Crash Risk Mapping results for the Catalan road network have been released for another year and show motorcycles are involved in 44% of fatal and serious injury crashes despite representing just 2.3% of overall road mobility in the Spanish territory. Key findings:...
Project PHOEBE celebrates its first anniversary at the Technical University of Munich
Original article published on Project PHOEBE website hereImage credit: Project PHOEBE The PHOEBE consortium celebrated its first anniversary during our latest consortium meeting in Munich on 13 and 14 December 2023. The Technical University of Munich hosted around 20...
A bright future for #RAPinEurope
A message to iRAP partners in Europe: Now that the end of 2023 is approaching, it is time to celebrate the achievements that took place this year and look forward to the next ones, always reminding ourselves that we all have the same vision in reducing road crash...
Road Safety Performance and Investment Opportunities – Britain’s Motorways and ‘A’ Roads Crash Risk Mapping Results 2023
This year’s report tracks the safety performance of motorways and ‘A’ roads in Great Britain, These roads make up less than 13 per cent of the whole network, but almost 60 per cent of all fatal crashes and more than 40 per cent of serious road crashes occur on these...
Europe News: iRAP featured in M Sweden – 100 years of road safety work report
Below is an excerpt from the 100 years of road safety report from M Sweden. Riksförbundet M Sweden has worked as the motorists' consumer organization for over a hundred years. During the time that the organization has existed, the challenges have both changed and been...
CycleRAP News: UCI Mobility & Bike City Forum 2023 Summary
Image credit (above and below): SWpix.com (t/a Photography Hub Ltd). Amidst the backdrop of growing global enthusiasm for cycling as a sustainable and healthy mode of transportation, the 2023 UCI Mobility & Bike City Forum held last month in Bruges, Belgium,...
IVORY kicks off for AI for Vision Zero in Road Safety
The Horizon Europe doctoral network IVORY "AI for Vision Zero in Road Safety" being coordinated by TU Delft | Technology, Policy and Management, had its kick off meeting in Delft last week. IVORY aims to develop a new framework for the optimal integration of...
Missed the #RAPKnowledgeLive session on the latest from CycleRAP? Recording is now available!
On Wednesday 22 November 2023, approximately 40 delegates across 27 countries attended our sixth #RAPKnowledgeLive session highlighting the latest on CycleRAP. Background: CycleRAP is an easy, affordable and fast method of evaluating road and bicycling infrastructure...
iRAP CEO interviewed by InMoto.it – Italy
Original Article published in InMoto.itWritten by: Riccardo Matesic In the article, Rob McInerney, CEO of iRAP, discusses iRAP’s role in improving safer road infrastructure, countries that have embraced the iRAP methodology and the Star Rating model and our...
CycleRAP News: Launch of the Safer Cycling around the World report
The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), in partnership with MAPFRE Foundation, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and PTV Group, has launched Safer Cycling around the World, a report on the first major pilot of the CycleRAP model with cities in...
Event Summary: 2023 iRAP Innovation Workshop and World Roads Congress
iRAP was proud to host our 10th iRAP Innovation Workshop in Prague last week in association with the XXVIIth World Road Congress from 2-6 October organised by PIARC World Road Association. What a busy week it was! From the 2-day Innovation Workshop, to presentations...
Croatian Roads awarded a Finalist for coveted international Gary Liddle Memorial Award
Mrs Meredith Liddle; A/Prof Marko Sevrovic, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences (FPZ), University of Zagreb and Senior Road Safety Engineer, European Institute of Road Assessment (EIRA) collecting the trophy on behalf of Croatian Roads; and Miquel Nadal, iRAP...
PHOEBE update: Valencia, a city committed to active and safe mobility
Reproduced from the PHOEBE website 02 October 2023 PHOEBE spoke with Marc Figuls, managing partner of Factual Consulting and lead for the Project Valencia pilot. The current mobility situation in the Spanish city was discussed, as well as upcoming plans for the pilot....
Celebrating the evolution of #RAPinEurope
Image above: Road authorities and iRAP partners in Europe (Windsor, 2023)25 -26 September: Road authorities and iRAP partners in Europe came together in Windsor, UK to share best practice and strategies for achieving ambitious national, European and global road...
Hear the interviews! Project PHOEBE pilot leaders update on predictive approaches being unveiled for safer urban environments
Project PHOEBE (‘Predictive Approaches for Safer Urban Environment’) is underway in Europe and pilot leaders, including iRAP's Shona Holroyd and James Bradford, have shared the state of play of the pilots in Athens, Valencia and West Midlands. The innovative 3.5 year...
First iRAP Pilot in Lithuania
A 50 km pilot study and capacity building has recently been completed in Lithuania, representing the first iRAP assessment in the country. The pilot focussed on two road sections of motorway and primary roads. The results showed the selected sections rated mostly...
Georgia’s 10-year infrastructure strategy includes iRAP
Many measures are in place to make safer roads a reality in Georgia, including the 2022-2025 National Road Safety Strategy which includes an Action Plan where iRAP projects are defined each year until 2025. The three-year National Road Safety Strategy recommends for...
Latest metrics show safer roads influence in 94% of European countries
Our latest iRAP in Europe metrics are in and we congratulate European partners for achieving 1.8 million kilometres of road infrastructure safety assessments in 38 countries, training of more than 11,000 people, and a safety influence in 46 countries through...
RAP in Europe Meeting: Advancing Road Infrastructure Safety towards 2030
Road authorities and iRAP partners in Europe will come together from 25 to 26 September in Windsor, UK to share best practice and strategies for achieving ambitious national, European and global road safety targets. The 2-day event, co-hosted by iRAP and United...
PHOEBE update: Mobility in West Midlands
Reproduced from the PHOEBE website, 1 August 2023 PHOEBE spoke with Sam Chapman, Senior Vice President of Innovation and co-founder of ‘The Floow’, about the importance of PHOEBE for West Midlands, existing road safety challenges in the English region, as well as the...