RAP in Europe

iRAP Partner Impact in Europe

The Road Assessment Programme (RAP) was founded by the leading European automobile clubs and safety charities working in partnership with their governments in the UK, Netherlands and Sweden. Since 2002, application of the iRAP methodology and tools has helped to eliminate high-risk roads across the region.*

Achieving Target 4 by 2030 in Europe stands to save over 13,072 lives a year and 26 million deaths and serious injuries over 20 years, with an economic benefit of US$104.4 billion.

Download the iRAP in Europe brochure Case studies of success from Europe and worldwide RAP Resources for RISM

Strategic Projects Driving Road Safety Sata and Innovation

Large-scale transnational projects have helped to inform the safety of Europe’s road network, fostered collaborative partnerships and helped to drive innovation in the iRAP model and tools for regional and global benefit.

	CycleRAP es un método sencillo, económico y rápido para evaluar la seguridad de la infraestructura vial y ciclista. Su objetivo es reducir los accidentes y mejorar la seguridad, especialmente para ciclistas y otros usuarios de movilidad ligera, mediante la identificación de zonas de alto riesgo sin necesidad de datos de accidentes.	Click here for more information
	The EU-funded ‘Predictive Approaches for Safer Urban Environment’ (PHOEBE) project aims to increase the road safety of vulnerable road users, especially those who use active mobility and e-scooters through the inter-disciplinary power of traffic simulation and road safety assessment.	Click here for more information
	The “European Living Lab on Designing Sustainable Urban Mobility Towards Climate Neutral Cities’ (ELABORATOR) uses a holistic approach for planning, designing, implementing and deploying specific innovations and interventions towards safe, inclusive and sustainable urban mobility. The interventions will be demonstrated in 12 European cities.	Click here for more information
	IVORY is an industrial doctorates network aiming to develop a new framework for optimal integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in road safety research. With academic and industry partners from engineering, data science and ethics of technology disciplines, the project will train 13 researchers on new responsible AI applications for road user assistance and infrastructure safety management.	Click here for more information
	Connected and Adaptive Maintenance for Safer Urban and Secondary Roads (CAMBER) aims to develop and demonstrate improved safety monitoring across urban and secondary rural road networks by using real-time data to inform road maintenance systems and implementing cost-effective, proven interventions.	Click here for more information
	The European Commission’s Project SLAIN (Saving Lives Assessing and Improving TEN-T Road Network Safety) extended the skills and knowledge of partners performing network-wide road assessment in Croatia, Greece, Italy and Spain.	Click here for more information
	The SABRINA Danube Project tackled cycling infrastructure safety issues on existing, planned and missing cycling corridors crossing Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.	Click here for more information
	RADAR (Risk Assessment on Danube Area Roads) project identified risk on road networks and produced plans to systematically improve road infrastructure safety, supporting environmentally-friendly and safe transport systems which balance accessibility of urban and rural areas.	Click here for more information
	The SENSoR Project was the world’s largest transnational road infrastructure safety project. Co-financed by the South East Europe (SEE) Transnational Cooperation Programme, and building on the outstanding cooperation between automobile clubs, universities and road authorities, the project assessed the safety 19,315 km of roads across 14 European countries	Click here for more information
	The free RAP methodology tools and resources are evidence-based and designed to be integrated within agency road operations and investment planning, and support the implementation of the European Road Infrastructure Safety Management Directive (RISM).	Click here for more information

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Políticas puestas en práctica

Many countries are prioritising the safety of their road infrastructure by embedding 3-star or better safety targets in policy, aligned to UN Global Road Safety Performance Targets 3 and 4. A number of European countries have National Road Safety Strategies and Action Plans that include 3-star or better targets for safe road infrastructure.

Croatia: 2021-2030 Croatia National Road Safety – Plan All new roads and existing roads carrying 75% of traffic to meet 3-star rating for all road users.
Greece: 2021-2030 Greek National Road Safety Plan – 65% of TEN-T network to be greater than or equal to 3 stars by 2025 and 80% by 2030.
United Kingdom: 2022 National Highways Strategic Road Network Star Rating Report – 96% of travel on National Highway’s network was on roads rated 3-stars or better in 2020, exceeding targets.
United Kingdom: Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA Guidelines) – Use iRAP Star Ratings to model road safety levels for all road users for Safe System application.
Georgia: 2022-2025 Georgia National Road Safety Strategy – The systematic compilation of the Risk Mapping and Safety Rating of roads, and proactive assessment and more traditional reactive analysis of high concentration areas (black spots), are effective mechanisms for assessing the quality of road safety and related investments.
Slovenia: 2013-2022 Slovenia National Road Safety Strategy – In accordance with European Directive 2008/96/ EC, a systematic verification process of road infrastructure security should be applied. As one of the suitable tools, RAP should be implemented.

Download a summary of iRAP partner activity in every European country here Click here to view these policies, other global examples and sample infrastructure targets for inclusion

How Safe are Europe’s Roads and the Business Case for Safer Roads

The iRAP Safety Insights Explorer shines a light on the true scale of road crashes, the safety of the world’s roads, and the positive impact that can be made with investment.