2.6Risk management#

Risk management involves the identification and analysis of traffic safety risks likely to arise during each stage of the event (that is, including prior, during and after the event takes place). All potential site-specific traffic management risks should be considered before conducting the options analysis with input from the event organiser. A formal risk assessment may assist in the identification of traffic management constraints / requirements (refer to QGTTM Part 10). It is important to understand that event risks are inherently different from construction risks. Reasons for this include:

• events are less likely to involve large plant or equipment (which can be a hazard to road users)
• events generally do not create road side hazards, such as excavations and drop offs
• they generally involve more people than road work sites, increasing the total exposure to traffic
• participants / spectators may have reduced awareness of traffic hazards (in comparison to road workers who are often trained or briefed on the risk of working near traffic)
• the designer (and event organiser) has less control over event participants / spectators than works supervisors do over road workers who are employees or sub-contractors, and
• events can be spread over a large area, with diverse conditions; that is, the traffic risks at one part of may be much higher than at other parts of the same event.

The QGTTM provides further discussion on managing risk when preparing TGSs.