The SoRSA Committee is composed of experienced UK and international safety auditing and engineering professionals.
Here you can find your elected SoRSA Committee members for 2025/26. If you are interested in volunteering with SoRSA, please get in touch: sorsa@ciht.org.uk
Libby began her Road Safety Investigation/Road Safety Auditing life in 1989 when she joined Hertfordshire County Council, working with Dick Rainbird, who many consider to be the ’Grandfather’ of Road Safety Auditing.
In 1994 shortly after the publication of HD 19/03 during a tour of the UK with a training course on the new Standard, Libby was heard to complain about some of the ‘Auditors’ who were carrying out audits and how they seemed to be doing design checks instead. John Smart (sadly now deceased) from what was then IHT, said ‘Why not set up a Branch of IHT purely for Road Safety Auditors?’. That was the conception of SoRSA.
Libby calculates she has completed over 4,500 audits during the 34 years, ranging from a simple single new traffic signs through highways maintenance schemes to multi-million-pound bypass’s and improvement schemes and everything in-between. She retired from full time employment in 2016, and now works as an Independent Auditors for a number of Civil Engineering Consultants and Housing Developers.
MEng (Hons) CEng MICE CMgr MCMI FCIHT FSoRSA FASEVI
Senior Road Safety Specialist, UNOPS IRF Lead Trainer
Chartered Civil Engineer, Global Road Safety Leader and International Trainer & Speaker
Eur Ing Miguel-Angel Serrano Santos is a distinguished Chartered Civil Engineer and internationally recognised authority in road safety. A graduate of the University of Granada in Spain, he currently serves as Senior Road Safety Specialist for the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and Lead Trainer for the International Road Federation (IRF).
His career spans over two decades across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, with notable leadership roles including:
Miguel-Angel holds multiple prestigious professional designations:
His international portfolio includes the successful delivery of high-impact road safety projects, such as the Ten Steps Project in Tanzania, which earned the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award, with Miguel-Angel serving as IRF Lead Trainer.
In addition to his technical and strategic contributions, Miguel-Angel is deeply committed to professional development and global collaboration. He is:
He has played a pivotal role in fostering cross-border partnerships among engineering professionals and has delivered Traffic Management and Road Safety courses to students and practitioners worldwide. His training programs have been endorsed by IRF, Qatar University, and ASEVI, and he is a sought-after speaker at international conferences, seminars, and universities.
Eric is a Principal Engineer with SWECO in Edinburgh and has worked within Highways, traffic and road safety engineering in both private and public sectors since 1991.
Eric specialises in road safety engineering and road safety audit and frequently provides presentations and organises workshop days in Scotland for design engineers, road safety engineers, road safety auditors and the police.
Eric also has experience and knowledge of the enforcement and education aspects of road safety through his involvement with Police Scotland and the Institute of Advanced Motorists.
When not working he enjoys cycling, sailing and going on road trips in his Smart Roadster.
John has over 45 years’ experience in road safety having been involved in both the public sector and consultancy work.
He started his career working for Salford City Council in 1974.
After working with several local authorities in NW and NE of England he moved into technical consultancy in 1989, and helped develop UK transportation safety research work, as well as being involved in overseas safety studies. In Nov 2011 he joined TRL as an International Road Safety Consultant and seemed to spend most of his time on airplanes (that changed with COVID!). Since leaving TRL in June 2016, he has been trying to wind down, but people keep offering work. Formally retired in 2024!
John’s expertise in Road is wide ranging and has covered varied schemes in UK and overseas. Audits have ranged from motorway/trunk road schemes in UK, China and varies parts of Africa, to minor junction improvements.
John has always been keen on developing younger professionals and sharing his knowledge and passion for his work. He was a visiting lecturer at Newcastle University on road safety topics, including CPR and RSA until 2018 and has contributed to several international road safety manuals and guidelines. Now starting to export these learning opportunities to overseas countries and developing guidelines with World Bank/GRSF/PIARC and SoRSA’s own RSA on-line document!
John became a member of CIHT in 1995 and Fellow in 1995. He joined SoRSA committee in 2006/7 as Treasurer, followed this as chair 2017-19 and has remained on Committee as Membership Secretary.
Julian is an independent road safety engineer (of over 25 years) and sheep farmer returning to the committee as Secretary.
Chris is part of the Road Safety Audit (RSA) team at Transport for London where he is responsible for delivery of Road Safety Audit and collision investigation activities.
