](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/myers-creek-road-healesville-victoria/): Motorcycle road safety treatments on Myers Creek Road, Healesville, Victoria over 14km.
- [Springvale Road, Nunawading, Melbourne](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/springvale-road-nunawading-melbourne/): The project aimed to create a more welcoming space for pedestrians and open up the connection and wayfinding to and from the other commercial areas. This was to be done with landscaping, improved separation of pedestrians and vehicles, compliant ramps, upgrading assets, and reviewing parking arrangements and surfacing.
- [Glenelg Highway, Delacombe, Victoria](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/glenelg-highway-delacombe-victoria/): Pedestrian / cyclist and LATM facilities were proposed over ~3km, converting existing footpaths to shared paths, and at some locations have a dedicated bicycle-only path.
- [North East Link, Melbourne](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/north-east-link-melbourne/): The audit team assessed the permanent-state design for the new shared paths associated with freeway adjustments.
- [Gateway Upgrade, Sydney](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/gateway-upgrade-sydney/): The project was considering installing a continuous rail with a decorative element into the surface of the ATL (shared path). The rails would have been composed of a stainless-steel surface intended to be flush with adjacent pavement.
- [Ryans Road, Eltham, Victoria](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/ryans-road-eltham-victoria/): The audit team was tasked with assessing risks associated with two layout options concerning lateral shifts through an intersection, arising from site constraints. The team focussed on the following issues
- [Plenty Road, Doreen, Melbourne](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/plenty-road-doreen-melbourne/): This audit highlighted a common issue with TGSIs within design, namely, overuse.
- [Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre, Mulgrave, Melbourne](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/waverley-gardens-shopping-centre-mulgrave-melbourne/): This was a DDA compliance audit for this medium sized suburban shopping centre, covering internals and externals.
- [Various](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/various/): RSA has carried out an extensive number of basic road lighting and glare audit, but also a growing number of assessments of specialised glare and distraction assessments for road related areas on freeways including illuminated advertising signs, freeway art work, freeway transparent panel effects, toll point lighting.
- [Craigieburn Station, Melbourne](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/craigieburn-station-melbourne/): The project involved Significant changes to bus interchange, improved connectivity between the new bus interchange and the station, DDA and path upgrades.
- [Kingsbury Drive, Bundoora, Melbourne](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/kingsbury-drive-bundoora-melbourne/): The assessment focussed on the existing conditions for the Kingsbury Drive / Access Road intersection, to be used as a comparison with the SSA score achieved by the proposed functional design signalisation of the intersection.
- [Wangaratta Freight Bypass, Victoria](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/wangaratta-freight-bypass-victoria/): A freight bypass was proposed, intended to help reduce the impacts of increasing volumes of heavy vehicle traffic passing through the city centre, via outer roads with divided carriageways and roundabouts.
- [Casey City Council, Victoria](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/casey-city-council-victoria/): RSA was tasked with providing Council with a conditions report on a large number of safety barriers.
- [CBD Building, Sydney](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/cbd-building-sydney/): Whether a multi-storey development car park or public transport or shopping centre open space, there’s a focus on
- [Fairview Village, Warragul, Victoria](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/fairview-village-warragul-victoria/): RSA undertook a road safety and traffic management review of the Fairview Aged and Health Care Services facility in Warragul.
- [Bulleen Road / Manningham Road, Bulleen, Melbourne](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/bulleen-road-manningham-road-bulleen-melbourne/): This audit assessed the proposed re-routing of traffic at a major urban intersection and freight route as part of the North East Link project.
- [Hoppers Lane, Werribee, Melbourne](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/hoppers-lane-werribee-melbourne/): The project involved upgrading the road from a two-way, one-lane sealed lane road to a two-way, two-lane sealed road with sealed shoulders between over ~3.2 kilometres.
- [Kinross Road, Redlands, Brisbane](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/kinross-road-redlands-brisbane/): Kinross Road was an undivided road sign posted at 60km/h with some sparse direct residential property frontages.
- [Echuca-Moama Second Bridge Crossing](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/echuca-moama-second-bridge-crossing/): RSA undertook design stage, pre and post opening stage road safety audits. The pre-opening stage audit assessed the constructed work on its merits to check if there were any construction issues or unexpected issues between the design and the existing road environment.
- [Bus Interchange, Canberra](https://rsaudits.com.au/case-study/bus-interchange-canberra/): Six options were being considered to alter Canberra’s temporary (long-term) bus interchange which alter the existing layout and mostly remove pedestrian crossings and refuges for real or perceived bus operational (timing) benefits.

## Categories
- [Asset Condition and Dilapidation Surveys](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/asset-condition-and-dilapidation-surveys/)
- [Blog posts](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/blog-posts/)
- [Bridges](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/bridges/)
- [Car Park](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/car-park/)
- [Concept Design](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/concept-design/)
- [Conditions Assessment](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/conditions-assessment/)
- [Crash Assessment and Countermeasures](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/crash-assessment-and-countermeasures/)
- [DDA / DSAPT](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/dda-dsapt/)
- [Detailed Design](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/detailed-design/)
- [Distraction](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/distraction/)
- [Existing Conditions](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/existing-conditions/)
- [Footpaths](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/footpaths/)
- [General](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/general/)
- [Growth Area Projects](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/growth-area-projects/)
- [Human Factors](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/human-factors/)
- [Human Factors Assessment](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/human-factors-assessment/)
- [LATM / Paths](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/latm-paths/)
- [Legal Expert Witness](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/legal-expert-witness/)
- [Legal Experts](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/legal-experts/)
- [Local Areas](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/local-areas/)
- [Logistics / industrial](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/logistics-industrial-2/)
- [Major Projects](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/major-projects/)
- [Major Projects Urban](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/major-projects-urban/)
- [Motorcycle](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/motorcycle/)
- [Novel Design](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/novel-design/)
- [Optioneering](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/optioneering/)
- [Post Opening](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/post-opening/)
- [Pre Opening](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/pre-opening/)
- [Public Open Space](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/public-open-space/)
- [Public Transport Hub](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/public-transport-hub/)
- [Public Transport Interchange](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/public-transport-interchange/)
- [Regional](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/regional/)
- [Regional Projects Regional](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/regional-projects-regional/)
- [Risk Assessment](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/risk-assessment/)
- [RSA](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/road-safety-audit/)
- [Safe System Assessment](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/safe-system-assessment/)
- [Safety Barriers](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/safety-barriers/)
- [Shared Path](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/shared-path/)
- [Temporary Traffic Management](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/temporary-traffic-management/)
- [Temporary Works Design](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/temporary-works-design/)
- [Trains](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/trains/)
- [Transport Impact Assessment](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/transport-impact-assessment/)
- [Urban](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/urban/)
- [Visual Displays](https://rsaudits.com.au/category/visual-displays/)

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