iRAP's CEO Rob McInerney was recently asked to share a personal perspective on COVID19 and road safety for the Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS) weekly newsletter Read the full response in the ACRS newsletter here Here are some excerpts from Rob's...
15 July 2020: iRAP’s CEO Rob McInerney joined the most recent PIARC COVID19 webinar as a presenter. Watch the full recorded webinar here (or click on the video below)Rob specifically discussed the COVID19 stimulus to save lives, including: Protecting lives and...
1. What is your current role and what is Croatian Motorways’s vision on road safety?The basic determinant within mission and vision of the Croatian Motorways is ensuring safe and efficient motorway with a high level of social responsibility. Our vision is that...
Earlier in the month, Mr Nikorn Chamnong, Chairman of the People Safety Foundation, Director of Chartthaipattana Party and Member of The House of Representative of Thailand spoke in Thai Parliament about iRAP and the 3-star-road policy goals in Thailand during a...
We are pleased to announce a new free webinar in September - UNRSC Webinar: The Ten-Step Plan for Safer Road Infrastructure. Date: 9 September 2020Time: 14.00 - 15.30 CEST (Geneva time) Speakers include:Etienne KrugWHORomain HubertUNRSFSusanna...
SR4S CASE STUDY: TEHRAN & MASHHAD, IRAN Improved Pedestrian Facilities at Shohada, Imam Ali and Azmoodeh Primary School 8 schools assessed, 3 upgraded, leading to a safety jump from 1-star to 4- and 5-stars and a safer journey for students In 2019, Road Safety...
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The European Commission has recently presented a set of instruments to support the Recovery Plan for Europe, the #Next Generation EU, embedded within a long-term EU budget. Some are new such as the European Green Deal but it also includes the reinforcement of already...
How to achieve a star rating target: advanced investment planning in ViDA - two part online course For those that want use ViDA to plan infrastructure and speed management improvements that will achieve a star rating target for all road users. Dates: No set start or...
POLIS Thinking Cities magazine of July 2020 with theme “Testing the resilient city” publishes an article written by Lina Konstantinopoulou on “why COVID-19 represents an infrastructure road safety investment opportunity for cities and regions” The full article can be...
ENROL NOW – The series is now available as an online video series , where participants can learn at their own pace. You can register here to participate The United Nations (UN) have adopted targets that include Star Ratings. iRAP assessments are an internationally...
June 2020: Pavesys presented on how the iRAP methodology will be incorporated as a metric to measure the level of road safety along the Piracicaba-Panorama (PiPa) road concession over the next 30 years. This concession is the first in Brazil to include the iRAP global...
ENROL NOW – The series is now available as an online video series , where participants can learn at their own pace. You can register here to participate Get the essentials for STAR RATING roads and designs for safety The United Nations (UN) have adopted targets that...
Road Attribute maps are now live and available on ViDA The Road Attribute Maps provide a quick way to review categories of an attribute, to see how they vary across a network, and also provide a good way to review the quality of the coding data. The key points for the...
The iRAP Peter Kissinger Memorial Award honours the great road safety work by Peter Kissinger. In recognition of his great contribution to iRAP, the Peter Kissinger Memorial Award is awarded to the iRAP Staff Member who most emulates the iRAP values and spirit that...
Sustainable Transport investment to save lives and create jobs A recent iRAP paper outlines how investment in sustainable transport will provide a legacy of liveable cities and communities for the future. It covers the current Sustainable Transport Challenge, and how...
The Road Safety Institute “Panos Mylonas” is the Greek partner in the CEF SLAIN Project (Saving Lives Assessing and Improving TEN-T Road Network Safety), with EuroRAP being the Project’s coordinator. One of the Project’s objectives is to assess the Safety Performance...
The annual EuroRAP General Assembly was held on the 25th of June as an electronic meeting. It was an occasion to reward high achievements from the past year. “Despite the difficult circumstances of the health and economical crisis, the conclusion of the EuroRAP Annual...
NCTech have recently attained iRAP accreditation of their inspection system. Based in the UK, NCTech is a tech-enabled big data business that captures georeferenced high resolution 360 degree imagery and LiDAR data around the world. Their mobile mapping system allows...
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s economic integration of the Western Balkans and the rest of Europe is taking an important step forward thanks to an EBRD USD$600 million loan for the construction of the Corridor Vc Motorway. The development of Corridor Vc is a strategic...
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Using specially equipped vehicles, software and trained personnel, iRAP Inspections involve detailed road surveys and data collection. These focus on more than 50 different road attributes that are known to influence the likelihood of a crash and its severity.
These attributes include intersection design, the number of lanes and markings, roadside hazards, footpaths and bicycle facilities. The road inspection data underpins iRAP Star Ratings and Safer Road Investment Plans.
The risk reduction design improvements proposed in a Safer Road Investment Plan can be adjusted by local experts to improve the Star Ratings for different user groups. iRAP recommends that all new roads should be built to a 3-star or better rating and all existing roads upgraded to that level.
The 3-star or better minimum can be achieved through a combination of infrastructure improvements and speed management initiatives to ensure a minimum level of safety for all road users at the location. On high volume roads, 4 and 5-star targets are often justified for specific road user groups (e.g. 5-star for pedestrians in CBD areas; 4-star or better motorways for vehicle occupants).
