Coding manual now available in Thai
iRAP’s coding manual – one of the core resources for its life-saving work around the world – is now available in Thai. The new language version is part of a concerted drive by iRAP to make key publications as widely available as possibly in local language versions to...
iRAP Malaysia receives 5-Star Performer Award
MIROS iRAP Malaysia has been awarded the 2017 iRAP 5-Star Performer Award presented at the Road Safety in Asia Conference held 22-23 August in Manila. iRAP Malaysia launched its 2017 iRAP Malaysia: Star Rating Results of Malaysian Inter-Urban Expressways Report this...
IndiaRAP plans taking shape with AITD
Improving road safety performance is a big focus of the India Government and Transport Minister, Hon. Nitin Gadkari. In meetings with iRAP CEO Rob McInerney he reinforced his commitment to passing critical traffic safety laws for the country and discussed the upcoming...
Key learning opportunity for roads engineers
There will be an excellent opportunity to learn about the iRAP methodology at at the University of Birmingham in England between 13-17 November. The five day postgraduate/continuing development course is organised by iRAP in collaboration with the University. It is...
Local authorities on track to make England’s roads safer
Fast progress has been made by the Road Safety Foundation (RSF), working in partnership with local authorities, to deliver safer ‘A’ roads in England. In Autumn 2016 the RAC Foundation supported a pathfinder project to enable eight local authorities to survey, Star...
Safer journeys to school coming soon
Road safety NGO’s from 15 countries around the world are meeting this month at FedEx’s headquarters in Memphis, USA, as part of their great partnership with the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety and the Alliance Empowerment Program. During their two week...
Online US training scheme is off the starting blocks!
It’s been all stations go for online training in the USA after the Roadway Safety Foundation received its ‘Road to Zero’ grant from the National Safety Council at the start of June. The year-long grant will support the development of web-based usRAP and ViDA training....
iRAP backs UN road safety fund proposal
The UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety, Jean Todt, has called for for countries to back a new UN Road Safety Fund. Speaking at a side event to the annual UN High Level Political Forum in New York, Jean Todt (pictured right) said 64,000 lives could be...
Malaysia on track for 3-star or better target
Malaysia is on track for 75% of all its high volume roads to have a 3-star or better rating by 2020. The good news was announced at the launch of the 2017 Malaysia iRAP report which revealed that more than 95% of 2,370km of assessed stretches of four Malaysian...
EVENT WRAP UP: Innovation workshop 2016
Summary The UN Sustainable Development Goals have set the challenge to halve road deaths and injuries by 2020 (Goal 3.6). They have also set the challenge for safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all (Goal 11.2) and they have recognised...
EVENT WRAP UP: Innovation workshop 2015
Summary The United Nations has included a road safety target in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. Our challenge will be to provide the catalyst and capacity to make the target of reducing road deaths to less than 600,000 per year achievable. We want to...
Pioneering ‘Safe Schools’ project progresses in South Africa
In 2014, the granddaughter of Nelson Mandela and global road safety campaigner, Zoleka Mandela led the launch of the first Safe Schools project in South Africa. The project introduced safe road infrastructure to project school children, along with road safety...
The 3-star coalition
A growing coalition of organisations in the USA is calling for safe roads to be built in developing countries, where 9 out 10 of the world’s road deaths occur.
The 3-star coalition, led by the Fund for Global Health and including the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), seeks to build a healthier world by advocating for the design and construction of safer roads in developing countries.
Specifically, the coalition is calling for roads in developing countries to be built to a minimum 3-star safety standard for all road users.
To find our more and join the 3-star coalition, visit: http://www.fundforglobalhealth.org/join-the-3-star-coalition/.
Take part in upcoming iRAP training events
There are now many opportunities to take part in training on iRAP assessments:
30 April 2015, ADB headquarters, Philippines: learn how to Star Rate roads and see how iRAP tools are supporting local and national road safety initiatives at the Asia Pacific Workshop. Register now.
22 May, 2015, Malaysia: learn how road safety can be incorporated in performance based contracts at the IRF Executive Certified Training Program. Register now.
21 – 25 September 2015, UK: this 5-day course at the University of Birmingham introduces to participants the iRAP technology for evaluating the safety impact of road infrastructure. Register now.
RAPcapacity online courses let you learn how to undertake iRAP-specification road assessments, at your own pace. Register now.
National highway safety program enters a new phase in China
China’s State Council has endorsed an implementation guide for the next phase of the Highway Safety Enhancement Project (HSEP), titled highway safety to cherish life.
The guide is an update of an earlier edition and includes new recommendations for safety facilities and instructions on the use of ChinaRAP risk assessments.
Tiejun Zhang from the Ministry of Transport Research Institute of Highway (RIOH) and member of the iRAP Global Technical Committee was a lead author of the new guide, which will be trialled in numerous provinces during the next two years.
The HSEP was established in 2004 and in its first ten years more than CNY 30 billion (USD 4.8 billion) was invested in improving approximately 366,000km of roads.
