ISO 39001 Road Traffic Safety Management System, Performance Recording, and Reporting
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23176-7_26-1
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This chapter examines the ISO 39001 standard as a management system tool for organizations to address road traffic safety within their operations and value chains. The authors argue that traffic safety responsibility has shifted from individual road users to organizations, driven by the Vision Zero philosophy and United Nations resolutions, including the 2020 General Assembly Resolution 74/86. This resolution calls upon businesses to apply safe system principles to their entire value chains to eliminate deaths and serious injuries. ISO 39001, released in 2012, provides a standardized framework for organizations to systematically manage this responsibility, aligning with other ISO standards like ISO 9000 and ISO 14000. The paper details the structure and requirements of ISO 39001, which follows a plan-do-check-act cycle. Key components include defining the organizational context, establishing leadership commitment, and planning based on specific safety performance factors. These factors are categorized into exposure factors (e.g., traveled distance), final safety outcome factors (deaths and serious injuries), and intermediate safety performance factors. The latter includes areas such as road design, vehicle safety, driver fitness, and post-crash response. The standard requires organizations to monitor compliance with legal requirements, investigate crashes involving death or serious injury, and conduct management reviews to ensure continual improvement. Crucially, ISO 39001 defines road users broadly, obligating organizations to consider the safety of third parties and customers affected by their operations, not just their own employees. The authors highlight that while ISO 39001 is available and used globally, its adoption lags behind quality and environmental management standards. A significant limitation identified is that the standard allows organizations to self-determine their ambition level; thus, certification does not guarantee high safety performance, only systematic management. The discussion emphasizes the challenge of defining the scope of an organization’s value chain and collecting relevant data, particularly for third-party impacts. To address these complexities, the authors reference the FIA Road Safety Index, which uses ISO 39001 as a building block to provide a stepwise approach to rating organizational safety performance and culture. The significance of ISO 39001 lies in its potential to transform road safety from a regulatory issue focused on individual drivers to a corporate responsibility managed through systematic processes. The authors suggest that integrating ISO 39001 into public procurement and sustainability reporting could drive widespread adoption, leveraging economic incentives to improve safety. Advances in vehicle technology, such as real-time monitoring and advanced driver assistance systems, further support the implementation of these standards. Ultimately, the paper concludes that standardized management systems like ISO 39001 are essential for organizations to meet growing expectations for transparency and accountability in road safety, contributing to global efforts to achieve zero fatalities and serious injuries.
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