{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-tunnel-safety-regulations-2007/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-tunnel-safety-regulations-2007/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1520",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Tunnel Safety Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-tunnel-safety-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Risk Analysis",
  "text": "(1) A risk analysis shall be carried out by a person that is functionally independent from the Tunnel Manager.\n(2) The person carrying out the risk analysis shall produce a report in relation to the proposed risk reduction measure which includes the following matters—\n(a) consideration of the risks for the safety of users of the road tunnel taking into account all design factors and traffic conditions that affect safety, including traffic characteristics and type, the length of the road tunnel, that tunnel’s geometry and the forecast of the number of heavy goods vehicles which are likely to use that tunnel each day;\n(b) evaluation of whether the proposed measure will result in equivalent or improved protection for users of the road tunnel, to the safety requirement that it is to replace;\n(c) identification of the potential hazards arising from the use of the proposed risk reduction measure;\n(d) identification of the users of the road tunnel who could be affected by the hazards referred to in sub paragraph (c);\n(e) evaluation of the probabilities of harm occurring to the persons identified in sub paragraph (d); and\n(f) evaluation of the adequacy of the safety requirement that the proposed measure is to replace.\n(3) The risk analysis shall be included in the safety documentation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 18 in force at 22.6.2007, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1520/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:52:05.201550+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}