iRAP Global Technical Director James Bradford will be at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 103rd Annual Meeting next week in Washington DC, sharing iRAP insights and partner activity, and collaborating with leading US and international agencies for safer roads...
15 PhD positions open for AI in Road Safety: IVORY
The IVORY network has opened 15 fully funded PhD positions covering all aspects of AI in road safety - engineering, human factors, computer science, ethics of technology, and more - with applications due by 30 January. Would you like to make an impact in the reduction...
Catalonia Risk Mapping results released for 22nd year
Crash Risk Mapping results for the Catalan road network have been released for another year and show motorcycles are involved in 44% of fatal and serious injury crashes despite representing just 2.3% of overall road mobility in the Spanish territory. Key findings:...
🌏End of Year WrapUp Newsletter – Celebrating success in 2023!
Welcome to iRAP’s December 2023 Newsletter - Celebrating success in 2023 What a year! As 2023 draws to a close, we celebrate the incredible efforts of our more than 29,000 partners in 182 countries. Together we have assessed more than 3.5 million km and 1,356 schools...
Road Safety Good Practices in India: Report shares insights
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) and SaveLIFE Foundation, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS), have released a Road Safety Good Practices in India Report to explore and document replicable best practice...
Updated course: Star Rating Essentials self-paced online training
ENROL NOW – The series is now available as an online training course , 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...
The talents and value of iRAP Accredited practitioners: Workshop shares
Forty iRAP accredited practitioners from across the world gathered online last week to celebrate the success of their iRAP projects and hear the latest on program developments, tender opportunities, and professional development for this specialist community of...
Project PHOEBE celebrates its first anniversary at the Technical University of Munich
Original article published on Project PHOEBE website hereImage credit: Project PHOEBE The PHOEBE consortium celebrated its first anniversary during our latest consortium meeting in Munich on 13 and 14 December 2023. The Technical University of Munich hosted around 20...
A bright future for #RAPinEurope
A message to iRAP partners in Europe: Now that the end of 2023 is approaching, it is time to celebrate the achievements that took place this year and look forward to the next ones, always reminding ourselves that we all have the same vision in reducing road crash...
Road Safety Performance and Investment Opportunities – Britain’s Motorways and ‘A’ Roads Crash Risk Mapping Results 2023
This year’s report tracks the safety performance of motorways and ‘A’ roads in Great Britain, These roads make up less than 13 per cent of the whole network, but almost 60 per cent of all fatal crashes and more than 40 per cent of serious road crashes occur on these...
The Road Safety Capacity Building Programme wins the 2023 Prince Michael International Road Safety Award
The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), and the Asia Pacific Road Safety Observatory (APRSO), has won the 2023 Prince Michael International Road Safety Award, for...
New Global Status Report underlines need for investment in safe roads and speeds
A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows a promising 5% reduction in global road deaths between 2010 and 2021. This marks the first decrease since the Global Status Report on Road Safety series began, and comes despite rapid population and vehicle...
Event Summary: 2023 Asia Pacific Regional Road Safety Seminar
iRAP was proud to be a part of the Asia Pacific Regional Road Safety Seminar last week in Manila, hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) and Asia Pacific Regional Road Safety Observatory (APRSO). Each day, it is estimated...
KSARAP launches for safer roads in Saudi Arabia
Image Credit: Saudi Press Agency 5 December 2023: The International Road Assessment Program (iRAP) and the Roads General Authority (RGA) announced the launch of the Saudi Arabia Road Assessment Programme (KSARAP) in Riyadh, a locally led programme to eliminate...
Europe News: iRAP featured in M Sweden – 100 years of road safety work report
Below is an excerpt from the 100 years of road safety report from M Sweden. Riksförbundet M Sweden has worked as the motorists' consumer organization for over a hundred years. During the time that the organization has existed, the challenges have both changed and been...
Fayetteville celebrates being first US city to use CycleRAP
Fayetteville in the U.S. has celebrated its inclusion in the international five-cities pilot of the CycleRAP Assessment Model along with Madrid, Barcelona, Bogota and Sao Paulo. The pilot, involving Fundacion Mapfre, iRAP, the Union Cyclist Internationale...
CycleRAP News: UCI Mobility & Bike City Forum 2023 Summary
Image credit (above and below): SWpix.com (t/a Photography Hub Ltd). Amidst the backdrop of growing global enthusiasm for cycling as a sustainable and healthy mode of transportation, the 2023 UCI Mobility & Bike City Forum held last month in Bruges, Belgium,...
Cayman Islands’ Strategy sets target for 4-star new roads
Reproduced from Cayman Compass, 20 November. Credit: Rebecca Bird National road safety plan aims to eliminate road deaths by 2038 A newly published Cayman-wide road safety plan sets out how the government can cut deaths, injuries and offences on the islands’ roads...
Engineers trained for 73,000km Saudi assessment
Thirty (30) engineers and road safety professionals from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Roads and Roads General Authority (RGA) have received iRAP training this week as part of the world's largest 73,000km iRAP assessment project currently underway in the country. The...
SICT and iRAP sign MOU for safer roads in Mexico
The Government of Mexico, through the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT), and the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote programmes and projects to eliminate...