Image credit: Cities 4 Children Alliance iRAP joined the Cities 4 Children Alliance members in Katowice, Poland to discuss the next phase of the Alliance. The alliance is an interdisciplinary network of 27 organisations working together to ensure that child rights are...
iRAP Statement on the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting on Road Safety
UN Member States adopted a Political Declaration during the first ever High-Level Meeting on Improving Global Road Safety. The Declaration is a commitment by all countries to deliver on the Decade of Action on Road Safety, halving deaths and serious injuries by...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
UN High-level Meeting: Your last questions answered
The UN High-level Meeting on Global Road Safety (HLM) is now just days away! Thank you to all our partners for your efforts to raise it to the attention of your President/Prime Minister and Ministers, and share your national success. Partner efforts are helping to...
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 is the...
Active Travel Tool released in UK
A new planning tool that helps UK local authorities assess how to make walking and cycling safer, more pleasant and less stressful has been launched by UK charity the Road Safety Foundation. Developed with funding from the Road Safety Trust, the tool shows how...
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 provide...
Potential of safer Caribbean roads on show in Barbados
iRAP's Safer Journeys Regional Leader for the Americas is in Barbados this week presenting at the landmark 10th IRF Caribbean Regional Congress aiming to bring solutions and best practice to the twin challenges of road safety and climate-resilient infrastructure in...
First meeting of Global Road Designers targets safe design
The first meeting of a new global Road Designers Consultation Group has occurred today providing valuable insights into how we achieve the shared global goal of safe road designs, with a star rating for every road design on earth. Over 100 nominations were received...
Meeting of Brazilian Actors to shape national discussion ahead of UN High-Level Meeting
We are pleased to join this week’s Road Safety Actors Meeting in Brazil, a pre-meeting on national efforts ahead of the UN High-Level Meeting for Road Safety to be held in New York from 30 June to 1 July. The Road Safety Actors Meeting, promoted by the Pan American...
Australian innovation: NetRisk2 launches
iRAP Centre of Excellence, ARRB has launched NetRisk2, a tool that brings together AusRAP data generated using the iRAP Star Rating methodology, and Australian National Risk Assessment Model (ANRAM) data. iRAP’s Global Innovation Manager and Cities Specialist Monica...
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 CET. Join us...
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...