This includes providing highways and transportation advice to stakeholders on road safety implications, design compliance, and network impact, as well as mentoring colleagues to increase road safety knowledge, and developing and maintaining TfL’s RSA processes and procedures.
He joined the SoRSA Committee as a Co-opted Member in June 2018, and was elected as an Ordinary Committee Member in June 2019. In June 2023, Chris was elected Treasurer where he is responsible for the financial management of SoRSA.
Chris is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CMILT), a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (FCIHT), a Fellow of the Society of Road Safety Auditors (MSoRSA) and holds a Highways England Certificate of Competency in Road Safety.
Alastair is the Head of Road Safety at Vectos, with more than 15 years’ experience in the highway and road safety engineering sector.
Alastair is the Head of Road Safety at transport planning consultancy Vectos, where he is responsible for the management of Road Safety across the country. He has 15 years’ experience in the fields of highway engineering design and road safety engineering within both the private and public sectors. He has a passion for road safety and seeks to provide real, tangible benefits to road users while creating spaces that are not only safe in operation, but also desirable for users.
He is also responsible for project management and advising clients in regard to highways, traffic, transportation and road safety matters relating to various land use development proposals, highway schemes and safety studies. He is passionate about mentoring junior staff, in particular assisting them in obtaining qualifications and professional memberships.
Alastair regularly presents to industry peers on the topic of Road Safety, and most recently spoke on “Road Safety: Past, Present & Future" at the RJS Road Safety Conference in Wales.
Alastair likes to spend any spare time at the beach with his family and tries to get in the water to surf whenever possible. Which isn’t so often these days!
Den retired from his position as Principal Engineer – Road Safety with National Highways in September 2022. Although retired, he has still been actively involved as an Independent Auditor.
Den continues undertaking Road Safety Audits on an Ad-Hoc basis. This ensures that he can maintain his qualifications for the foreseeable future.
He joined the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary in May 1977 and had 30 years of varied Police experience, retiring in May 2007. In February 1991, he was posted to the Exeter Traffic Department and specialised in dealing with major collisions.
In April 2001, Den was transferred within the Traffic Department to the role of Road Casualty Reduction Officer. The prime function for this role was to have a strategic overview of Traffic Management and Road Safety issues and to pursue an intelligence led partnership approach to casualty/collision reduction.
In June 2007, he joined the Road Safety Team of EM Highway Services Limited (formally AccordMP) in the role of Road Safety Engineer. His responsibilities included undertaking scheme studies, with a particular emphasis on safety schemes, and participating in Road Safety Audits at all stages. In April 2014, he was promoted to Principal Road Safety Engineer. The company were then taken over by Kier in 2015.
Den has been successful in attaining Fellow membership with the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT), Fellow of the Society of Road Safety Auditors (SoRSA) and Fellow of the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE). He is also on the IHE Registered Road Safety Auditor (RegRSA (IHE)). In November 2012, he was registered with the Engineering Council for Engineering Technician (EngTech) and also attained the HA (National Highways) Certificate of Competency for Road Safety Audits.
His work involved undertaking scheme studies, with a particular emphasis on safety schemes, and participating in numerous road safety audits. In respect of the latter, he has been fully approved by the National Highways (formally Highways England) as Team Leader under GG 119 (formally HD19/15) and had overall responsibility for managing the Road Safety Audits that were scheduled for the South West Region.
In July 2017, as part of the amalgamation of the Highways England Trunk Road Network for Area 1 & Area 2, he was part of the TUPE process and commenced my new role as Principal Engineer – Road Safety with National Highways.
Overall, Den now has over 30 years of highways, traffic, and road safety auditing experience, including involvement in over 1000 Road Safety Audits.
Richard started his career in 2007 and joined his current employer Atkins in 2020, BEng MSc CEng FCIHT MSoRSA.
After beginning his career in 2007 with Atkins, Richard gained public sector experience with Renfrewshire, City of Edinburgh and East Dunbartonshire Councils. Prior to re-joining Atkins Richard spent seven years with AECOM. Richard’s career has straddled both Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering disciplines, although recently his work has focused on Road Safety and Active Travel.
In 2016 Richard gained his Certificate of Competency and completed an MSc in Transport Planning and Engineering. He became a Chartered Engineer in 2019.
Since completing the RoSPA ten days training in 2014 Richard has undertaken over 400 Audits, for a number of clients including City of Edinburgh Council, Glasgow City Council, Transport Scotland and Transport Infrastructure Ireland. Richard has a leading role in managing and growing Atkins Road Safety business in Scotland.
