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India with 1,46,133 fatalities per annum, accounts for about 10 percent of total world's road fatalities. The case study focuses on the identification of existing and potential safety hazards to the road users of an existing road NH-3 Section from Rau-Circle to Manpur. The section was chosen for Road Safety Audit (RSA) study as it already existed just like most of the 3.3million km of already existing road networks in India and carries considerable amount of traffic throughout the year. Any kind of changes in geometry and alignment cannot be made easily which could otherwise prove to be very expensive to improve upon. Through this Audit, potential road safety issues were found and suggestions were made to prevent frequent occurrences of accidents or at least reduces their severity, thereby making the journey safer for the road users and its surrounding area. The analysis were made based on the modified checklist made as per the Guidelines of Road Safety Audit Manual IRC:SP:88-2010. The analysis for NH-3 section from Rau-circle to Manpur may not be the same for every other road network in the country as it also depends upon type of terrain, surrounding conditions, their environmental. The study helped in gaining knowledge about the designing of safety devices and methods through which risk of an accident can be reduced and identifies the conflict point and provide measures to reduce the severity of such accident at these conflict points, as any loss of life or injure to a person is a loss to the economy of a Nation.