Road Safety Markings Association
| Abbreviation | RSMA |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1976 (as RMMCA) |
| Type | Trade association |
| Legal status | Private Limited company without share capital (04405581) |
| Purpose | Road safety markings companies in the UK |
| Location |
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Region served | UK |
Membership | Road safety markings companies |
Director | George Lee |
| Affiliations | Build UK, European Union Road Federation, Highway Industries Confederation |
| Website | RSMA |
The Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) is a trade association for companies involved with road safety markings in the UK. It represents 90% of the road markings industry by volume in the UK.
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. It was incorporated as a company on 27 March 2002. 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 (on the same site as the Highways Industries Confederation).
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] Top Marks Europe 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 Road Marking Apprenticeship Scheme.
Structure
The RSMA has representative committees specialising in contracting, technical and marketing issues, and two forums developing best practice - on road marking and on health and safety.[5]
Membership
RSMA has 96 corporate members throughout the UK and Europe, including Ennis Prismo, Evonik Rohm, Sovitec and Road Safety Contracts.
See also
- Road signs in the United Kingdom
- Highways Agency
- Road Safety Foundation
- Highway Code (first published in 1934)
- Institute of Highway Engineers
- Living Streets (UK)
References
- ↑ House of Commons Transport Committee, Written evidence from the Road Safety Markings Association, October 2011 (Retrieved: 3 July 2015)
- ↑ Road Safety GB, England’s road markings “shameful”: RSMA, 13 March 2014 (Retrieved: 3 July 2015).
- ↑ Finnerty, Joe (2014), "Nearly half of England's road markings need replacing", Auto Express, 13 March 2014. Retrieved: 3 July 2015.
- ↑ Top Marks
- ↑ RSMA Membership. Retrieved: 3 July 2015