ISO 39001 specifies requirements for a road
traffic safety (RTS) management system to enable an organization that interacts
with the road traffic system to reduce death and serious injuries related to
road traffic crashes which it can influence.
Traffic Safety (RTS) is considered as a global issue, as the number of
accidents that occur worldwide is constantly rising. This standard identifies
improved elements of road traffic safety, which enable organizations to reach
their desired outcomes.
The requirements in ISO 39001 Certification
include development and implementation of an appropriate RTS policy,
development of RTS objectives and action plans, which take into account legal
and other requirements to which the organization subscribes, and information
about elements and criteria related to RTS that the organization identifies as
those which it can control and those which it can influence.
ISO 39001 sets the
requirements for the implementation of a Road Traffic Safety Management System
which ensures high quality and efficiency in road traffic management. Road
Traffic Safety Management Systems were designed to reduce deaths and serious
injuries associated with road traffic accidents. The ISO 39001 international
standard is comprised with requirements that assist organizations to establish
and implement suitable RTS policies, objectives and strategies.
ISO 39001 outlines the requirements for an
RTS management system. It provides a tool to help organizations reduce, and
ultimately eliminate, the incidence and risk of death and serious injury
related to road traffic accidents – resulting in more cost-effective use of the
road traffic system.
It is generic and is intended to be applicable to all
organizations.
