GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

ISO 39001 specifies requirements for an effective Road Traffic Safety Management System.

The organization shall determine:

• the interested parties that are relevant to the RTS management system;
• the requirements of these interested parties;
• The legal and other requirements related to RTS to which the organization subscribes.
• emphasis on the context of the organization
• risk-based thinking throughout towards achieving ambitious road safety results through the Safe System goal and approach
• integration of the RTS management into overall business strategy
• requires top management involvement and accountability

DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS

The RTS documentation shall include:

• The scope and boundaries of the RTS;
• The road safety policy;
• RTS objective can be strategic, tactical, or operational.
• Documents & records required by ISO 39001.

The amount of documentation can vary for different organizations for the following reasons:

• Scale & Size of the organization
• Type of activities;
• Processes and their interactions; and
• Competence of personnel

Benifites: 

• Reduce insurance premiums and repair bills.
• Contribute to national and global efforts to prevent death and serious injury in road crashes
• Cut organizational road crash and incident costs, and working days lost to injury
• Make the best use of available resources to target safety risks on the road.
• Ensure quality and road traffic safety

• Gain competitive advantage
• Ensure customer reliability
• Meet organizational safety and social responsibility targets
• Cut costs through improved efficiency
• Be recognized as one of the first companies to implement BS ISO 39001