Ten years after its first safety analysis, iRAP is supporting an Inter-American Development Bank reassessment of Central America’s Pacific Corridor connecting 7 countries, with the potential to save 65,000 lives. The Pacific Corridor is the most important land route...
Welcome to the iRAP Board – Shane O’Connor
iRAP is delighted to confirm the appointment of Shane O’Connor, Communications Advisor, FedEx to the iRAP Board. He brings enormous passion and experience to the Board in communications and corporate social responsibility. Shane is responsible for facilitating the...
Europe News: Proceedings of the conference on Road Infrastructure Requirements for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) are now available
On 10 December 2020, EuroRAP organised a special conference of the CEF SLAIN project results dedicated to the ‘’Road Infrastructure Requirements for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV)’’. The conference was an opportunity for all the stakeholders in the...
iRAP receives Prince Michael Award for work saving lives in 100 countries
iRAP is proud and honoured to be awarded a 2020 Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for its charitable work saving thousands of lives in more than 100 countries worldwide.iRAP and its partners have now assessed the safety of 1.5 million km of road, helped...
EuroRAP Secretary General Lina Konstantinopoulou, to present at the ERF Roadside Safety event
ERF will hold the 2020 edition of the Roadside Safety Event online. The conference will be a unique opportunity for road safety experts around the globe to exchange information concerning the latest trends and developments in the area of passive safety and road safety...
EuroRAP News: RADAR Project Partner AMZS pilots action on VRUS interlinks, leading to improvements for Gabrovka school
EuroRAP RADAR project partner, Slovenian Automobile and Motorcycle Club (AMZS) led national consultation in September on proposed measures to increase the safety of vulnerable road users in its project pilot locations, including the need for safety improvements at a...
EuroRAP news: Automobile Club of Moldova (ACM) starts pilot schools assessment supported by SR4S
EuroRAP RADAR project partner, Automobile Club of Moldova (ACM) has started a pilot school assessment programme in two schools in urban and rural contexts, supported by Star Rating for Schools. One school was selected in Congaz village in the Gagauz region (one of the...
EuroRAP News: KTI implements speed management pilot in Hungary
EuroRAP RADAR project partner, KTI Institute for Transport Sciences Non-profit Ltd., has successfully implemented a Pilot project in Hungary in the field of speed management. The aim of the Pilot was to examine the effects of vehicle activated speed warning signs and...
EuroRAP news: Czech Auto-Moto Club completes Vulnerable Road Users pilot project
EuroRAP RADAR project partner, Czech auto-moto club (ÚAMK), has completed an extensive investigation related to the theoretical and practical protection of vulnerable road users (VRU) on roads in cities and villages in the Czech Republic. The pilot action is...
EuroRAP News: Lina Konstantinopoulou expresses her view on Road safety potential of big data at the POLIS conference
The POLIS Annual Conference provides an opportunity for cities and regions to showcase their transport achievement to large audience of mobility experts, practitioners and decision makers. This year, Lina Konstantinopoulou, EuroRAP Secretary General, presents at the...
ACRS Young Leader’s Oration Award goes to Dr Tana Tan
Congratulations to Dr Tana Tan who was presented with the 2020 Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS) Young Leader’s Oration Award at the ACRS Award Ceremony during the opening of National Road Safety Week on Sunday 15th November. The award recognises Dr Tan’s...
AIIB $165m Loan to Enhance Uzbekistan Transport Connectivity informed by iRAP
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is providing a loan of USD165.5 million to improve road efficiency, safety and climate resilience of cross-border roads in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan, supported by iRAP Star Ratings. Good road connectivity is an...
Thai Department of Rural Roads wins IRF 2020 Global Achievement Award
The Thai Department of Rural Roads (DRR) has been awarded the International Road Federation (IRF) 2020 Global Achievement Award in the Safety Category for its Integrated Road Safety Management System. DRR’s iRAP-endorsed Road Safety Audit System (RSAS) has analysed...
Inscrições abertas – BrazilRAP, desafios e oportunidades: lições aprendidas após 1 ano do lançamento no Brasil
Webinar Gratuito: BrazilRAP, desafios e oportunidades: lições aprendidas após 1 ano do lançamento no Brasil Reserve esta data:das 10 às 12:00, do dia 16 de dezembro de 2020. O programa BrazilRAP visa abordar vias de alto risco em todo o país em parceria com agências...
26,000km of Sao Paulo’s State Highways to be assessed
Tenders have recently been called by the Secretaria de Logistica e Transportes, Government of São Paulo to assess the safety of 26,000km of State Highways as part of a programme funded by the International Bank for Reconstruction, Action and Development (IBRD)....
IndiaRAP News: First NHAI Assessment Underway Across 3 States
Pictured above and right: NHAI PIU office team prepare to commence the survey IndiaRAP’s first NHAI project Star Rating 2,400 carriageway km of national highways across 3 states is underway in a bid to address escalating road deaths and injuries in recent years. The...
AusRAP News: RACQ analysis finds most of Brisbane’s busiest cycling routes are dangerous
AusRAP has supported a Star Rating assessment of some of Brisbane's busiest cycling routes conducted by ARRB for Queensland's mobility club RACQ to understand the risk faced by cyclists and inform improvements to increase road safety. RACQ research into popular...
EuroRAP Project SABRINA takes the world on virtual cycling tour through 9 Danube countries
As part of an October conference on Improving Road Safety in the Danube Area for all Road Users, Project SABRINA took conference delegates (now shared with the world) on a virtual cycling tour of nine European countries - Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Czech Republic,...
Training and Accreditation November 2020 newsletter now available
In this last 2020 edition of the iRAP Training and Accreditation e-newsletter you will see: Upcoming webinar series in Spanish: World Bank and iRAP helping save lives in Latin America – BIGRS 2020-25 New Establishing and Developing an iRAP Programme in your country...
Crash and iRAP Star Rating data now linked in DRIVER
Road crash data, iRAP Star Ratings and recommended countermeasures to improve infrastructure safety can now be simultaneously explored on relevant road networks thanks to a World Bank DRIVER enhancement project. The Data for Road Incident Visualization, Evaluation,...