Richard is a motorsport fan and regularly attends events both nationally and internationally, to date he has attended ten Formula One grand prix, he also enjoys getting on the track himself. Away from the track, Richard is a keen traveller, enjoys listening to Audiobooks and attending sports events.
Tristan is an independent Road Safety Auditor with over 25 year’s experience in Road Safety, Collision Investigation, Transport Planning and Traffic Surveys.
Before founding go-surveys 15 years ago he worked for a number of multi-disciplinary transport consultancies and has been involved in major schemes in the UK, EU and Middle east.
Tristan has undertaken over 1500 RSA’s in the last 15 years on a variety of schemes including large scale highways schemes, active travel routes, TTM, equestrian crossings and level crossings for major consultancies, Local Authorities and developers.
He holds a National Highways approved Road Safety Audit Certificate of Competency.
Tristan got into Road Safety Auditing to improve the standard/safety of highways schemes after driving, cycling or walking through schemes asking himself ‘why have they designed it like this?’ and thought he could make a difference, and is hoping to share this philosophy with SoRSA.
Outside of work Tristan likes all sports, although as he gets older his participation is giving way to watching, although he can boast over 20 Welsh Rugby Caps for Wales, and has represented Wales in European and World Cups, albeit in the less glamorous touch rugby form of the game, rather than full contact!
Stuart has over 35 years’ experience in highway design and road safety having been involved in both the public sector and consultancy work.
I started my engineering career working for Daventry District Council, Northants in 1991, after a couple of wayward years in architecture. In 1997 I joined Westbury Homes undertaking development engineering and Section 278 works.
In 2001 I relocated to the wonderful but wet West of Ireland and have been based here since. Initially I worked for a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy with my main roles split between Urban Improvement Schemes and Road Safety Audits.
In 2006 I became a founding Partner of CST Group Consulting Engineers. We have been fortunate to be able to continue to offer a wide-ranging consultancy with the core services Civil – Structural – Traffic forming the company name.
Not only I have undertaken audits in every corner of the country, and been privilege to see some stunning emerald countryside en route, but I also continue to operate in the UK and further afield.
I became a member of CIHT and SoRSA in 2009 and have been honoured with the role of Committee Member and Representative for the island of Ireland since 2012.
As of 2020 I will be presenting the Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) Road Safety Audit training for potential audit team leaders.
Mannia is a Senior Engineer with 13 years’ experience working in the Transportation and Road Safety Engineering sector.
During this time, she has worked in strategic road safety and highways related fields including maintenance and design, road safety engineering, operational safety, and road safety audit. Currently she is a member the Operational Safety Team for Sweco in Scotland.
Mannia is a trained Road Safety Engineer who has delivered accident investigation and prevention studies, feasibility studies, risk assessments and detailed design on behalf of clients in local and central government across the UK and Ireland.
As a Road Safety auditor trained to the requirements of GG119, Mannia has undertaken Road Safety Audits in schemes including road improvements, cycling and pedestrian infrastructure improvements and streetscape projects.
In her free time, Mannia enjoys listening to murder mystery podcasts and going to the cinema. She is also a keen Japanese Taiko drummer.
Mike is a Director at Corun Associates Ltd. He specialises in providing highway and transportation advice relating to the development planning process, which he has done since 2001.
During his career this has included Transport Planning, Traffic Modelling and Road Safety Auditing. Mike has carried out in excess of 500 road safety audits.
Prior to joining Corun in 2023, he has worked for both small and multi-disciplinary consultancies as well as co-founding a Transportation Consultancy in 2015. He holds the Highways England (now National Highways) Approved Certificate of Competency in Road Safety Audit.
Out of the office Mike enjoys country walks, playing cricket and watching football alongside adding to his Lego Christmas Village collection each year.
Tawab has been working in Transportation sector for more than 30 years and has manged high-value multi-disciplinary transport, traffic and road safety projects, both for private and public sector clients in the UK, UAE, Qatar, KSA Ethiopia, Afghanistan and India.
Tawab is a qualified road safety auditor and Fellow of SoRSA, he has carried out more than 2,500 international road safety audits on varying project sizes and types relating to roads, public transport (e.g. tram corridors), BRT systems, cycle facilities and pedestrian facilities.
