General information
Road Safety Audit (RSA) is an independent and systematic procedure for checking projects and the overall road network, one which assesses the potentially dangerous areas of the design plan, construction project or a specific traffic object/facility in terms of traffic safety, where conflict situations endangering road traffic may develop. An opinion (assessment report) is then prepared on the performed evaluation.
The procedure for conducting the RSA and the criteria for ordering the said audit are all defined in the Cabinet of Ministers regulations No. 972 "Road Safety Audit Regulations".
Road safety audit is ordered by the owner or manager of the road (including a street or territory), or the author of the building design on its behalf. In turn, in accordance with the Road Traffic Law, the road safety audit is performed by the Road Traffic Safety Directorate (CSDD).
Road safety auditor is a person, who has acquired the relevant education and experience and to whom a certificate of an auditor has been granted, in accordance with Cabinet Regulation No. 482 “Procedure for the Certification of Road Safety Auditors”.
CSDD is not responsible for traffic organisation solutions, road surface status or the establishment of road infrastructure. In accordance with the Road Traffic Law, the road manager shall have a duty to organise traffic and ensure that the road will be constantly maintained in a condition safe for traffic, in accordance with the regulatory enactments and standards in the field of road traffic safety:
- in the national motor road network - by VSIA Latvijas Valsts ceļi (lvceli@lvceli.lv);
- in the municipal road network and populated areas - by city and regional councils;
- Riga public street network - by Department of Outdoor Space and Mobility of Riga City Council (amd@riga.lv);
- in private properties and ancillary territories - by the owner of each territory.