#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...
Introducing #RAPKnowledgeLive Sessions – Launching with a Youth Engagement App discussion
Starting this month we are excited to announce we will be offering monthly live sessions across the world to discuss the latest knowledge on road safety tools, programmes and partnerships helping make global roads safer. For a our first session – we will be focussing...
Improving road safety in Kenya supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies
Safer roads and improved road safety capacity are on the horizon for Kenya thanks to a 533km iRAP assessment and collaboration between the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences - University of Zagreb (FPZ) and local partners. FPZ is working as a consultant for the...
It’s time to #RethinkMobility: Support UN Global Road Safety Week
iRAP calls on our partners and the community to support this year’s 7th UN Global Road Safety Week from 15-21 May with the theme #RethinkMobility. Road traffic injures are a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, with around 1.3 million people killed and as...
You are invited – EuroRAP Lunchtime Seminar: Road Infrastructure Safety Management (RISM)
REGISTRATION OPENDATE: 12 APRILTIME: 1.00PM – 2.00PM (CET)Free of charge Who should attend: This webinar is designed for road authorities, road designers, engineers, consultants, and road safety practitioners involved in road design, operation, maintenance and policy....
iRAP welcomes new EU-wide guidelines to assess safety of road infrastructure
iRAP welcomes the new EU Guidelines for the Network-Wide Road Safety Assessment (NWRSA) as a support tool for Member States and EuroRAP partners who need to carry out their road safety assessment for motorways and primary roads. The European Road Infrastructure Safety...
iRAP and COSEVI sign MOU to work together for safer roads in Costa Rica
The Road Safety Council of Costa Rica (COSEVI) and International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) are proud to announce the signing today of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote programmes and projects to eliminate high-risk roads in Costa Rica. According to...
Global Safer Roads Resources shared: Connecting Project directories, data platforms, policies, innovation and capacity building for benefit of all
A world-first compilation of Safer Roads Resources including global road infrastructure project directories, road safety data platforms, innovation initiatives, capacity building and training resources, and road safety policy and strategy knowledge has been launched...
iRAP celebrates International Women’s Day 2023 – #EmbraceEquity
Today we are celebrating International Women’s Day 2023. The theme this year is #EmbraceEquity. The aim of the IWD 2023 #EmbraceEquity campaign theme is to get the world talking about Why equal opportunities aren't enough. People start from different places, so true...
New! SR4S launches new tools to support school assessments
Enhanced Star Rating for Schools mobile app now available for Android and iOS We are thrilled to announce the launch of the new SR4S mobile app. It supports the data collection process for school assessments and works in combination with the SR4S web app. The new SR4S...
Youth Engagement App now integrated into SR4S web app
In exciting developments, iRAP has integrated results from the YEA (Youth Engagement App), recording road safety perceptions of students travelling to and from school, into Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) assessments to provide a more comprehensive picture of the...
Come see us at the Global Alliance of NGOs Meeting, El Salvador
iRAP looks forward to sharing the life-saving impact of Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) and roads made safer world-wide thanks to the inspiring work of road safety NGOs at next week's Global Meeting of the Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety in El Salvador. iRAP is...