What are NMU Audits?

What are NMU Audits?

Non-Motorised User Audits are a relatively recent development in the highway engineering field. They bring together, in a single audit process, a number of audit processes for example:

• Cycle Audit
• Pedestrian Audit
• Mobility or Access Audits
• Equestrian Audit

The Highways Agency brought these together into a single audit through DMRB HD 42/05, which sets out a detailed and systematic NMU Audit process.

The facilities for NMU's within highway schemes should aim to:

• not give rise to road safety or personal safety concerns
• directly facilitate the desired journey without undue deviation or difficulty
• link origins and destinations
• be attractive and comfortable to use
• be accessible to disabled users and people with children and pushchairs
• be continuous and not subject to severance or fragmentation

In short, NMU Audits should be convenient, accessible, safe, comfortable and attractive.  

*  The PDF document DMRB HD 42/05 was downloaded from 'Standard for Highways' website.