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 career opportunities available to females in this industry. It celebrates the outstanding achievements...
iRAP and YOURS proudly co-hosted a ‘Young Female Leadership on Sustainable Mobility’ Industry talk – Autonomy Digital 2.0!
During UN Global Road Safety week, we were delighted to participate at Autonomy Digital 2.0, the world’s largest platform for sustainable mobility solutions held online over the 19 – 20 May 2021. On Wednesday 19 May, iRAP’s Star Rating for Schools Global Programme...
Federal Road Agency of Russia hosts Master Class on iRAP Protocols and advantage of introducing them into practice for improving road safety
On the 18 May, GLONASS BDD specialists were invited to facilitate a session at the International Special Transport Salon “Interpolitex: SpecTransExpo in Kazan, Russia. The agenda of the special Business Session ‘International Road Safety Programmes - iRAP’ included...
AfricaRAP Lead Racheal Nganwa presents Kenyan Road Safety Workshop to industry and University of Nairobi students
On 26 March, AfricaRAP Lead Racheal Nganwa presented at a Kenyan Road Safety Workshop to over 100 industry and University of Nairobi students. Rachael presented on the importance of incorporating Road Safety in Highway Engineering educational programs. Other...
A$385m for Victorian Action Plan including Star targets
Australia's Victorian Government Budget 2021-2022 will invest A$385.8 million over four years to deliver a new Action Plan that tackles the root causes of road trauma including safer road infrastructure informed by Star Rating targets to increase public awareness and...
Vietnam’s 2030 Strategy targets 3-star or better
iRAP congratulates the Government of Vietnam on the release of their National Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030 with 3-star or better targets set for new and existing roads, in line with UN Global Road Safety Performance Targets 3 and 4. Approved by the Prime Minister,...
SR4S newsletter now available – May 2021 edition
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: Demanding #StreetsForLife Improving local economy and job...
NEW Training & Accreditation Newsletter – May 2021 Edition
Welcome to iRAP's Training and Accreditation newsletter - May 2021 In this edition of the iRAP Training and Accreditation e-newsletter you will see: Sharing knowledge and experience around the world during UNGRSW 2021 New upcoming webinar in July: World Bank and iRAP...
Partnerships take #Love30 messaging global
iRAP partnerships with NACTO-GDCI, Vision Zero Sergek and the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety to produce animations and videos for UN Global Road Safety Week saw #Love30 messaging reach over 227,000 people online in 2 weeks. Connecting offices in China,...
Innovation update: iRAP Star Rating model review
With the start of the new Decade of Action for Road Safety, SDG Target 3.6 to halve road deaths and serious injuries by 2030, and this UN Road Safety Week’s focus on 30km/h (20mph) on streets where people and traffic mix; we are all being challenged to ‘up our game’...
NACTO-GDCI and iRAP release animations to demonstrate how low-speeds can protect people
In collaboration with NACTO-GDCI and in celebration of UN Global Road Safety Week, we have developed 3 animations to promote how we can lower speeds around the world to protect people and enable healthy, more sustainable choices such as walking and cycling. The...
iRAP Star Ratings of NACTO-GDCI’s Global Street Design Guide now available in multiple languages
NACTO-GDCI has collaborated with iRAP to provide additional resources during Road Safety Week to promote the safety, health, economic, and environmental benefits of lower speeds around the world. We are excited to announce that the jointly-produced resource, iRAP Star...
Latest WrapUp newsletter now available – May 2021 Edition
Welcome to iRAP’s May 2021 Newsletter - Partnerships for 2030 Impact iRAP is ready for the 2nd Decade of Action for Road Safety At its most recent meeting the iRAP Board of Trustees signed off on the charity’s life-saving strategy for the decade and the fine details...
Omdena Challenge collaborators share results
Collaborators on the Omdena iRAP 8 Week Challenge which aimed to crowd source AI-based solutions to map crash risk and generate iRAP star rating attribute data have shared some of their publication results. Earlier this year, 50 AI and machine learning experts...
ViDA user guide and SR4D guide now available in Spanish
We have updated the ViDA user guide and the Star Rating for Designs user guide, and have made them available in Spanish as well as English. ViDA User Guide - This guide introduces ViDA, iRAP’s online analysis and reporting tool, and provides instructions for accessing...
BrazilRAP News: First federal concession awarded with iRAP safety metric
The Brazilian Minister for Infrastructure has recently announced the first incorporation of iRAP as a road safety metric on a federal road, with consortium EcoRodovias/GLP winner of the R $ 14 billion contract on the BR-153 over 35 years. For the 850.7 km concession...
UN Global Road Safety Week – join us and take action!
iRAP calls on its partners and the community worldwide to support the 6th United Nations Global Road Safety Week (UNGRSW) #StreetsForLife #Love30 campaign from the 17 - 23 May 2021. Low speed streets save lives. 30km/h speeds protect road users and reduce loss of...
How Can We Deliver 5-star Roads for Vulnerable Road Users? (Featured in Urban Mobility Weekly)
The following opinion piece was published in Autonomy Paris Urban Mobility Weekly on May 6 2021 Every day, road crashes kill over 3,600 people across the world. 56 people are left quadriplegic, 161 are rendered amputees, 932 suffer severe acquired brain injuries and...
iRAP Connect: ‘technology for good’
NTT Ltd. has profiled iRAP Connect, iRAP’s Partner Management System, in their suite of ‘Technology for Good’ case studies alongside global innovations to unlock the mysteries of the universe, deliver rapid COVID response and track illegal poaching in Africa... to...
New webinar series: World Bank and iRAP helping save lives in Africa
Invitation to attend the webinar series: World Bank and iRAP helping save lives in Africa - BIGRS 2020-25 DATES: 06, 09, 13 & 16 July 2021TIME: 3.00PM - 4.30PM (UTC+3) Addis Ababa, EthiopiaFree of charge Please note this webinar will be delivered in English...