Do you manage, design, build or maintain roads?
iRAP is an international leader in providing policy, investment and performance tracking tools for road executives, managers, engineers, designers and construction teams to build and maintain safer roads. We work worldwide with road management professionals to deliver safer roads for today and for the future.
Roads that build-in safety. Roads that deliver safer journeys for all users. Safer roads that save money! A win-win-win for all.
Safer roads are becoming the new policy norm for investors and development agencies worldwide. This creates exciting opportunities for roads professionals and the road safety community to work together to save lives.
Building all new roads to a 3-star or better standard for all road users saves lives and makes great business sense. Upgrading existing roads to maximise travel on 3-star or better roads is also practical, cost-effective and starts saving lives right away. iRAP provides the business case for investment and the tools to maximise lives saved.
Let’s work together to create a safer, better world!
We need a strong policy framework and ambitious global targets if we are to deliver safer roads that save people’s lives.
iRAP and its partners are working with international bodies, national governments and highways agencies to build a global policy consensus for safer roads.
In 2015, the United Nations included halving road deaths and serious injuries as a Sustainable Development Goal (3.6). This game-changing move put road deaths centre stage – where they belong – as a global development issue, alongside poverty reduction targets and the right to clean water.
Now, the challenge is to build on this momentum. The UN Secretary General has recommended all new roads should be built to a 3-star or better standard and existing roads upgraded. The establishment of a Safer Roads Fund to maximise travel on 3-star or better roads can provide international finance institutions, health organisations, treasury officials, road executives and road builders with the social and economic basis for safer, sustainable roads.
Let’s work together to create a world free of high-risk roads and save lives!
Road deaths and serious injuries are an international public health crisis. Every year, around 1.2 million people are killed on the world’s roads and around 30-50,000,000 people are injured.
Road crashes are the leading cause of death for young people aged between 15-29 years. Road crashes cost an estimated 2-5% of GDP in each and every country worldwide. Like other global health problems the Vaccines for Roads exist and it is just a question of the scale of our response.
iRAP is working to support the scaling up of action worldwide and reduce this tragic toll by enabling low-cost infrastructure solutions that make our roads safer.
Safer roads also make sound business sense. Dollar for dollar, safer roads provide one of the highest possible, job-creating public investments a country can make in health and infrastructure policy.
We want safer roads for all road users: pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists and vehicle occupants.
Safe roads are a social justice, health and economic issue. In poorer communities, in particular, road traffic crashes can have catastrophic effects that tip families into poverty and destitution.
The road improvement programmes we enable make your roads safer. Because every road environment – and the community it serves – is unique, each life-saving plan we develop is unique too!
iRAP is at the cutting edge of bespoke solutions for safer mobility worldwide, regardless of how you move from A to B. Our work is making roads safer for you and your families, your community and your company.
The Star Rating of a Road Design can be completed as a stand-alone activity. The process is being used by road agencies, development banks and design consultants to objecitvely specify and measure the safety of a road design for all road users.
The process offers an opportunity for road owners to set a performance based star rating target for all road users (e.g. the new road must be minimum 4-star standard for pedestrians and cyclists and minimum 3-star standard for motorcyclists and vehicle occupants). It has been successfully used in conjunction with existing mechanisms such as Road Safety Audits and compliance with road design standards.
The impact on risk of various design iterations can also be explored to help harness the potential of designers to find creative solutions to challenging safety problems.
Here is a visual representation of some of the key road infrastructure features that are assessed during a typical roads inspection. The inspection identifies levels of risk for all road users. By adding key infrastructure elements such as footpaths and street lighting or improving existing elements to reduce risk we can make roads safer for all road users.
The raw data is processed in ViDA to create data reports about a road’s design and the level of risk for each road user group. ViDA is capable of performing risk and economic calculations for millions of kilometres of road.
All data is securely stored and project teams can determine who has access to results.
Processed road inspection data is used to develop Star Rating maps. The five-colour maps provide a simple and objective measure of the level of safety which is built-in to the road. Five-star roads are the safest while one-star roads are the least safe.
The internationally recognised colour coding system ensures a better understanding and awareness of why some roads are safer than others.
A Safer Road Investment Plan is produced that makes the business case for investing in road infrastructure safety. The plans list a range of life-saving measures that could be used to improve a road’s Star Rating and reduce fatalities and serious injuries.
The International Road Federation has developed a series of Road Safety Seminars (Safer Roads by Design™) to provide road authorities with best practices and latest technologies that can be implemented to meet a country’s commitment to the Decade of Action.
Safer Roads by Design™ is an all-inclusive approach to road safety and includes seminars on the fundamentals of Road Safety, Roadside Safety, Work Zone Safety, Intersection/Roundabout Safety and Vulnerable User Safer.
The University of Birmingham (UK) iRAP course in Road Safety introduces people to the iRAP technology for evaluating the safety impact of road infrastructure.
By the end of the course, the participants are expected to have acquired an understanding of the following key items:
The course includes practical exercises, discussions and exposure to the iRAP software. The course is delivered in the state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities of the University of Birmingham.
RAPcapacity online courses help people learn how to undertake iRAP-specification road assessments.
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