As mobility clubs gather in Spain this week for the 2023 Federación Internacional del Automóvil (FIA) Annual Conference, we are proud to recognise the iRAP club partnerships and projects helping to make roads and school journeys safer in communities across world.
iRAP’s Global Technical Director James Bradford will present at the conference to the Policy Committee on Tuesday and in Thursday’s mobility session on “Looking ahead: Using AI to scale big data partnerships” and club partnerships supporting iRAP innovation for global benefit.
Nearly 150 mobility clubs in 94 countries are partnering with iRAP to support their advocacy and work to create safer journeys for members.
From supporting road safety assessments to implementing the Star Rating for Schools programme, developing free tools and resources for club members, and rolling out innovative funding programmes for safer school journeys, FIA partnerships are critical to ensuring high-risk roads are actioned and eliminated in local communities spanning the globe.
Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for young people from the ages of five to 29, and FIA mobility clubs are working with iRAP in local partnerships to deliver the Calificación por Estrellas para Escuelas (SR4S) programme for safer school journeys.
Es una herramienta basada en evidencia desarrollada por iRAP para medir, gestionar y comunicar el riesgo que enfrentan los niños en su trayecto a la escuela. Permite intervenciones rápidas en infraestructura que salvan vidas y previenen lesiones graves desde el primer día, mejorando infraestructuras como aceras y cruces peatonales, a la vez que reduce la velocidad del tráfico.
Los clubes están adoptando el programa apoyado por el Herramientas de Evaluación de la FIA and annual Road Safety Grants programme, supported by the FIA Foundation.
Since 2021, the programme has supported HAK Auto Club Croatia; Automobile Association of Ceylon; Automobile Association of Tanzania (AAT); Automobile and Touring Club of Nigeria; Zambia Motor Sport Association (ZMSA); Club Automovilístico de Uruguay (ACU); Federation of Motorsport Clubs of Uganda (FMU); Touring & Automobile Club de Colombia (ACC); Asociación Automovilística De Touring Y Deportes De Panamá y Automovil Club de Guatemala; Slovenian Automobile and Motorcycle Club (AMZS); Club Automovilístico de Moldavia (ACM); Asistencia de emergencia 991 Botsuana; Mobilité Club Maroc (MCM); Club Nacional del Automóvil de Filipinas (AAP); and projects in Georgia by the Alianza Oriental para el Transporte Seguro y Sostenible (EASST).
In addition, SR4S club projects have been supported in Nepal, Vietnam, Trinidad and Tobago, Cyprus, Greece, Ecuador, Spain, Uzbekistan, Mozambique, Albania, Cambodia, Kenya and Chile.
Un nuevo fondo anual de 400.000 € del programa FIA Foundation para el programa Star Rating for Schools, gestionado como parte del Centro de Promoción de la Iniciativa de Salud Infantil, apoyará a los clubes de la FIA en la ampliación y profundización de sus proyectos y su labor de promoción de trayectos seguros a la escuela.
Across the world, iRAP is also working with a clubs to support changes to make roads safer for drivers and vulnerable road users.
The Royal Dutch Touring Club (ANWB) has been a key partner in iRAP’s innovative CycleRAP CycleRAP es un método fácil, asequible y rápido para evaluar la seguridad de la infraestructura vial y ciclista. Su objetivo es reducir los accidentes y mejorar la seguridad específicamente para ciclistas y otros usuarios de movilidad ligera mediante la identificación de ubicaciones de alto riesgo sin necesidad de datos de accidentes.
A three-year project by Automobile Club d’Italia (ACI) has analysed the safety of 17,500km of Italy’s primary road network to understand the investments and speeds required to save lives and serious injuries, aligned to international targets and Europe’s RISM Directive.
El Real Automóvil Club de Cataluña (RACC) ha presentado la 21ª edición de su estudio anual de evaluación de carreteras, analizando por un año más, la tasa de accidentalidad en la red viaria catalana de España. RACC España also undertook the first iRAP Star Rating assessment of Andorra’s primary road network and has performance tracked the safety of Spain’s network for more than two decades.
A 30km/h speed limit is being introduced to Moldova’s Road Regulations following the completion of Project SABRINA and the influence of two years of advocacy supported by Club Automovilístico de Moldavia (ACM), FIA Foundation, EASST and partners. ACM was one of 11 Project Partners in the 9-country SABRINA project that aimed to tackle cycling infrastructure safety issues on existing, planned and missing cycling corridors crossing the Danube region. It led to the launch of a new Kit de herramientas para rutas ciclistas seguras (SCRT) to guide users through the process of defining new cycling routes and improving the safety of existing routes for cyclists.
iRAP is actively working with FIA Region I, II and IV to build capacity and projects to support safer journeys in the regions. For example, FIA Region IV, FIA Foundation and iRAP hosted a workshop for region members in May last year to work together to achieve the common agenda of making roads safer for all. And supported by FIA Region II Asia-Pacific, 5-star (SR4S) school modifications in Gia Lai, Vietnam are safeguarding students’ lives as they arrive and leave school. AIP Foundation and iRAP are also partnering to deliver capacity building for FIA Region II clubs on the successful implementation of road infrastructure around schools and enabling scale to these initiatives. AIP Foundation and iRAP are also partnering to deliver capacity building for FIA Region II clubs on the successful implementation of road infrastructure around schools and enabling scale to these initiatives.
In Ecuador ANETA is working on an important innovation partnership with iRAP, while the Club Nacional del Automóvil de Túnez has collaborated for the development of TunRAP and 14,800km of crash risk mapping has recently been released by the University of Sfax.
En Australasia, iRAP colabora estrechamente con diversos clubes: AAA Australia is a key partner of AusRAP with deep engagement from the state clubs; while New Zealand Automobile Association (NZAA) ha estado trabajando con KiwiRAP socios para apoyar el mapeo de riesgos de redes de carreteras de las autoridades locales.
iRAP felicita a la FIA y a la red de clubes por su extensa inversión y trabajo para promover viajes más seguros en todo el mundo.
The 2023 FIA Conference is being held in Cordoba from 20-22 June and will bring together presidents and senior executives of its world-wide member organisations with a focus on “Accelerating Change: Member-Driven, Knowledge-Led Transformation”. It will give the floor to senior leadership, club experts and international keynote speakers to address strategic topics for the network such as innovation, digitalisation, development through learning, sustainability, equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as the mobility industry’s challenges.
