CLIENT:- CROUDACE PARTNERSHIPS
HIGHWAY ACCESS WORKS
LANGLEY DRIVE
CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX
ROAD SAFETY AUDIT
STAGE 1 REPORT
September 2013
M B Projects Ltd.
Job No. 113.154 Issue: FINAL
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CONTENTS Page No.
1 INTRODUCTION 2
2 ITEMS RESULTING FROM THIS STAGE 1 AUDIT 3
3 AUDIT TEAM STATEMENT 5
APPENDIX A 6
APPENDIX B 7
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 This report results from a Stage 1 Road Safety Audit carried out on the
preliminary design of the highway access works associated with a residential
development off the south side of Langley Drive in Crawley, West Sussex, at the
request of the Developer, Croudace Partnerships, Croudace House, Caterham,
Surrey.
1.2 This proposal comprises utilising the existing T-junction into the previous
Langley Green Primary School site in order to provide access to 30 residential
units.
1.3 The Audit Team membership was as follows:
Martin Brownsey BSc DipEM MCIHT
Director, M.B.Projects Ltd
Ted Smith Traffic Safety Consultant
1.4 The audit took place at the Oxted Office of M.B.Projects Ltd during September
2013. The audit comprised an examination of the drawings and documents
provided by the Design Organisation, and listed in Appendix A to this report.
1.5 The site was visited in the afternoon of 11th September 2013, when weather
conditions were dry and overcast. Traffic conditions on Langley Drive were
light/moderate and a few pedestrians observed using the adjacent footway.
1.6 The terms of reference of this audit are as described in the Department for
Transport document HD19/03 Road Safety Audit. The team has examined and
reported only on the road safety implications of the scheme as presented and has
not examined or verified the compliance of the designs to any other criteria.
1.7 Each problem identified has been given a location reference and these are shown
on the A3 location plan in Appendix B.
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2. ITEMS RESULTING FROM THIS STAGE 1 AUDIT
A1 GENERAL
A1.1 No details of any Departures from Standard have been provided by the Design
Organisation.
A2 LOCAL ALIGNMENT
A2.1 No problems identified in this category at this Stage 1.
A3 JUNCTIONS
A3.1 Problem Location A (see location plan in Appendix B).
Summary: Parking within visibility splay
There are existing ‘school keep clear’ markings along part of the site frontage
which will need to be removed. This could then allow on-street parking on Langley
Drive in the visibility splay from the site access road, thereby making exiting the
site more hazardous.
Recommendation The required visibility splay should be determined and added
to the drawing. Parking should be removed from the splay by extending the double
yellow line system.
A4 NON-MOTOR VEHICLE PROVISION
A4.1 Comment Location B (see location plan in Appendix B).
Summary: Ensuring continuity of route for pedestrians
At the detailed design stage, dropped kerbs will need to be provided at the southern
ends of the internal footways so that pedestrians can join the ‘home-zone’ streets.
A5 SIGNS AND LIGHTING
A5.1 Problem Location C (see location plan in Appendix B).
Summary: No road markings shown
No road markings are shown at this stage. Langley Drive is a distributor road and
adjacent side roads have give way markings as the method of junction control.
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Recommendation Apply junction give way/edge of carriageway markings
accordingly at the new junction.
A5.2 Comment Location D (see location plan in Appendix B).
No street lighting proposals indicated on the internal estate roads at this Stage 1 –
home zone streets should be lit to reduce the risk of vehicle/pedestrian conflict.
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3. AUDIT TEAM STATEMENT
I certify that this audit has been carried out in accordance with HD19/03.
AUDIT TEAM LEADER:
Name: MARTIN G BROWNSEY BSc DipEM MCIHT
Position: Director
Organisation: MB Projects Ltd
Address: Farthings, Grants Lane, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0RH
Signed:
Date: 12th September 2013
AUDIT TEAM MEMBER:
Name: TED SMITH
Position: Traffic Safety Consultant
Address: 1a The Parade, East Wittering, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 8BN
M B Projects Ltd Highways Consultancy
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01883 712680
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APPENDIX A
LIST OF DRAWINGS AND DOCUMENTS EXAMINED IN THIS AUDIT
Drawing No. Scale Description
John Whiting Architect
1220/P/001 1:500 Block Plan
1220/P/003 1:200 Site Plan
Documents:
None
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