MPC
Project Details

Title:	Defining a Road Safety Audits Program for Enhancing Safety and Reducing Tort Liability
Principal Investigators:	Eugene Wilson
University:	University of Wyoming
Status:	Completed
Year:	1999
Project #:	MPC-183

Abstract

The unique problems faced by local rural road jurisdictions, when coupled with the modern decline of the traditional defense of sovereign immunity expose these jurisdictions to tort liability settlements or judgments. Road jurisdictions, in addition to safely serving road users, also need to effectively manage their assets. To maximize the use of their dollars, they need to be able to minimize their tort liability. Road Safety Audits have been used globally since the late 1980s to improve road safety in countries worldwide and has been used by some US DOTs since 1997. The validity and practicality of this approach to help local rural road jurisdictions enhance road safety and minimize their tort liability is the focus of this project.

Project Deliverables

• [Final Report] Defining a Road Safety Audits Program for enhancing Safety and Reducing Tort Liability — MPC-00-113