


New Report Promotes Walking and Cycling in Africa
A new Walking and Cycling in Africa Report shares critical evidence (including iRAP data) and good practice for governments and decision makers to inspire action to retain, protect and enable people that walk and cycle. “This report is a call to action for the 261...
Attention USA Partners! $5 billion in Grants available until 15 September
A new SS4A Grant Scheme is delivering $5 billion in funding over five years to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries in the United States and iRAP Tools including Star Rating for Schools, CycleRAP and Star Rating for Designs Tools can beautifully support project...
New Policymakers’ Toolkit to support youth engagement
Youth for Road Safety (YOURS) has released a new Policymakers’ Toolkit, a unique advocacy document that will help iRAP partners, policymakers and decision-makers to meaningfully engage with young people for improved road safety. Tragically, road traffic injuries...
Bahrain assessment to improve safety of road users
Works are on the way to enhance and upgrade the safety of Bahrain’s road network in line with international iRAP standards. The project, now out for tender, includes the Star Rating and Risk Mapping assessment of 400km of major roads, Star Rating of five project...
Partners shine in latest global metrics
As a charity, iRAP’s focus is on enabling others and creating locally-led programmes and partnerships for 2030 impact. Our latest metrics quantify and celebrate the safer roads and capacity building success of our 25,000 RAP partners worldwide. iRAP global metrics...
16 new Accredited Practitioners hit the road in Tanzania
Ramadhani Msangi undertaking iRAP accreditation activities (Image source: R Msangi) Sixteen new iRAP Accredited Practitioners in Tanzania position TanRAP well to eliminate high-risk roads in the country and support of activities of the 3-year Ten Step Project...
Big data and youth voices: AI&Me celebrates its 1st anniversary for safer schools in Vietnam
Mobility has a different definition for every person around the world. Some of us take cars and motorbikes to bring their children to school. Other students can walk or ride their bicycle. No matter how we move, mobility is at the heart of our society, and our future...
KiwiRAP News: New Guides tackle speed and infrastructure risk rating
New Zealand’s new Speed Management Guide and updated Infrastructure Risk Rating Manual aim to tackle the more than 85 per cent of speed limits in the country deemed to be above safe and appropriate limits to achieve Vision Zero. The new Guide and Manual are based on...
Development of the Investment Case to Reduce Road Traffic Injuries among Adolescents
iRAP data has informed research conducted by the Australian Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Victoria University into the development of an investment case to reduce road traffic injuries among adolescents. Road traffic injuries are one of the leading...
New Guide: Integrating Safety into Road Design
The World Bank’s new Guide to Integrating Safety into Road Design recognises the iRAP Star Rating, the Star Rating for Designs Tool and Road Assessment Programmes as valuable measures for ensuring safety is systematically embedded in road designs to save lives. Whilst...
Malawi commits to safer roads by 2030
The Minister for Transport and Public Works, important road safety officials and NGO Road Safety Alert Foundation (RSAF) unite in their commitment to reduce road crash fatalities and injuries in Malawi. Included in picture: Kingston Sandula, Director of Road Traffic...
EuroRAP projects on show at ConnectingEurope Days
Four transformative and transnational EuroRAP projects were on show last week at the ConnectingEurope Days held in Lyon, France from 28-30 June. ConnectingEurope Days – formerly known as TEN-T Days – is Europe’s mobility flagship event, bringing together politicians,...
New resources for 5-star RAPs
An online package of new Resources for 5-star RAPs, funded by FedEx, has launched today to support road assessment programmes around the world eliminate high-risk roads and save lives. The launch comes at an opportune time, on the back of the UN High-level Meeting of...
Supporting safe highway geometric design at ISHGD2022
We were pleased to be a part of the 6th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design (ISHGD2022), featuring the 6th Urban Street Symposium in Amsterdam last week. The Symposium was held from 26-29 June and, held every 5 years, aims to encourage the continuous...
Event Summary: UN High-level Meeting for Road Safety brings world leaders together for a Decade of Action and Delivery
Recognising the unacceptable scale of road trauma globally, World Leaders gathered in New York last week to commit to an increase in investment and action to ensure the SDG goal to halve road deaths and injuries by 2030 is met. Ensuring the Global Plan for the Decade...
Safe System Approach & new report in action at ITF Day @ OECD in Paris
iRAP was pleased to participate in today’s ITF Day @ OECD in Paris, presenting to OECD Ambassadors and staff on financing road safety investments. iRAP Global Technical Director James Bradford presented on the evidence base for results-based financing, Star Rating...
Cambodia stakeholders gather to shape Ten Year Plan
Cambodia stakeholders have gathered for a National Road Safety Consultation Workshop to shape the country’s National Plan for the Decade to 2030, and iRAP was pleased to provide input. The Ministries of Interior and Public Works and Transport jointly organised the...
ITE Talks Transportation with Rob McInerney
iRAP CEO Rob McInerney was pleased to join the ITE Talks Transportation Podcast last week to discuss Improving Global Roadway Safety with the Safe System Approach. The timing was opportune as world leaders prepare for this week’s UN High-level Meeting on Road...
$1 billion to Improve India’s Road Safety
Image source: iRAP The World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have each announced USD$250 million in funding to support India’s Program for Strengthening Road Safety, an investment to be matched by the Government of India for a sum $1 billion investment in road...
Working together for safe roads in Morocco
We are delighted to be working with the National Road Safety Agency (NARSA) and General Department of Roads (GDR) to shape a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to eliminate high-risk roads in Morocco. This has important context as Morocco’s Minister...
EuroRAP members and supporters gathered at the 20th General Assembly in Slovenia
EuroRAP held its 20th General Assembly in Lipica, Slovenia, on 24th May 2022. The hybrid event allowed members and stakeholders the opportunity to meet in person and contribute online. The main agenda item was the plan for streamlining European activities. In...
New national progress mapping helps world leaders and partners ahead of High-level Meeting
As country leaders head into next week’s first ever UN High-level Meeting on Road Safety, iRAP has released 3 new resources to assist understanding of national progress in making roads safer and inform decisive action based on the human and economic benefit of...
Celebrating 20 years of FIA Foundation impact, including iRAP
We congratulate our major donor The FIA Foundation on its 20 Year Anniversary and inspiring global impact, including safer roads through its creation and ongoing support of iRAP. The FIA Foundation was created in 2001 as an act of great foresight and generosity. It...