


NEW webinar series: World Bank and iRAP helping save lives in Latin America – BIGRS 2020-25
Invitation to attend the webinar series: World Bank and iRAP helping save lives in Latin America – BIGRS 2020-25 DATES: 02, 03, 09 & 10 December TIME: 9.00 AM (UTC -5)Free of charge Please note this webinar will be delivered in Spanish Speakers...
Serie de seminários web: Banco Mundial e IRAP ayudando a salvar vidas en América Latina – BIGRS 2020-25
Serie de seminarios web: Banco Mundial e IRAP ayudando a salvar vidas en América Latina – BIGRS 2020-25 Descripción: El Fondo Mundial de Seguridad Vial (GRSF) del Banco Mundial se asocia con iRAP para mejorar la seguridad vial en el marco de la Iniciativa de...
Can your AI skills help iRAP prevent road death and injury?
Join the iRAP and Omdena Challenge preventing road crashes and saving lives Preventing Road Crashes and Saving Lives AI-based solutions to map crash risk and generate iRAP star rating attribute data will be the focus of a great new partnership as part of the Omdena...
Coffee and Connect brings RAP Leads together to save lives
57 Road Assessment Programme Leads from 34 countries joined iRAP’s first Coffee and Connect session today to share experiences and resources, and foster partnerships and friendships for success. Attendees heard from world-leading RAPs BrazilRAP, IndiaRAP and EuroRAP...
IndiaRAP News: Improved Ahmedabad Airport corridor design shows potential to save lives
Improved designs for the corridor connecting Gandhinagar, the Gujarat state capital, with Ahmedabad airport shows fatalities and serious injuries (FSIs) would reduce by up to 59 per cent over 20 years with upgrade, highlighting the life-saving value of safety analysis...
FedEx sponsored IndiaRAP to help save lives featured in CSR News
The Indian Road Assessment Programme sponsored by FedEx featured in the CSR News (March 2020). The India based local programme is locally led and globally supported by iRAP. It is a collaboration between iRAP and the Asian Institute of Transport Development (AITD)....
Latest WrapUp newsletter now available – October 2020 Edition
Welcome to iRAP’s October Newsletter. In this issue we are delighted to showcase: Are you developing your next Road Safety Action Plan? New iRAP Star Ratings of NACTO-GDCI Global Street Design Guide resource available 5-Star Connections to save lives in India and...
SR4S newsletter now available – October 2020 edition
The latest Star Rating for Schools newsletter is out now – read some great stories of how SR4S Lead Partners are engaging partners and leading safer infrastructures around the world. This edition features: 2nd Decade of Action opportunities School assessment in...
World Day of Remembrance 2020: Remember – Support – ACT for 3-star or better roads
Sunday 15 November 2020 marks 25 years of global observance and 15 years since the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was recognised by the UN. iRAP is proud to support #WDoR2020. The objectives of WDoR 2020 are to provide a platform for road traffic...
Mexico’s Puebla High Bypass undergoes MXN $1 million upgrade following iRAP assessment
In 2019, the concessionary Libramiento Elevado de Puebla S.A. de C.V. contracted the company SEMIC (an iRAP accredited supplier) to carry out a road safety assessment using iRAP methodology on the Puebla High Bypass. Due to the importance of this stretch of road in...
Technical update: ViDA dataset edit page
An update of the dataset edit page is now live. This update will see a few small changes to the way the page looks and works, but under the surface there have been significant improvements.The key benefits of these improvements will mean that the page has better...
EuroRAP RADAR and SABRINA Joint Conference Brings Focus to the Challenges and Opportunities of Improving Road Safety in Danube Area for all Road Users
On October 15, more than 250 road safety experts and representatives of transport and road infrastructure safety in the Danube area from 40 countries registered for the Joint Online Conference of the SABRINA and RADAR Projects on ‘Improving Road Safety in Danube...
Great resource available: EuroRAP position and discussion papers
Technical expertise and advisory input comes from the advisory committees of EuroRAP. These committees are made up and chaired by experts from the member associations and co-ordinated by the EuroRAP staff. Currently there are two National Schemes Advisory...
NEW Training Opportunity – iRAP Road Attribute Coding Exercises
Road attribute coding is at the heart of an iRAP project. The road attribute coding uses geo-referenced images collected during a survey or road designs to record road attributes for each 100m segment of road. This coding data is then combined with other supporting...
Australian Government announces $2 Billion investment for Road Safety Programme
7 October 2020: As part of COVID19 stimulus spending to save lives, save money and create jobs encouraged by AusRAP partners the Australian Government is investing $2 billion to improve the star rating of roads across the country. This investment includes targets for...
University of Zagreb FPZ signs as iRAP Centre of Excellence in Global Road Infrastructure Safety
The University of Zagreb Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences (FPZ) and the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) have signed a Centre of Excellence agreement today, which will support the development of road infrastructure safety in Croatia and...
New iRAP Star Ratings of NACTO-GDCI’s Global Street Design Guide resource to help save lives and improve sustainable mobility for all road users
Star-rating your street plans with iRAP and the Global Street Design Guide iRAP is proud to announce the release of the new iRAP Star Ratings of NACTO-GDCI’s Global Street Design Guide. The Global Street Design Guide is a new global blueprint for safer and...
5-Star Global Connections to save lives in India and beyond
iRAP is proud to announce a novel 5-Star Global Connections Initiative, sponsored by FedEx Express, to unlock the power of partnerships across India and share success across the more than 100 countries who have their own RAP programme and project activity. iRAP is...
RADAR and SABRINA joint conference – October 15 2020
You are invited to the joint online conference of projects Risk Assessment on Danube Area Roads (RADAR) and Safer Bicycle Routes in Danube Area (SABRINA) organised in cooperation with theEuropean Union Strategy for Danube Region (EUSDR) – PA1b: To improve mobility and...
usRAP report finds 91% of trucking corridor between Chicago and Orlando rates 4- and 5-star for safety
The Roadway Safety Foundation in the USA has just announced they have completed a study of over 1,000 miles of the freight network between Chicago and Orlando, using the U.S. Road Assessment Programme (usRAP). Supported by a generous grant from FedEx, the study takes...
Looking Back Moving Forward – UK’s Crash Risk Mapping Annual Results 2020 released
17 September 2020: Hosted by Lord Whitty, Chairman of the Road Safety Foundation, the Great Britain EuroRAP 2020 Crash Risk Mapping Annual Results were launched at a virtual event. The 20th Edition of this report identifies an investment package of £1.2 billion which...
IndiaRAP’s inaugural newsletter now available
Welcome to IndiaRAP’s inaugural newsletter – September 2020IndiaRAP was launched in 2017 by the Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Hon. Nitin Gadkari at the 98th International Road Federation World Road Meeting held in Delhi. Our vision is for an India...
Are you developing your next Road Safety Action Plan?
Global infrastructure KPIs support Action Plans to achieve 2nd Decade Goals The recent UN announcement of the 2nd Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 calls on all countries to achieve at least a 50% reduction in road deaths and injuries by 2030 and achieve the...