Road Safety Markings Association

The Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) is a trade association for companies involved in the road safety markings industry.

Road Safety Markings Association
AbbreviationRSMA
Formation1976 (as RMMCA)
TypeTrade association
Legal statusUnincorporated entity
PurposeTrade Association
Location
Region served
UK
Membership
Companies involved in the road marking industry
Chief Executive
Stu McInroy
WebsiteRSMA

History

The RSMA was founded in 1976, as the Road Marking Manufacturers and Contractors Association (RMMCA), changing its name to the Road Safety Markings Association in 1992. Initially based in Charlwood, Surrey, it had offices in Bury, Greater Manchester from 1998 to 2006, prior to setting up offices and a national training centre in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

Function

As a trade association RSMA represents and promotes the legitimate business interests of the UK road marking sector (it has provided evidence to the House of Commons Transport Select Committee, for example).[1] It also provides specialist services to member organisations, and undertakes research and marketing activities to identify the safety and economic benefits of road markings use - many of which are made from thermoplastics. For example, in 2014, an RSMA survey found that 52% of markings on motorways, 42% on dual carriageways, and 48% on single carriageways, all needed replacing immediately or imminently.[2][3]

The RSMA publishes specialist trade publications including Top Marks (circulated to over 8000 industry specialists),[4] and member publication (and e-publication) On the Line.

It offers industry training to companies and local authorities via its NHA subsidiary, established in 2007. As part of this, it runs the Specialist Applied-Skills Programme (SAP).

Structure

The RSMA has representative committees specialising in health and safety, and technical issues.

Membership

RSMA has 83 members throughout the UK and Europe.

See also
Typical road safety markings in Dromore, County Down

References
  1. House of Commons Transport Committee, Written evidence from the Road Safety Markings Association, October 2011 (Retrieved: 3 July 2015)
  2. Road Safety GB, England’s road markings "shameful": RSMA, 13 March 2014 (Retrieved: 3 July 2015).
  3. Finnerty, Joe (2014), "Nearly half of England's road markings need replacing", Auto Express, 13 March 2014. Retrieved: 3 July 2015.
  4. Top Marks
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