Celebrating all the RAP Awards for Excellence since 2004!

iRAP and its partners in more than 125 countries are making a difference saving lives and serious injuries on safer roads around the world every day. Whether it be as a collaboration of partners establishing an effective national road assessment programme or a single person working at a computer applying specialist skills – every contribution is empowering our charity’s impact and the sum of global efforts to save lives! We appreciate, recognise and applaud their excellence.

RAP Received Awards

• 2024 – Vision Zero for Youth International Leadership Award – The award was presented to the Moldova Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Automobile Club of Moldova for advocacy and action to improve road safety with new low-speed legislation to protect the country’s most vulnerable road users. This recognition underscores Moldova’s outstanding commitment to creating safer streets for its youngest and most vulnerable citizens. The collaboration between national and local leaders, civic groups, and advocates has not only transformed policies but has also inspired global efforts to prioritize youth safety. Read more… 
• 2024 – Prince Michael International Road Safety Award – honoring the ACM’s ground breaking work in establishing 30km/h speed limits in areas with high pedestrian and cyclist traffic In Moldova. With the support of the FIA Foundation and EASST, the ACM successfully lobbied for and implemented a policy change mandating a 30km/h speed limit in all school zones. To further enhance safety, the ACM has utilized the Star Rating for Schools App to assess and improve three schools in the northern region of Moldova. Read more…
• 2024 – Prince Michael International Road Safety Award – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), Shaanxi Provincial Transport Department, the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), and the China Road Assessment Program (ChinaRAP) at the Research Institute of Highway (RIOH) are honoured to announce the life-saving Shaanxi Mountain Road Safety Demonstration Project has received a prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Award.
• 2024 – Road Safety GB Achievement Award – Presented to Dr Suzy Charman, Executive Director of the Road Safety Foundation (United Kingdom RAP Lead) recognising her significant contribution to road safety in the United Kingdom over a substantial period of time.
• 2024 – International Road Federation Global Awards – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), Shaanxi Provincial Transport Department, the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), and the China Road Assessment Program (ChinaRAP) at the Research Institute of Highway (RIOH) are honoured to announce the life-saving Shaanxi Mountain Road Safety Demonstration Project has received a prestigious International Road Federation (IRF) global award – IRF’s Rural Roads and Mobility Award. Read more…
• 2024 – International Safety Media Awards – Three awards presented to iRAP and associated partners: Silver for online/web-based category – for the Interactive reports: Empowering road safety through data analysis, Silver for online/web-based category – iRAP Partner Portal launches: Connecting people and possibilities, Honorable mention in the Low Budget Campaign Category for Road to Zero through the Safe System Approach Exhibit and supporting promotional campaign and a Finalist in the Low Budget Campaign for iRAP’s Gary Liddle Memorial Trophy Award. Plus our SR4S Lead Partner, the AIP Foundation won two Gold awards; in the Short Video Category – AI&Me Empowering Youth for Safer Roads Official Music Video, and in the High Budget Campaign Category – Heads Up! Regional Youth-led ASEAN Campaign.
• 2024 – Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards for Excellence in Road Safety – Congratulations to AIP Foundation and our Pleiku City partners in Vietnam, as well as the Secretariat of Mobility in Bogotá, as two of four inaugural winners of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards for Excellence in Road Safety. Read more…
• 2024 – Brazil Award – The CycleRAP International Pilot Project has just received an Honorable Mention in the Data Collection and Research category at the Promoting Mobility by Bicycle in Brazil 2024 Award. Our CycleRAP partner Flávio Soares, Project manager at Ciclocidade will officially accept the award at the 13th World Bicycle Forum and 11th Bicicultura. Read more…
• 2024 – Sustainable Transport Award – Congratulations to Tianjin for its achievement of the 2024 Sustainable Transport Award (STA) recognising the city’s efforts to expand non-motorized transport and improve infrastructure for walking, cycling and public transport connections. The city’s improvement project is the largest supported by the World Bank (by USD$ value and quantity of infrastructure delivered) dedicated to improving streets for NMT and green space. Recent work builds on ChinaRAP assessments and evidence-based road design and infrastructure improvements delivered as part of the World Bank-supported Tianjin Urban Improvement Project in 2015. Read more…
• 2023 – National Highways Industry Awards UK – Two projects were recognised – A21 Safety Package (Jacobs and National Highways) for “exceptional contribution to road user safety” and A417 ‘Missing Link’ Project (National Highways, Kier and Arup)  for “good road design”. Both projects used the iRAP approach to model and improve the safety case and were supported by the Road Safety Foundation, United Kingdom RAP programme lead.
