SoRSA (Society of Road Safety Auditors) represents an exciting initiative for the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT), in providing a home for the development of professional highways safety auditing best practice.
SoRSA was established by the Institution as a response to a growing call from professionals operating in the field of safety auditing and safety engineering practice in the UK, for a forum to exchange best practice and, importantly, to provide advice and ultimately routes to professional recognition for safety auditing practitioners.
Importantly, SoRSA is an association of the CIHT and therefore has a committee structure and constitution similar to the established regional branches. Uniquely, it is a branch of professionals from a specialist discipline.
If you are an existing CIHT Member, you can join SoRSA from wherever you live in the UK, or indeed abroad.
The SoRSA Constitution outlines the social objectives, membership, composition of committees and election processes. The Constitution was agreed on 20 June 2022.
The Constitution is available to view here: SoRSA Constitution.
Please see here to find out more about how and why you should consider becoming a member of SoRSA.
You can find the list of SoRSA members here.
Self certification submission
The 2024 SoRSA self certification has now closed.
Additional resources:
Applicant checklist prior to submission
A video blog series has been launched to keep you updated throughout the year, with news, events and with what is happening across the SoRSA committee. Videos will be uploaded to CIHT's YouTube channel and are accessible by clicking the links below.
Episode 1 - July 2023 - Hear from Eric Hill, the newly elected Chair of SoRSA, in the first of a new series of video blog updates.
SoRSA held its annual conference on the 17 and 18 June 2024. Over the course of the two days, there was a mix of presentations from road safety professionals across the industry, as well as interactive workshops. This year's main themes included the urban realm, vulnerable road users, safe systems and suicide prevention.
Certificate of Attendance
Completing a Certificate of Attendance is valid as evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD), this can be downloaded and completed using the link below.
Attendance to the full event; workshop, dinner and conference equates to 12 hours (2 day) road safety continued professional development (minimum required annual CPD for road safety auditors in accordance with standard GG119 Rev 2).
CIHT members can also record their CPD online by visiting CIHT Learn.
Presentation slides
Safe Systems Approach Workshop - Dr Suzy Charman
Prime Road Markings - Dr. Alex Steadman
Transport Scotland Route Scoring System - Panos Chiotis
Kerbside Strategy - Natasha Hartke
Connecting Woodside (Glasgow) Road Safety Audits - Malcolm Hall
SoRSA held the East Midlands Road Safety Workshop 2024 on 29 February, you can find presentation slides from the event below.
Presentation slides
Motorcycling, when it goes wrong - Eric Hill
Inclusive Urban Environment - Antony Clewes
The importance of sharing victims’ voices - Rebecca Morris
Systems thinking - Breaking out of our mental traps - Dr Claire Williams
Is this a crash problem? - Matt Smith
SoRSA Newsletter - November 2022
31 Oct 2022
CIHT Masterclass - Infrastructure
21 November 2024
Careers after a PhD: Networking Event (1)
14 November 2024
CIHT Cymru Wales Annual Awards Dinner 2024
29 November 2024