Tawab started his career with Birmingham City council in 1997, moving to private Sector in 1999 and to UAE in 2007 where he is currently based. Tawab co-founded 4E Road Safety and Transport Consultants in 2017, which is now an established consultancy firm in the Middle East, with more than 10 employees.
Tawab has conducted training courses on road safety audit, road safety engineering, vulnerable road user safety and work zone safety. He has also contributed to development of several road safety related manuals and guidelines, e.g. road safety audit guidelines and road side design guidelines, for several countries. Tawab has carried out road safety audit of several pedestrian and cycle facilities and is passionate about promoting sustainable transport modes.
Ian spent 37 years at Hampshire County Council pursuing a career in road safety education and engineering.
For the last 19 years Ian was responsible for developing and managing the Road Safety Audit service. He was also chair of The Hampshire Safer Roads partnership steering group. Ian has undertaken over 2000 safety audits of all types.
Following early retirement in 2011 Ian has continued to work with road safety consultancies on audits and safety engineering projects. He is a visiting lecturer on Southampton Universities Transportation MsC course and is also a member of the CIHT Road Safety Panel. He currently represents CIHT on the DfT steering group on HGV speeds.
Ian is a lifelong motorcyclist, who enjoys touring especially on the Continent. He also helps with the family equestrian interests.
Matt is a an independent road safety auditor based in North Yorkshire, he has over 30 years’ experience gained within the Local Authority and the private sector.
Matt has varied experience in highways and transportation related fields including highway maintenance, highway design and construction, site supervision, scheme identification and evaluation, specialising in road safety engineering for the past 24 years.
Matt has carried out numerous road safety audits at all stages and on most types of road from unclassified to motorways and was one of the first 100 auditors to obtain the HA Certificate of Competency.
Having become a member of the CIHT in 2010, Matt was elected as a member of SoRSA in 2013 and took on the role of representative for the Yorkshire and the Humber Branch in 2016.
In his spare time, Matt enjoys motorcycling, often leaving the Dales and Moors of North Yorkshire behind to meet up with old friends living in various parts of the country to ride around Wales and Ireland. He spends his summer holidays taking his track bike around MotoGP circuits such as Le Mans in France and Jerez in Spain.
Wing is a Director at Grange Transport Consulting with over 20 years’ experience in highway design, transport planning, and collision investigation. Also over 12 year’s direct experience in road safety auditing.
Having worked for many multi-disciplinary consultancies within the private sector ranging from multi-national to SME, Wing is an engineer with 23 years’ experience of highway design, traffic modelling (signal and priority controlled), transport assessment, travel planning, traffic monitoring, parking appraisal, risk assessment, collision analysis, and swept path analysis (including abnormal loads) for an extensive range of development types across the UK.
His first taste of Road Safety Auditing was in 2004, as an observer. Wing has been actively involved with Road Safety Auditing since 2013 when an opportunity arose to contribute to improving development schemes as an audit team member.
Wing has attained the Highways England Certificate of Competence and undertaken over 1,900 Road Safety Audits to-date. These include small-large scale housing schemes, equestrian crossings, warehousing, police HQ, quarry, retail, office, industrial, highway improvements / mitigation works, regeneration schemes, hotels, business parks, travel services, TV Studios, traffic calming, cycle routes, public realm, covid social distancing, railway stations, Park n Ride, retirement village, bus gates, level crossings.
Wing is a member of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation, member of the Society of Road Safety Auditors, a member of the Institute of Highway Engineers.
Outside of work Wing enjoys watching/attending most forms of motorsport. He also regularly plays badminton, but not so regularly for a local league. Wing is also a competent DIYer which is more out of necessity than as a leisure activity.
Alan is a civil engineer with 15 years of experience in the construction and design of highways. Currently a Senior Engineer at a consultancy, Alan is working towards chartership recognition with CIHT.
He has a strong interest in road safety auditing and is actively seeking training and experience in this critical area.
He has undertaken roles in the public and private sectors spanning construction, consultancy, and site investigations in Ireland, the UK, and Canada. His professional journey has provided technical knowledge and hands-on site experience, giving a robust understanding of potential issues that can significantly benefit clients and design teams. Much of his focus of late has been on both highways and greenways projects, including road improvement schemes, junction upgrade schemes along with some Traffic & Transportation Assessments and Mobility Management Plans for residential projects.
During a career gap, Alan embraced the outdoor industry, earning qualifications in kayaking, mountaineering, and first aid. Free time is spent with the family, usually on the mountains, rivers or at the beach.