Next Update: September 2010

Are you aware of our preferential rate scheme for Road Safety Audit?

DAGA Ltd will continue to provide its preferential rate and bonus scheme into 2010 recognising the commitment of our valued regular clients. This will be based on client commissions of 5, 10, 15, and 20 plus Audits per year. Please call us on 01749 342532 or 07833 645253 for further details.

SoRSA AGM and Workshops 14th / 15th June 2010.

Our director David Graham will be attending the above event during both days and would be happy to discuss arrangements of mutual benefit with fellow professionals, so do come and say hi.

During 2009 and into 2010 DAGA Ltd has continued to expand the provision of a competitive and comprehensive Road Safety Audit service across the UK where it has taken on commissions as far apart as Brent in London, Omagh in Northern Ireland, Moreton on Lugg in Wales and Melrose in Scotland. Furthermore our principal Auditors all now enjoy corporate Membership of The Society of Road Safety Auditors (SoRSA) which recognises our significant experience in this field and our commitment to providing a quality service. We also continue to provide a comprehensive Project Management and collision analysis service to our clients both in the private and public sector. It has perhaps been a testament to our professionalism and good client care that many of our clients seek out our services time and again. Click on the red links below to see what our clients say.

From September 2009 DAGA Ltd provided a Road Safety Audit / Collision Analysis and Project Management service to Sheffield City Council. This has involved undertaking Safety Reviews and Audits across the City including new safety schemes, Project Managing Innovative Traffic Calming Schemes including VAS and SID procurement and deployment, 20mph zones and traffic management schemes, assisting in the developing a Road Safety Audit policy and producing numerous Collision Analysis reports in support of Sheffield's Local Safety Scheme programme

From February 2009 to February 2010 DAGA Ltd provided a Road Safety Audit / Collision Analysis on call contract service to Hackney Borough Council (London). This involved undertaking Safety Reviews and Audits across the Borough including new safety schemes, 20mph zones and traffic management schemes, assisting in the developing of a Road Safety Plan and producing numerous Collision Analysis reports in support of the Boroughs Local Implementation Plan (LIP). (see Client Review)

From September 2008 to July 2009 DAGA Ltd provided a Road Safety Audit / Collision Analysis on call contract service to Transport For London (TfL). This involved undertaking Audits across numerous London Boroughs including new safety schemes, 20mph zones and traffic management schemes and producing Collision Analysis reports for numerous cluster sites across London. (see Client Review)

In February 2009 DAGA Ltd had the exciting opportunity of working for the Municipality of Kaunas in Lithuania in an advisory role with respect to the development of a collision analysis model, a Road Safety Plan and Road Safety Demonstration Project.

Private Client Commissions between 2007 and 2009 DAGA does not solely focus on large commercial clients but also provides a niche service to private individuals. DAGA have been engaged to provide targeted advice on numerous planning, highway, road safety and traffic management issues including:-

• A London client -  Concern over traffic volume, noise and speeding in a residential  street resulting in the establishment of an experimental road closure, and the diversion of traffic towards more suitable roads. (see Client Review)

• A Greater London private school client - Traffic count, speed survey and road safety analysis of school expansion plans. 

• A Somerset client - Advice on highway access for private client residential development

• A Southampton client - Dispute with neighbour relating to shared driveway

July 2007 - December 2008  DAGA Ltd provided a specialist Road Safety sub-consulting services to Atkins Global Ltd as part of their term consultant role with Slough Borough Council, principally towards the establishment of good road safety practice and strategy. This involved  the following:-

• Development of Road Safety Audit in the Borough

• Developing a targeted road safety campaign towards the reduction of road casualties from minority ethnic groups

• Developing a system of annual review in terms of road safety performance of all the safety cameras in the Borough Road Safety Audits (Preliminary Design)

• Developing a system of prioritising funding from a variety of sources towards the development of all transport safety related schemes and strategies.

The Borough Council were delighted with the services provided by DAGA and their feedback can be found in Client Reviews.

September 2006 - April 2007: DAGA Ltd provided  specialist Road Safety sub-consulting services to Mott MacDonald Ltd as part of their term consultant role with the Highways Agency in their Area 3 office in Southampton.

June  2007: David Graham undertook a study tour  to see Las Ramblas in Barcelona and its relationship to the shared use concept, (see pic on Home Zone page).

March 30th 2007: David Graham will be attending a meeting of the Institute of Highway Incorporated Engineers (IHIE) Home Zone Steering Group of which he is a member.

November 2006: David Graham will be speaking at a conference in Edinburgh on 7th November 2006 called " Sustainability in Roads Drainage Systems" where he will be making a presentation on the Sustainable Urban Drainage (SUDS) system employed in the Dings Home Zone in Bristol. 

August 2006: Public Sector Construction magazine is running a feature on David A Graham Associates in their latest edition. To download the feature, please click here. (3.3Mb).

June 2005: Surveyor magazine published an article David wrote on Home Zones in Southville Bristol. To download a copy please click here. (1.1Mb)