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Road Safety Audits

What is a Road Safety Audit?

A Road Safety Audit (RSA) is defined by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Road Safety Audits Guidelines as "a formal safety performance examination of an existing or future road or intersection by an independent audit team". The RSA is a way of doing business to identify road safety issues as well as opportunities for safety improvements for all road users. The RSA includes the following elements:

It is performed by an independent team
It is performed by a multi-disciplined team
It considers all potential road users
It accounts for road user capabilities and limitations
It generates a formal report
It requires a response from the project owner

In summary, the RSA is a proactive, formal examination that focuses on road safety, which is conducted by a multi-disciplinary team independent of the project owner (or the requester of the study). The audit team must be adequately qualified individually and as a team. The RSA is qualitative in nature, although crash data, traffic data, and analyses are necessary, and the safety of all road users and facilities are considered. The RSA report includes average daily traffic volume counts, manual turning movement counts and level-of-service analysis, crash data compilation and analyses, and intersection warrant analyses for traffic signal and multi-way stop control implementation. The project owner will take the initiative for action and implementation of the proposed recommendations made by the support team. The recommendations will consist of a number of alternatives (or combination of actions) including short term, less expensive actions and long term, more costly alternatives. OCPC is available to assist with acquiring state and federal grants and funding for projects, as projects draw on a combination of funding sources.

YEAR	TOWN	LOCATION
2022	Abington	Groveland Street at Linwood Street
2022	Abington	Central Street Corridor
2022	Duxbury	Congress Street (Route 14) at Franklin Street
2022	Duxbury	Tremont/Enterprise Street (Route 3A) at Church Street and Tremont Street (Route 139)
2022	Duxbury	Congress Street (Route 14) at Franklin Street
2021	Abington	Route 123 at Rockland Street
2021	Abington	Route 139 at Chestnut Street and Old Randolph Street
2021	Brockton	Pearl Street at Torrey Street
2021	Brockton	Main Street at Nilsson Street
2021	Brockton	Forest Avenue between Belmont Street (Route 123) and Gordon Street
2021	Brockton	Main Street at Forest Avenue
2021	East Bridgewater	Central Street/North Central Street at Union Street/ West Union Street
2021	Easton	Massapoag Avenue at Mill Street
2021	Easton	Turnpike Street at Depot Street
2021	Kingston	Pembroke Street (Route 27) at Lake Street and Station Street
2021	Plymouth	Commerce Way at Christa McAuliffe Boulevard and Colony Place
2021	West Bridgewater	Manley Street at West Street
2019	Avon	Central Street
2019	Brockton	Belmont at Pearl/West Chestnut at Ash

Brockton Two Intersections Road Safety Audit Brockton 2019 Park Street (Route 27) at Turnpike Street Stoughton 2019 Road Safety Audit Bridgewater Central Square and Bedford Street at Grove Street Bridgewater 2019 Road Safety Audit North Main Street at Matfield Street West Bridgewater 2019 Road Safety Audit Main Street at Legion Parkway and Centre Street Brockton 2019 Road Safety Audit North Main Street at Oak Street and Howard Street (Route 37) Brockton 2019 Road Safety Audit Belmont at Pearl and West Chestnut at Ash Brockton 2019 Road Safety Audit RSA: Three Brockton Intersections Brockton 2018 Road Safety Audit RSA: North Brockton Intersections Brockton 2018 Road Safety Audit Pedestrian Road Safety Audit: Plymouth Street (Route 106) between Post Office and Indian Path Road Halifax 2018 Road Safety Audit Duxbury: Summer Street (Route 53) at Franklin Street Duxbury 2018 Road Safety Audit Route 3A Corridor Road Safety Audit Duxbury 2018 Road Safety Audit Washington Street at Purchase Street and Turnpike Street at Purchase Street Easton 2018 Road Safety Audit Canton Street (Route 27) at School Street/Summer Street and Pleasant Street (Route 139) at Lincoln Street Stoughton 2018 Road Safety Audit Centre Street at Plymouth Street Brockton 2017 Road Safety Audit Route 123, West St, Forest St, and West Side Plaza Drive Brockton 2016 Road Safety Audit Route 53 at Route 139 and Route 14 Pembroke 2016 Road Safety Audit Washington St (Route 53) at Central St Stoughton 2016 Road Safety Audit Crescent St Intersection Improvement Project Brockton 2015 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: Plain St at Lake St Pembroke 2015 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: Water St at Nelson St Traffic Study Plymouth 2015 Road Safety Audit Bedford St (Route 18) at Auburn St (Route 14) and Temple St (Route 27) Whitman 2015 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: Chestnut St at Hancock St Abington 2014 Road Safety Audit Harrison Boulevard Corridor Avon 2014 Road Safety Audit Route 18 from Whitman St to Central Square East Bridgewater 2014 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: Franklin St and Elm St at Main St (Route 27) Hanson 2014 Road Safety Audit Washington St (Route 53) at Pleasant St Pembroke 2014 Road Safety Audit Samoset St at Pilgrim Trail and Marc Drive Plymouth 2014 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: Bay Road at Boulder Lane Stoughton 2014 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: South Avenue at Franklin St Whitman 2014 Road Safety Audit North Quincy St at Boundary Avenue and Chestnut St Abington/Brockton 2013 Road Safety Audit Belmont St at Summer St East Bridgewater 2013 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: East Main (Route 28) at East Spring and West Spring St Avon 2012 Road Safety Audit West Elm St Brockton 2012 Road Safety Audit East and West Center Streets at North and South Main Streets West Bridgewater 2012 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: Bedford St (Route 18) at Randolph St (Route 139) Abington 2011 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: Belmont St (Route 123) at VA Hospital and Manley St Brockton 2011 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: Plymouth St (Route 106) at Washington St East Bridgewater 2011 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: Foundry St (Route 106) at Turnpike St (Route 138) Easton 2010 Road Safety Audit Main St (Route 28) Brockton 2009 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: Belmont St (Route 123) at Linwood St and Lorraine Avenue Brockton 2009 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: Easton Five Corners Easton 2009 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: Foundry St (Route 106) at Prospect St Easton 2009 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: Washington St (Route 138) at Elm St Easton 2009 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: Washington St (Route 138) at Union St Easton 2009 Road Safety Audit Road Safety Audit: Canton St (Route 27) at School St Stoughton 2009 Road Safety Audit Lane Departure Road Safety Audit: Thatcher St Brockton, East Bridgewater 2008 Road Safety Audit Lane Departure Road Safety Audit: Route 24 Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, Stoughton, West Bridgewater 2008 Road Safety Audit

Additional Documents

During a Road Safety Audit, participants consult a point-by-point prompt list to identify potential road safety issues: RSA Prompt List.