


iRAP training grants now available for 30 women in Engineering
This year, as part of the International Women in Engineering Day (Thursday 23 June), we are announcing a new training grant opportunity, selecting 30 women to take our Star Rating Essentials and Star Rating for Designs courses for free. Women make up just over 20% of...
New position available: Safer Journeys Lead for Europe needed to help create safer roads and safer journeys
iRAP is looking for a collaborative and enthusiastic person with a passion for safe mobility and experience in road infrastructure safety to join our team. In this newly created role, the Safer Journeys Lead for Europe will work with a range of partners to create...
Celebrating International Women in Engineering day on June 23 2022
International Women in Engineering Day (June 23 2021) is an international awareness campaign to raise the profile of women in engineering and focus attention on the amazing career opportunities available to girls in this exciting industry. It celebrates the...
Official global launch of CycleRAP
Media Release – 14 June 2022 Following successful pilots in Europe and four years of research development in consultation with global cycling and safety experts, CycleRAP was launched at the Velo-city Conference on 14 June 2022 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. CycleRAP...
Help us improve the Vaccines for Roads website
We need your help….. Vaccines for Roads unlocks the world’s largest road infrastructure safety database (358,000km of roads across 54 countries) to explore how safe the world’s and individual countries’ roads are, the human impact of road crash injury and...
Interested to hear more on the future of safe cycling infrastructure? ???
With World Bicycle Day just passed and CycleRAP launching on 14 June, we’d love to share more information with you on the future of safe cycling infrastructure. Join our 30 minute CycleRAP Q&A SessionTuesday 7 June (tomorrow) from 12:30 – 13:00 hours...
New and improved Road Safety Toolkit online resource launched
To support the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021 – 2030, we are pleased to announce the launch of the new and improved Road Safety Toolkit. First launched 10 years ago, the Road Safety Toolkit is an important online resource that provides free information on the...
Opportunity for iRAP Accredited Suppliers: Interested in working with iRAP in Mozambique?
Request for proposals from iRAP accredited suppliers The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) has been invited to support the National Road Administration (Administração Nacional de Estradas, ANE), Mozambique with the implementation of an iRAP Star Ratings...
2022 Peter Kissinger award winners announced
The 2022 iRAP Peter Kissinger Award recipients were announced yesterday in a virtual celebration attended by Peter’s wife Willie and iRAP’s Chairman of the Board Miquel Nadal. In recognition of his great contribution to iRAP and global road safety, the Peter...
Call for Proposals Open – UN Road Safety Fund 2022
The UN Road Safety Fund Call for Proposals 2022 is open between 07 April 2022 and 30 June 2022 (23:59 CEST). Currently, the UN Road Safety Fund finances projects through calls for proposals that are designed on the basis of key Fund documents – including...
IWD 2022 Break the Bias Blog – Star Ratings and Gender Analysis
As a woman working in transport, I’m aware of how big an issue gender is. It’s not a theoretical or abstract concept for me. I have experienced first-hand the challenges of trying to get from A to B, often via C, D and sometimes E as a pedestrian, bicyclist, public...
iRAP methodology training on offer through the Women4RoadSafety Network – Uganda
iRAP methodology training on offer through the Women4RoadSafety Network – Uganda Are you or do you know a Female Highways Engineer with the knowledge and passion for road safety? We are delighted to be offering 5 x free iRAP methodology training courses through the...
Welcome to the team Franco Azzato – iRAP’s new Training and Accreditation Coordinator
We are delighted to welcome Franco Azzato, iRAP’s new Training and Accreditation Coordinator. In his role, Franco will be responsible for iRAP training, which has helped make the iRAP methodology accessible to thousands of people around the world, and the iRAP...
Star Rating for Schools January 2022 newsletter now available
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. In this issue: Celebrating success in 2021 Tracking upgrades with SR4S iRAP joins...
Further updates scheduled for ViDA – 31 January 2022
Attention ViDA users Welcome to 2022, we wish you all the best for the year ahead! We are scheduling some further updates to ViDA and therefore more maintenance is required. This means that tools such as ViDA, SR4S and SR4D will be unavailable on Monday 31...
Register today for a webinar series on Safer Road Infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific – February 2022
REGISTRATION IS OPENDATES: 08, 10, 15, 17, 24 February 2022TIME: 2.00PM – 4.00PM (UTC+8) Manila, PhilippinesDraft agenda now available – access hereFree of chargeDelivered under the Road Safety Capacity Building Programme for Asia and the Pacific and...
Latest WrapUp newsletter now available – December 2021 Edition
Welcome to iRAP’s December 2021 Newsletter – Moving together towards the Global Plan The iRAP Team would like to wish you a happy and safe holiday season. In this edition: Input provided to UN High-Level Meeting on Road Safety Preparatory Event Calls for G7 to...
Important notice: ViDA updates scheduled for January 2022
We would like to thank you for being part of our RAP community. As part of our effort to improve the iRAP tool suite, we write to inform you that we are going to be conducting ViDA updates in early January 2022. We will keep the maintenance period of ViDA to the...
Star Rating for Schools celebrating success in 2021
The Star Rating for Schools team have released a short video, celebrating the success of all SR4S donors, sponsors, supporters and partners. Working towards the Global Plan, SR4S partners have been prioritising safer school journeys – Creating safer journeys for...
iRAP Global Partner Survey – we are keen to hear from you!
As iRAP and our partners work to halve global road deaths and injuries in the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030, we are always looking for ways to improve and would love your input to help us do that. The vision of our charity is a world free of high-risk...
Event Summary: 2nd BrazilRAP annual webinar
9 December 2021: For a second year in a row, BrazilRAP held an online event to discuss what has been achieved over the past year in road research, and the next strategies for implementation in 2022. The event was attended by 183 representatives from government...
NEW Training & Accreditation Newsletter – December 2021 Edition
This is the last edition of the Training and Accreditation newsletter for 2021. We want to thank all the iRAP course participants and accredited suppliers for staying with us in what was a great year. We had over 12,000 attendees in 126 courses and presentations, and...
Position available: Training and Accreditation Co-ordinator
Are you passionate about training and helping road safety professionals build their capacity, skills and knowledge? We are seeking a Training and Accreditation Co-ordinator to join our small, dynamic team that has global reach and impact. They will primarily be...