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TMS reaches another Road Safety Audit milestone

TMS reaches another Road Safety Audit milestone

TMS has recently reached another Road Safety Audit milestone. We have now carried out over 17,000 Road Safety Audits, which is a massive achievement for the company and all the staff involved.

It has been an extremely busy year for us, which has contributed to this achievement. Our auditors have travelled to almost every part of the country, carrying out audits at all stages, from simple housing development accesses and internal S38 layouts, to public realm schemes, major work on the London Silvertown Tunnel Project and commercial S278 works for the likes of McDonalds, ALDI and Lidl.

The car park of a McDonalds restaurant next to a road that has double yellow lines all the way down it.
Aerial view of an industrial area along the river Thames, with a main road running next to it.

The diverse nature of our work together with our extensive geographical spread, allows us to typically carry out over 700 audits each year. Our core audit team have extensive road safety experience and all hold the National Highways approved RSA Certificate of Competency qualification.

If you have a scheme that requires auditing or would like more information about our road safety audit service, then please contact Lorna Charles on 024 7669 0900. Alternatively, you can request a quotation through our website.

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EV Charging – Increase in demand for Road Safety Audits

EV Charging – Increase in demand for Road Safety Audits

We have seen a noticeable increase in the number of requests from clients requesting Road Safety Audits to be carried out at EV Charging Point locations. This obviously coincides with the huge upturn in the use of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles and having to cater for the rising demand of convenient and accessible EV charging points throughout the UK.

Three electric vehicle charging points along the side of a street.
EV Charging point on the walkway.

We have recently carried out design stage road safety audits at numerous locations throughout Birmingham City Centre. The 100kw EV chargers are to be installed on the highway, which will include parking bays with dropped kerb access from the footway.

This makes for an interesting change from a safety audit perspective, and we anticipate there to be more demand for this type of work, both at design and construction stage, in the coming months and years ahead.

If you have a scheme of this nature that requires a Road Safety Audit, then please call us on +44 (0)24 7669 0900 or alternatively please email Lorna Styring.

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Road Safety Study at St George’s Park – National Football Centre

Road Safety Study at St George's Park – National Football Centre

TMS were tasked to carry out a Road Safety Study at St George’s Park in Burton upon Trent. A 330-acre site, which is home to the England National Football Teams, The FA Learning centre, a Hilton Hotel, and other community football facilities.

The purpose of the study was to assess the internal road and footway network for the whole of the site and identify issues that could lead to collisions (all users) or mobility problems for pedestrians.

The site was visited during daytime hours and during the evening (and darkness) when community activity was at its peak. This was to ascertain driver and pedestrian behaviours and overall interaction around the site, where facilities may be lacking or enhanced.

A thin road at St. George's Park with a pedestrian crossing in them middle of it.
A well lit road at St. George's Park at Night with a pedestrian crossing.

Following the site visit, TMS produced a bespoke report for the client, identifying potential problems and issues and suggestions to help mitigate against these. It is hoped that the report and findings will help to form the basis for the future improvement planning for the site, identifying key areas that require immediate attention and those that are more long-term aspirational improvements.

For TMS, this has been a unique experience as it has taken us away from our usual work on local and national highways and into the realm of networks on private land, where the scope is more focused on the potential for improvement, rather than preventing collisions.

 

TMS have extensive road safety knowledge and carry out bespoke road safety studies on the public highway network and on private land, for private sector organisations.  If you are interested in how we may be able to help your company, or require a quotation, then please email Lorna Styring.  If you would like to discuss your requirements then please call Lorna on 024 7669 0900.

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Our Geographical Profile for Road Safety Audits

Our Geographical Profile for Road Safety Audits

Last year TMS were proud to have audited almost 700 different schemes across the UK. We have audited schemes up and down the country, no matter how big or small.

We have worked on schemes which range from the Silvertown Tunnel project in London through to large housing developments to simple T-Junctions. Our team have carried out road safety audits at all stages, from Stage 1 through to Stage 4.

We might be based in Coventry, but our experienced road safety auditors are centrally located to carry out work all over the country. We travel to all parts of the UK and in 2021 we conducted work in Scotland, Wales, Devon, Norfolk, Kent and everywhere in between!

Below is a map showing the places we carried out audits during 2021.

We are immensely proud to have worked on hundreds of exciting schemes throughout the UK.  Below are some examples of the type of schemes we have carried out.

A map of the UK with red spots that represent city's and towns.

Devon

RSA 1: Crownhill Road Sustainable Transport Scheme (Plymouth)

RSA 1: Land at Woolwell – A386 Roundabout and Urban Extension (Plymouth)

RSA 3: Pinhoe Quarry, Harrington Lane – Housing Development Access (Exeter)

Bristol

RSA 3: East Works A38 Access, Filton – General Highway Improvements (Bristol)

RSA 3: St. Matthias Steiner Academy, College Road – Housing Development (Bristol)

Oxfordshire

RSA 2: Science Area Landscape Improvements, University of Oxford – Access Arrangements (Oxford)

RSA 3: Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford – Priority Junction (Gallingford)

London

RSA 1/2: Leonard Street, London – Cycle Route (Hackney)

RSA 2: Silvertown Tunnel, London, O2 Arena – Car Park (Greenwich)

West Midlands

RSA 1: Holford Drive, Perry Barr – Zebra Crossing (Birmingham)

RSA 1/2: Giggetty Lane, Wombourne – Housing Development Access (Wolverhampton)

Nottinghamshire

Interim Stage 3: Gedling, The Square and Attenuation Pond – Residential Development (Nottingham)

Merseyside

RSA 3: Kirkby Retail Development, Kirkby Town Centre, Knowsley – Retail Development Access (Liverpool)

Our Technical Director, Harminder Aulak, said:

“We have a very experienced team of Engineers with varying backgrounds, many of whom started their careers in Local Government, gaining knowledge in Road Safety Engineering, Transport Planning, Traffic Management and Road Safety Education. This knowledge is applied when carrying out audits on all types of schemes, ranging from complex grade separated junctions, motorway and dual carriageway improvements, through to development accesses and pedestrian crossings. 

We are also flexible and can accommodate short timescales if audits are required urgently to meet planning deadlines. Our clients value our independence, expert knowledge and ability to complete the work within agreed timescales.”

In 2021 alone, we audited in the vast majority of the regions within England, working with different companies, ranging from house builders to local authorities; wherever we are needed we will go.

If you require a Road Safety Audit in any part of the UK, then please request a quote from us.

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