- In 2022, important changes in the road safety audit procedure came into force, and new requirements for the persons performing the audits appeared. The requirements are enshrined in the Law on Road Safety of the Republic of Lithuania .In order to implement the provisions of the Law on Safe Traffic for Cars on Roads, legal acts implementing the law were adopted:
- On 03/01/2022, a new description of the requirements and procedure for conducting the Road Safety Audit , approved in 2022, entered into force. February 17 By order of the Minister of Communications of the Republic of Lithuania no. 3-97 “On approval of the description of the requirements and procedure for conducting road safety audits” (hereinafter – the description of the procedure for conducting audits);
- On 03/01/2022, a new document Description of requirements and procedure for training, examination, issuing certificates, suspension of validity, cancellation of suspension of validity and cancellation of validity of road safety auditors , approved on 2022 February 24 By order of the Minister of Communications of the Republic of Lithuania no. 3-108 “Description of the requirements and procedure for the training, examination, issuing of certificates, suspension of validity, cancellation of suspension of validity and cancellation of validity” (hereinafter – the description of the procedure for the training of auditors);
- The price of the auditors’ examination is presented in the 2019 publication of the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Lithuania. January 8 in order no. 3-12 ” On the approval of the list of specific amounts of remuneration for the administrative services provided by the Transport Competence Agency of the public institution “.
- Payment for auditors’ examination services and reimbursement of payments is carried out in accordance with the description of the procedure for payment for services provided by the Transport Competence Agency of the public institution and services provided on an urgent basis , approved by the Director of TKA in 2021. March 26 by order no. 2-48 “Regarding the approval of the description of the procedure for the payment for the services provided by the Transport Competence Agency of the public institution and the services provided on an urgent basis” according to the established procedure.
Significant changes in road safety audits:
- Road safety audits are carried out for all roads and streets designed, constructed or already in use for public traffic in the cases specified in the description of the audit performance procedure.
- The road safety audit is organized by the road owner (manager).
- From 2023 January 1 road safety audits in Lithuania can only be performed by Auditors with a valid road safety auditor certificate.
- Certificates of road safety auditors are issued by the Public Transport Competence Agency (hereinafter – TKA ).
- The road safety audit is carried out in accordance with the description of the procedure for conducting audits.
You can find the ROAD SAFETY AUDITOR CERTIFICATION SCHEME HERE.
Activities of road safety auditors
- Recommendations for procurement of road safety audits service (information is being prepared) .
- An essential requirement for Auditors is a valid Road Safety Auditor certificate.
- The road owner (manager) can check the status of the Auditor’s certificate (valid/suspended/revoked) in the Register of Auditors.
- TKA supervises the activity of auditors, for this purpose TKA can request the road owner (manager) to submit audit reports to TKA.
- The road safety audit is carried out in accordance with the description of the procedure for conducting audits .
- The description of the procedure for conducting audits contains the requirements for audit reports.
- The audit findings are binding on the road manager.
A person wishing to obtain an Auditor’s certificate:
- must have completed 80 academic hours of Road Safety Auditor training courses (TKA receives information about individuals who have completed courses) and
- send by mail [email protected] :
- completed application , the form of which is provided HERE>>>
- a copy of the obtained higher education or equivalent education diploma and its appendix or a list of road safety audits in the last 3 years in which they participated ;
- a certificate confirming an impeccable reputation from the Department of Informatics and Communications at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania. Instructions for ordering a certificate can be found HERE>>> ;
- completed and signed road safety auditor’s declaration of honor , the form of which is provided HERE>>> ;
- information or a document confirming that the person has the right to drive at least one category of vehicles ( driver’s license number – if issued in the Republic of Lithuania, a copy of a valid driver’s license – if issued outside the Republic of Lithuania or a copy of a document issued by a medical institution, in the event that due to health conditions the applicant cannot drive vehicles).
EXAM REGISTRATION:
- You can create a Registration account and register for the exam >> .
- Instructions on how to log in and register for exams can be found HERE
Before the exam, the applicant must pay a fixed fee of EUR 118 for taking and retaking the auditor competence exam.
COMPOSITION OF THE EXAMINATION:
- The competency acquisition exam consists of 20 multiple-choice test questions. The exam questions are based on the topics of competence acquisition courses provided in the description of the auditor training procedure .
- The duration of the exam is 60 minutes
Competence acquisition courses can be organized by a course organizer who meets the requirements of Article 11 , Part 2 , Paragraph 8 of the Law on Road Safety , when the Agency coordinates the competence acquisition course program prepared by him.
- Vilnius Gediminas Technical University VILNIUS TECH is the organizer of training courses whose program is coordinated with the Agency.
- Information about courses for acquiring the competence of road safety auditors is published on the VILNIUS TECH website HERE>> . The provided information indicates the start of the training courses, provides a detailed training program, staff teaching the courses, class times, training form, training location and price.
- A person wishing to obtain an Auditor’s certificate must have completed an 80-hour Road Safety Auditor training course (the Agency receives information about persons who have completed the course)
The agency supervises the activity of the course organizer.
After obtaining the KSA certificate, the auditor can carry out activities for 2 years, he must improve his competences and pass the competence improvement exam at TKA.
IMPROVING THE AUDITOR’S COMPETENCE:
- The auditor’s competence is improved in the road safety auditor’s competence improvement course lasting 8 academic hours (conducted by a TKA-approved course organizer);
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- The auditor can also improve his/her competence in other courses in the field of traffic safety or traffic organization, the total duration of which is at least 16 academic hours in the last 2 years (in this case, the Auditor must submit documents to TKA with the topics of the attended trainings). The auditor can apply to TKA to inquire whether the planned courses will be recognized as competence development courses.
- In accordance with the provisions of Article 10, Part 12, Clause 9 of the Law on Road Safety , TKA carries out continuous supervision of Auditors’ activities.
- During the supervision of the Auditor’s activities, the following inspections may be carried out:
- periodic, i.e. auditor’s activity inspection, performed every 2 years;
- targeted, i.e. the auditor’s activity inspection, is carried out after receiving a complaint about the non-compliance of the road safety audit with the requirements of legal acts or other regulatory documents and after the responsible employees have assessed the validity of the information received and made a decision to carry out a targeted auditor’s activity inspection. In this case, only those road safety audits for which a complaint has been received are checked.