• 2023 – Prince Michael International Road Safety Award – For the world-first Ten Step Tanzania Project, which has built sustainable institutional capacity, impact, and partnerships to eliminate high-risk roads in Tanzania. Jointly funded by the United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (UKAid), through the Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) of the World Bank, the 30-month pilot project aimed to curb the more than 16,000 people (estimated) who die on Tanzania’s roads each year.
• 2023 – Prince Michael International Road Safety Award – For the Road Safety Capacity Building Programme (RSCBP) – An innovative capacity-building programme focused on building road safety capacity and technical knowledge among professionals in LMICs. An initiative of the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), and the Asia Pacific Road Safety Observatory (APRSO).
• 2022 – International Safety Media Awards – Five awards presented to iRAP and associated partners: Gold for the Road Safety Toolkit, Silver for the AVO Star Rating for Design Project Digital Story, Silver for the iRAP 2021 Digital Annual Report, Bronze for iRAP’s International Women in Engineering Day Campaign and Honourable Mention for the Star Rating for Schools Lea Primary School, Nigeria video.
• 2022 – Prince Michael International Road Safety Award – Presented to iRAP and Agilysis for their ground-breaking research and development project, funded by the World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF), to mine innovative data sources for road safety in Africa, in support of the African Road Safety Observatory (ARSO).
• 2022 – Institute of Transportation Engineers – Australia and New Zealand (ITE-ANZ) ‘Contribution to the Transport Profession Award’ – Presented to Rob McInerney for his significant contribution to the transport and traffic engineering profession over a sustained period.
• 2022 – Thai Prime Minister’s Road Safety Award for Excellence – Presented to ThaiRAP for its outstanding efforts and commitment to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on Thailand’s roads.
• 2022 – Inaugural Alex Award – Presented to iRAP CEO Rob McInerney in celebration of one of Australia’s great road safety advocates, the late Senator Alex Gallacher, and awarded to Rob for his exemplary leadership for safer roads in Australia and worldwide.
• 2021 – Prince Michael International Road Safety Award – Presented to EuroRAP member Road Safety Foundation financially supported by the RAC Foundation and the Department for Transport for the Safer Roads Fund set to prevent around 1,450 fatal and serious injuries over the next 20 years
• 2021 and 2020 – International Road Federation (IRF) Global Achievement Award – Presented to Thai Department for Rural Roads for Integrated Road Safety Management System instrumental to ThaiRAP’s work
• 2020 – Prince Michael International Road Safety Award – Presented to iRAP for work saving lives in more than 100 countries
• 2019 – Prince Michael International Road Safety Award – Presented to AMZS Automobile and Motorcycle Association of Slovenia for EuroRAP work since 2008
• 2018 – Prince Michael International Road Safety Award – Presented to iRAP Star Rating for Schools Programme recognising its potential to reduce risk and save lives of children and pedestrians across the world
• 2017 – IRF Road Safety Award – Presented to Rob McInerney, iRAP Chief Executive Officer for outstanding contribution to the cause of global road safety
• 2017 – International Transport Forum Transport Achievement Award Special Mention – Presented to iRAP for “3-Star or better” Campaign
• 2016 – EuroRAP Award – Presented to Slovakia’s NDS National Motorway Company for dramatic increase in 3-star rating on Slovakia’s motorways and expressways
• 2016 – Australasian College of Road Safety Fellowship Award – Presented to Rob McInerney, iRAP Chief Executive Officer for outstanding contribution to Australian road safety
• 2015 – AIRSO 50th Anniversary Road Safety Award – Presented to Steve Lawson, iRAP Regional Director – EMEA
• 2014 – Prince Michael International Road Safety Award – Presented to iRAP for efforts to scale-up action on road infrastructure safety and tackle the global epidemic of road traffic injuries
• 2013 – IRF Global Achievement Award – Presented to KiwiRAP for road safety endeavours
• 2013 – FIA Region IV American Award – Presented to Julio Urzua, iRAP Regional Director – The Americas for creation and implementation of road safety initiatives in Latin America
• 2010 – Prince Michael International Road Safety Award – Presented to EuroRAP member Road Safety Foundation for producing the first map of deaths and serious injuries by parliamentary constituency, so that every MP is aware of the risks in their area.
• 2010 – Prince Michael International Road Safety Award (Premiere Award) – Presented to EuroRAP member Road Safety Foundation for their significant role in establishing a respected, systematic method of assessing roads and helping the authorities make our roads safe.
• 2009 – Prince Michael International Road Safety Award – Presented to EuroRAP in recognition of the important role in bringing the programme’s activities and methodology to countries throughout Europe.
• 2004 – Prince Michael International Road Safety Award – Presented to EuroRAP in recognition of it’s role to provide a safety rating for roads across Europe.

