Seminole County, MetroPlan launch road safety audits on high-injury roads

Seminole County and MetroPlan Orlando are teaming up to conduct Road Safety Audits across the county in an effort to reduce traffic-related injuries and deaths.This month, transportation workers launched a second round of audits along roads in Sanford, Lake Mary, and Winter Springs.A Road Safety Audit, or RSA, is a formal safety study of an existing road or planned project that identifies potential hazards and recommends practical improvements. The goal is to find problems before they result in serious crashes — and fix them.The audits support a commitment to Vision Zero, a nationwide approach to eliminating traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries.Vision Zero reframes traffic deaths as preventable and focuses on building safer systems rather than relying solely on individual responsibility. The approach uses data-driven decision-making and recognizes road safety as a social equity issue.The RSAs focus on roads within Seminole County’s High Injury Network, or HIN — a list of roa