The Building ChinaRAP initiative is a partnership of RIOH and iRAP and is supported by the FIA Foundation, World Bank GRSF and Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Planning safer roads in Papua New Guinea
Risk assessments are now being undertaken on 4,500km of priority national highways in Papua New Guinea.
The assessments, which are being led by the Department of Works, are part of the fulfilment of the national transport strategy aim to introduce safety management systems that can be used to identify and mitigate safety risks from road layout and use.
The project, which has been able to leverage road asset data collected in a previous project, includes producing road safety Star Ratings and Safer Roads Investment Plans and training.
The project is part of the Papua New Guinea – Australia Transport Sector Support Program (TSSP).
Minister flags Star Ratings for roads in Britain
The UK Roads Minister, Robert Goodwill, has announced that roads in Britain could soon be officially given ‘star ratings’ for safety by road authorities.
Speaking at a launch of EuroRAP results in Britain, Mr Goodwill said the Highways Agency and councils had been asked to “consider the merits” of officially adopting a five-star rating system.
The announcement was at the launch of the Road Safety Foundation report commissioned by major insurer Ageas, Making Road Safety Pay, which recommended that minimum in-built safety levels of 4-stars are needed for the busiest national roads in Britain and minimum 3-stars for all other national roads by 2025.
The report also recommended that major local authority roads needed to achieve the minimum 3-star level by 2030 with much safety upgrading undertaken during routine maintenance – a strategy also recently endorsed by the Catalan regional government in Spain following work in partnership with EuroRAP Member RACC.
Road assessments in Uruguay begin
Road safety experts met in Montevideo, the site of the first football World Cup, to kick-off iRAP assessments in Uruguay.
The assessments, led by the Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP) and supported by the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), will span some 4,000km of roads, including 1,700km of concession highways. Mexican firm SEMIC is expected to begin the road surveys in January 2015.
According to the National Road Safety Unit (UNASEV) in the first 10 months of 2014, 444 people died in traffic crashes, 40% of which occurred on national roads.
Save the date: iRAP Asia Pacific Workshop
The next iRAP Asia Pacific Workshop will be held on 30 April 2015 in Manila, Philippines.
The workshop forms part of the Asia Pacific Road Safety 2015 conference (28-30 April 2015), an initiative of the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and iRAP.
This year, the iRAP workshop will focus on training participants in techniques to produce and interpret road safety Star Ratings, including interactive sessions using the Star Rating Demonstrator (available at http://vida.irap.org).
More information will be available shortly at irap.org.
AIRSO 50th Anniversary Road Safety Award
iRAP’s Dr Steve Lawson recently received an AIRSO 50th Anniversary Road Safety Award in recognition of his significant and lasting contribution to road safety.
Steve Lawson’s work over 35 years includes research to reduce single-vehicle crashes and those involving young pedestrians, work on traffic cameras and red-light running, and supporting the development and application of protocols used by EuroRAP and iRAP.
AIRSO is a charity and independent membership organisation based in the United Kingdom and was established in 1965. The 50th anniversary awards were presented by Tim Stevenson OBE, Lord Lieutenant for Oxfordshire.
Interactive Star Rating results for Indian roads now online
With iRAP’s online software, ViDA, you can now explore road safety Star Rating results for more than 6,000km of roads in India.
Additional assessments in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh are also nearing completion, which will lift the total length to more than 10,000km.
Importantly, many of the roads assessed are linked with Government and World Bank financed upgrade projects that have a road safety focus. In fact, designs for some 20% of roads assessed are complete and construction is already underway on many roads.
Registering to use ViDA as a ‘Reader’ account holder is free and enables you to view high-level road data, Star Ratings and Investment Plan reports. Find out more by visiting: http://vida.irap.org.
Safer Roads by Design Certified Training Program
The next IRF Safer Roads By Design Across Six Continents training program will be held in Malaysia from 15 to 25 March 2015.
One of the world’s most comprehensive road safety training programs, Safer Roads by Design helps road authorities meet their Decade of Action commitment to reduce fatalities by 50 percent by 2020.
The ten day program will include a session on using the iRAP methodology to systemically apply safety countermeasures. The session will involve interactive use of the Star Rating Demonstrator (available at http://vida.irap.org).
Find out more and register by visiting: https://www.irfnews.org/event/safer-roads-by-design-1503/.
Do you want to develop life-saving software?
iRAP is seeking a Senior Frontend Web Developer/UI Engineer to join our award-winning road safety team.
Based in iRAP headquarters in Basingstoke, UK, you will be part of the team that develops and supports iRAP software and systems, especially ViDA (http://vida.irap.org).
We have an extensive list of products in the development pipeline, including tools to help star rate road designs, integrated star rating, crash data and GIS systems, speed management tools and new ViDA modules that help explore how to create a fatality free road in combination with vehicle and other technologies.
Full details of the position, including a list of essential skills and desirable skills, are available here.
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