Improving Roadway Safety with GoFormz (National Safety Month)
Prioritize safety with digital data collection
Every June, National Safety Month highlights the importance of preventing injuries and saving lives at home, in the workplace, and on the road. For transportation companies, construction crews, utility providers, and public works departments, roadway safety isn’t just a priority–it’s a responsibility.
At GoFormz, we’re committed to helping organizations drive safety improvements across every mile. By digitizing paper forms, GoFormz equips field teams with real-time, accurate tools that help prevent accidents, reduce errors, and streamline safety reporting. Here’s how digital forms can help protect crews, drivers, and communities this National Safety Month – and beyond.
Why Roadway Safety Needs a Digital Boost
From construction zones to delivery routes, the road presents numerous risks. According to the National Safety Council, roadway fatalities have surged in recent years, often due to distracted driving, inadequate signage, or unsafe working conditions. Paper-based processes can delay hazard reporting, lead to lost inspections, or cause miscommunication between field and office teams, which can compromise safety.
GoFormz eliminates these risks by transforming paper forms into intelligent, identical, digital forms accessible from any mobile device. Whether your team inspects signage, logs incidents, or conducts pre-trip vehicle inspections, GoFormz ensures that critical safety information is captured and shared in real time.
Digital Forms That Drive Safer Roads
Use the GoFormz form builder to ensure your digital forms resemble your paper forms. Here are some digital forms that can help ensure roadway safety:
1. Digital Vehicle Inspection Reports (DVIRs)
Keep your fleet road-ready with mobile inspection forms. Drivers can complete checklists before and after trips, attach photos of damage, and instantly submit reports, reducing the risk of mechanical failures and DOT violations.
2. Job Safety Analysis (JSA) Forms
Ensure every roadway job begins with a safety-first mindset. With digital JSA forms, teams can assess potential hazards, record mitigation steps, and require sign-offs from all involved personnel before work begins.
3. Incident & Near-Miss Reporting
Speed is critical when an incident occurs. GoFormz allows for instant, accurate incident reporting – complete with photo attachments, GPS location, and digital signatures – so safety teams can respond faster and make data-informed improvements.
4. Traffic Control Plan Checklists
Digitizing your traffic control plan checklists ensures proper signage, barriers, and flagger protocols are in place. Field teams can verify set-up requirements and submit completed forms from any job site, helping maintain compliance and public safety.
Customer Spotlight: Barricades Unlimited
Barricades Unlimited needed a digital solution to support their rapid growth and alleviate administrative burdens. Relying on paper forms meant that the Barricades Unlimited management team had limited visibility into job site productivity. If forms were lost or turned in incomplete (e.g., missing a signature), staff members would often need to hunt down missing information or recreate documents, wasting time.
Barricades Unlimited uses GoFormz to digitize their traffic control forms, allowing field teams to complete and submit their mobile forms from anywhere easily. Once submitted, Barricades Unlimited administrators can access data in real-time, increasing visibility into project progress and improving communication between field teams and office personnel. Mobile forms have also allowed Barricades Unlimited to centralize their record-keeping and improve organization. Learn more here >
“We have been really organized since GoFormz, because of the way GoFormz is laid out. You can see who owns the forms, and what forms are being completed – the organizational system revolving around GoFormz has helped out our admins tremendously.”
Interested in learning how to improve roadway safety? Whether you want to digitize a sign-in sheet template or seek a solution to digitize your collection of electronic forms, explore how GoFormz can revolutionize your roadway safety procedures and streamline your processes to thrive in the modern landscape.