iRAP Issued Awards

Gary Liddle Memorial Trophy

• 2024 Winner – TANROADS awarded Winner 
• 2024 Shining Star – Saudi Arabia’s Roads General Authority recognised as a Shining Star 
• 2024 Shining Star – Himachal Pradesh Road and Infrastructure Development Corporation recognised as a Shining Star
• 2024 Rising Star – Municipality of Lima recognised as a Rising Star
• 2024 Rising Star – Main Roads Western Australia recognised as a Rising Star
• 2023 Winner – Brazil’s National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT)
• 2023 Finalist – Australia’s Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR)
• 2023 Finalist – Thailand’s Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)
• 2023 Finalist – Croatian Roads Ltd.

Global Innovation Award

• 2020 – Presented to Sweden for the lifesaving safety impacts of its 2+1 with wire rope median road design
• 2017 – Presented to Ashghal Qatar for the innovative work of the team at Ashghal, TRL and FPZ for their Star Rating for Designs software development

5-Star Performer Awards

• 2022 – Presented to DNIT for BrazilRAP programme achievements since 2019
• 2017 – Presented to MIROS iRAP Malaysia for RAP programme achievements including launch of 2017 iRAP Malaysia: Star Rating Results of Malaysian Inter-Urban Expressways Report
• 2013 – Presented to Karnataka State Highway Improvement Program (KSHIP) and World Bank for work to ensure that safety is built-in to designs for new roads and major upgrades, prior to construction. Karnataka was the first jurisdiction in the region to commit to setting minimum Star Ratings for new road designs.

Asia Pacific Star Performer Award

• 2015 – Presented to Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways and Automobile Association Philippines (AAP)
• 2013 – Presented to Road Safety Research Centre (RSRC), Research Institute of Highway (RIOH), Ministry of Transport, China for application of ChinaRAP programme
• 2012 – Presented to New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and the New Zealand Automobile Association (NZAA) for joint application of KiwiRAP programme

 5-Star Volunteer Award

• 2021 – Presented to Rob Lupton, freelance Power BI and Query specialist, volunteered to help improve data management for iRAP Connect Partner Management System
• 2020 – Presented to Nick Davey, freelance Dynamics 365 and Business Application Software specialist, volunteered to help build iRAP Connect and Partner Portal
• 2017 – Presented to Alison Leeson, Australian Engineer, volunteered in India
• 2013 – Presented to Emily McLean, Australian Engineer, volunteered in Vietnam
• 2013 – Presented to Nana Soetantri, Australian Engineer, volunteered in Indonesia
• 2013 – Presented to Morgan Fletcher, Australian Engineer, volunteered in Mexico
• 2013 – Presented to Adam Ritzinger, Australian Engineer, volunteered in the Philippines
• 2013 – Presented to Gina Waibl, New Zealand Engineer, volunteered in Bangladesh
• 2013 – Presented to Nicole Borkowsky, Australian Engineer, volunteered to help build our quality systems

iRAP Peter Kissinger Awards for Staff

• 2024 Winner: Presented to Louise Lupton, iRAP Programme Support Officer
• 2024 Runners-up: Presented to Anne Alexander, iRAP Full Stack Developer and Shanna Lucchesi, iRAP Project Coordinator
• 2023 Winner: Presented to Luke Rogers, iRAP Global Operations Manager
• 2023 Runner-up: Presented to Greg Smith, iRAP Global Programme Director
• 2022 Winner: Presented to Monica Olyslagers, iRAP Global Innovation Manager and Cities Specialist
• 2022 Runner-up: Presented to Agustin Centeno, iRAP Senior Road Safety Engineer
• 2021 Winner: Presented to Briarlea Green, iRAP Communications Officer
• 2021 Runner-up: Presented to Rafaela Machado, Star Rating for Schools Coordinator
• 2020 Winner: Presented to Judy Williams, iRAP Global Programme & Communications Manager
• 2020 Runner-up: Presented to Jigesh Bhavsar – IndiaRAP Technical Manager