Advanced Road Safety Audits

Course code : RS-A3
Delivery: In-Person
Location
Doha, Qatar
Language: English
Starting Date:
6 December 2026
Total Duration:
3 day training course

Price :
Standard fee: 1250 CHF
IRF Members: 850 CHF

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This course is designed to provide a more advanced level of knowledge, skills and experience in Road Safety, to enable students to pursue a career in Road Safety Auditing.
According to the 2018 World Health Organization (WHO) Global Status Report on Road Safety, every 24 seconds someone dies on the road, 54% of total deaths are pedestrian, cyclists and motorcyclists, and we will study why Low-Income countries which have 1% of the world vehicles but 13% of all deaths in comparison with High-Income countries with 40% of the world vehicles but 7% of all deaths. In addition to the above topics covered on this course, attendees will be given the opportunity to participate in more challenging workshops, and address more complex problems in Road Safety Auditing.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to :

Analyse connected vehicle and probe data

Address governance and interoperability challenges for safety analytics

Apply AI-powered conflict detection tools

Understand predictive risk modelling approaches

Course Structure

Day 1 : 6th December 2026

08:30-10:30

Legal and economic aspects of Road Safety

• Responsibilities in the Road Safety Auditing process

• Cost-Benefit analysis

• Conclusions

BREAK

11:00-12:30

Improving safety in the Road Design I

• Road Design Concept

• Different speeds on design

• Visibility

• Horizontal alignment

LUNCH

13:30-15:30

Improving safety in the Road Design II

• Vertical alignment

• Coordination between horizontal and vertical alignments

• Cross sections on design

15:30-16:00

Day 1 Wrap-up

Day 2 : 7th December 2026

08:30-10:30

Safety measures for pedestrian and cyclist I

• Current situation of vulnerable road users

• Pedestrian accidentality

• Pedestrian as part of the traffic

• Measures to improve pedestrian road safety

BREAK

11:00-12:30

Safety measures for pedestrian and cyclist II

• The different use of the bicycle

• Bicycle accidentality

• Improving the bicycle safety on the roads

• Conclusions and recommendations

LUNCH

13:30-15:30

Consistency of the Road Designs

• Credibility

• Consistency

• Forgiving Roads

• User Satisfaction

15:30-16:00

Day 2 Wrap-up

Day 3 : 8th December 2026

08:30-10:30

Safety in tunnels Part 1

• General Concepts

• Illumination

• Ventilation

• Signs

• Communications

BREAK

11:00-12:30

Safety in tunnels Part 2

• Height detectors

• Weather stations

• Power supplies

LUNCH

13:30-15:30

Examples and test

15:30-16:00

Day 3 Wrap up

Workshop Conclusions & Certificates

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 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. 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.

Dr. Alhajyaseen is currently an associate research professor at Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Centrein the College of Engineering of Qatar University. He is specialised in traffic safety, road traffic control & operation, road user behaviour analysis and modeling, traffic simulator and VR applications, and Intelligent transportation systems.

Dr. Alhajyaseen has received the Research Excellence Award from the College of Engineering of Qatar University for the Academic Year 2018/2019.

Moreover, he received several regional and international awards for his contribution in the field of Traffic Engineering such as the International Yasoshima Yoshinosuke Prize provided by the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies in 2009. Dr. Alhajyaseen is the Chair of the “Traffic Safety Analysis and Policy” Special Interest Group SIG C4 of the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS).

He is also Editor in the Case Studies on Transport Policy Journal (Elsevier), IATSS Research Journal (Elsevier), and the International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion (Taylor&Francis)