Road Safety Audit in Mexico's Federal Highway Network

CPS Mexico, developed for the Ministry of Communications and Transportation, the road safety audit of 346 kilometers of the Toluca-Morelia, Mexico-Toluca and Chilpancingo-Acapulco sections of the Federal Highway network.

Road safety audits of roads in operation were carried out to review the safety conditions of the infrastructure and road equipment, i.e. signage, beacons, fenders, lighting, etc. These audits are carried out from the perspective of user behavior with special attention to vulnerable users, i.e. pedestrians and users of bicycles and motorcycles.

To this end, the CPS audit team traveled the roads under study under different traffic, light and weather conditions, so as to reproduce the same conditions that any road user might encounter. With the information gathered, a road safety diagnosis was prepared and improvement measures were proposed.

The roads audited are single carriageway roads that pass through population centers and commercial areas, as well as a section of dual carriageway road with at-grade intersections and high traffic intensity.