On Tuesday 16 April 2023, over 75 delegates across 34 countries attended our second monthly #RAPKnowledgeLive session on the new Route Review Tool In this session our presenters (James Bradford, Global Technical Director iRAP and Dr Suzy Charman, Executive Director...
OECD Development Matters: Beyond Fatalities, the Hidden Health Burden of Unsafe Roads
Article reproduced from OECD Development Matters, 17 May 2023 By Nneka Henry, Head of the UN Road Safety Fund and Rob McInerney, Chief Executive Officer for the international Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) Long after the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic,...
African Parliamentarians and Legislators gather for road safety
Article credit: WHO Racheal Nganwa was pleased to moderate two sessions last week at the Annual Meeting of the African Network of Road Safety Legislators that brought together parliamentarians, policy-makers and experts from 10 African countries to strengthen laws and...
CycleRAP Demonstrator Tool Showcases Potential to Save Lives as we approach UN Global Road Safety Week
iRAP has launched its new CycleRAP Demonstrator Tool. The tool is an exciting step forward in the field of road safety for bicyclists. The CycleRAP risk assessment model aims to help cities improve the safety of cycling infrastructure. The CycleRAP Demonstrator is a...
World’s largest iRAP assessment underway in Saudi Arabia
The world's largest ever iRAP assessment of 72,000km has kicked off in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with first training for 45 engineers yesterday. The Roads General Authority project, being led by Euro Group Engineering Consultancy and supported by iRAP Strategic...
Star Rating for Schools May 2023 Newsletter
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: Enhancements coming to the SR4S model - here is what you need to know...
Enhancements coming to the Star Rating for Schools model – all the information you need to know
SR4S (Star Rating for Schools) has been used by partners in 63 countries to assess the risk children are exposed to on their school journeys. iRAP is now updating the SR4S model, under the guidance of iRAP Global Technical Committee, to ensure SR4S reflects the latest...
iRAP assessment underway between Algerian border and Port of Gabes, Tunisia
The Ministry of Equipment, in partnership with SCET-TUNISIE and Ksentini for Road Safety (KSR) are undertaking an iRAP assessment and audit of road safety on the economic corridors RN15 and RN16 between the Algerian border and the Port of Gabes in Tunisia. The project...
New IDB Report shares road safety progress in Latin America and the Caribbean including iRAP
A new report published by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) shares learnings of the first Decade of Action and prospects to save lives and serious injuries on safer roads in Latin America. The "Road safety in Latin America and the Caribbean: After a decade of...
Join us at the 2023 ITF Summit in Leipzig!
iRAP will be in action at the ITF Summit next month where our key focusses will be on supporting member countries to eliminate high-risk roads, empowering transport safety insights through shared data, and financing equitable, green and safe road infrastructure...
AusRAP news: Tonkin Highway Extension Design awarded iRAP Certification for Safety
Arup, on behalf of Main Roads Western Australia (MRWA), has been awarded iRAP Certification for achieving 3, 4 and 5-star safety ratings for the proposed design of the Tonkin Highway Extension project in Western Australia. The design achieved a 5-star iRAP safety...
#RAPKnowledgeLive Session 2 – Have you heard of the Route Review Tool?
#RAPKnowledgeLive sessions are held monthly worldwide to discuss the latest knowledge on road safety tools, programmes and partnerships helping make global roads safer. Our second #RAPKnowledgeLive session will be held next month on iRAP’s Route Review Tool. The...
Missed our first #RAPKnowledgeLive session? Watch the recording on the Youth Engagement App for safer school journeys here!
On Tuesday 18 April 2023, over 50 delegates across the world attended our first ever monthly #RAPKnowledge session on the recently released Youth Engagement App (YEA). In this session we covered: how the free app works; how it’s capturing student road safety...
AusRAP news: Main Roads WA adopts AiRAP road assessment technology
Main Roads Western Australia (MRWA) and Anditi have revolutionised road safety assessments with an approach that automatically detects road infrastructure data applied on 2,000km of roads in their goal of Star Rating 80% of the State’s most travelled network, An...
Welcome Nathalie Chiavassa – iRAPs new Safer Journeys Lead for Africa
iRAP warmly welcomes Nathalie Chiavassa to the iRAP team. Nathalie has joined the team as Safer Journeys Lead for Africa, a new role created thanks to the support of the FIA Foundation. Nathalie will be responsible for implementing our Partnerships for 2030 Impact...
Welcome back to our Training and Accreditation newsletter!
Greetings and welcome to the Training and Accreditation Newsletter! I am Franco Azzato, the Training and Accreditation Coordinator for iRAP since February 2022. As a Uruguayan and a strong advocate for Road Safety, I am excited to share with you the latest version of...
Latest EuroRAP Lunchtime Seminar series recording available – RISM directive and its application
On Wednesday 12 April 2023, over 72 delegates from 31 countries attended the latest EuroRAP lunchtime Seminar on the European Road Infrastructure Safety Management (RISM) Directive and its application. For this Lunchtime webinar, we invited Samar Abouraad, iRAP’s Road...
Webinar shares safer urban mobility in Europe with Projects PHOEBE, SOTERIA and V4SAFETY
Safer urban mobility is on the way across Europe with three highly innovative sister projects - PHOEBE, SOTERIA and V4SAFETY. Sixty stakeholders attended a recent webinar on 27 February to hear about the projects' planned state-of-the-art solutions for transport...
Hear more on Project PHOEBE at the ITS Europe Congress
Project PHOEBE has announced that their session application was selected by ERTICO, which gives PHOEBE, SOTERIA and V4SAFETY the opportunity to present their plans on the big stage in Lisbon, Portugal. The session, which will be moderated by POLIS Network will take...
Nearly £50 million boost for safety on local A roads of England
The UK Government has announced a £47.5 million investment on 27 roads to prevent deaths and serious injuries on England’s local road network. This new investment, as part of the Department for Transport’s Safer Roads Fund, will see life-saving road safety engineering...