Kuala Lumpur, October 29, 2019 – iRAP, in association with the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS), announced the launch of a Malaysia Road Assessment Programme (MyRAP), in Kuala Lumpur today. The MyRAP programme aims to address the highest...
iRAP recently announced its milestone of working in 100 countries. The 100th country, Samoa, is undertaking an important upgrade project to improve the safety of their main arterial road with the support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Land Transport Authority...
iRAP's Gabriel Guevara recently provided training to 11 Engineers from the Mobility Secretary of Bogota. Over three separate sessions in August, Gabriel provided an introduction to the iRAP methodology as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for...
The Star Rating for Designs webinar series was delivered in July 2019 over four sessions. The information below provides a summary of the attendee feedback and positive experience. Please note: The Star Rating for Designs series is NOW available as an...
August 2019: There has recently been a proposal announced to life the speed limits on major roads in Bangkok from 90km/h to 120km/h. The ThaiRAP team is leading calls for the proposal to be reconsidered. iRAP and The World Bank research supported by the FIA Foundation...
Wednesday 24 July 2019: With a safer roads investment of over USD$3.6 billion, the Government of Sao Paulo, Brazil has announced the largest concession in the country measuring 1,273 kms will incorporate the iRAP methodology. It is the first Brazilian concession to...
iRAP is celebrating reaching a milestone 100 countries. The charity and all of our partners are saving lives in more than half the countries of the world which accounts for 80% of the world's population. From Brazil to Iceland, Australia to Botswana, China...
The Road Safety Foundation has just released an annual report for 2019, which tracks the safety of the main ‘A’ roads where most of Britain’s roads deaths are concentrated, and which can be targeted. This year’s survey shows, overall, the number of deaths...
LATEST EDITION: Building Capacity Newsletter – July 2019 Here you will get to know specifications updates, the training calendar, the iRAP accreditation process and who our accredited suppliers are. In this edition you will learn about: Star Rating For...
iRAP accreditation is designed to upskill professionals to perform iRAP-specification activities to the same consistently high level of quality worldwide. With that, iRAP suppliers are able to bid competitively to provide iRAP-specification services. Although not...
Aprenda los fundamentos para Clasificar por Estrellas las vías y los diseños de vías. La Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU) ha adoptado unos objetivos, que incluyen la Clasificación por Estrellas de las vías, y países como Australia tiene ambiciosos...
Registration is now OPEN for this NEW 4-part webinar series - Star Rating for Designs. Following the launch of Star Rating For Designs (SR4D) in November 2018, it is now included as a new training topic in our portfolio. This webinar series will empower...
The United Nations (UN) have adopted targets that include Star Ratings. iRAP assessments are an internationally recognised approach to managing road safety risk and saving lives and road agencies in more than 90 countries have used iRAP assessments. To...
500 million will be killed or injured in road crashes between now and 2030 without change. The Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety will bring new energy and ideas on how we can scale up what works and do the new things that will make sure we halve...
Last week in Beijing, iRAP signed on as co-chair of the Road Safety Committee for the Belt and Road Transport Alliance. The Belt and Road Initiative provides a unique opportunity to save lives with #3starorbetter roads. Major road investments are planned...
June 2019: As part of our work with different road concessionaires around the world, iRAP is currently assisting ALEATICA assess and improve the safety of the Peruvian Autopista del Norte concession, known as AUNOR. The AUNOR highway concession is for the...
Junio 2019: Como parte del trabajo que se viene realizando con diferentes concesionarios de vías en el mundo, actualmente iRAP está trabajando en Perú con ALEATICA, en la concesión Autopista del Norte, conocida como AUNOR. La vía a cargo de la AUNOR corresponde al...
During the past year RADAR project Consortium, 10 Project Partners and 12 Associated Strategic Partners, have devoted unprecedented attention to road safety. Road traffic fatalities remain one of the most pressing challenges of our time, with 1.35 million people...
RADAR project Partners (EIRA-EuroRAP) and Associated Strategic Partners (iRAP) have just released a RADAR Case Study. Large parts of the Eastern European road network rate poorly for safety, particularly for vulnerable road-users, and death rates in many...
The 5th United Nations Global Road Safety was held from the 6 – 12 May this year. Across the world we saw the global community #SpeakUp and #DemandLeadership for #3StarorBetter. Below is a snapshot from iRAP and our partners around the world spreading the...
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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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