As mobility clubs gather in Spain this week for the 2023 Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (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.
Les traumatismes dus aux accidents de la route sont la principale cause de décès chez les jeunes âgés de 5 à 29 ans, et les clubs d'automobilistes de la FIA travaillent avec iRAP en partenariat local pour offrir Système de notation par étoiles pour les écoles (SR4S) programme for safer school journeys.
Cet outil, fondé sur des données probantes et développé par iRAP, permet de mesurer, de gérer et de communiquer les risques auxquels les enfants sont exposés sur le chemin de l'école. Il favorise des interventions rapides sur les infrastructures, comme les trottoirs et les passages piétons, afin de sauver des vies et de prévenir les blessures graves dès le premier jour, tout en réduisant la vitesse de la circulation.
Les clubs adoptent le programme soutenu par le Boîte à outils d'évaluation de l'école FIA et annuel Programme de subventions pour la sécurité routière, soutenu par la FIA Foundation.
Since 2021, the programme has supported HAK Auto Club Croatia; Automobile Association of Ceylon; Association automobile de Tanzanie (AAT); Club automobile et de tourisme du Nigéria; Association zambienne des sports mécaniques (ZMSA); Automobile Club d'Uruguay (ACU); Fédération des clubs de sport automobile d'Ouganda (FMU); Touring & Automobile Club de Colombia (ACC); Asociacion Automovilistica De Touring Y Deportes De Panama et Automovil Club de Guatemala; Slovenian Automobile and Motorcycle Club (AMZS); Automobile Club de Moldavie (ACM); Assistance d'urgence 991 Botswana; Mobilité Club Maroc (MCM); Club automobile national des Philippines (AAP); and projects in Georgia by the Alliance orientale pour des transports sûrs et durables (EASST).
In addition, SR4S club projects have been supported in Népal, Viêt Nam, Trinidad and Tobago, Cyprus, Greece, Ecuador, Spain, Uzbekistan, Mozambique, Albania, Cambodia, Kenya and Chili.
Un nouveau fonds annuel de 400 000 € (FIA Foundation pour Star Rating for Schools), déployé dans le cadre du Child Health Initiative Advocacy Hub, aidera les clubs FIA à développer et à approfondir leurs projets et leur plaidoyer pour des trajets scolaires sécurisés.
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 est une méthode simple, abordable et rapide d'évaluation de la sécurité des infrastructures routières et cyclables. Il vise à réduire les accidents et à améliorer la sécurité spécifiquement pour les cyclistes et autres usagers de la mobilité légère en identifiant les lieux à haut risque sans nécessiter de données sur les accidents.
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.
Le Reial Automobil Club de Catalunya (RACC) a présenté la 21e édition de son étude annuelle d'évaluation routière, analysant une année de plus, le taux d'accidents sur le réseau routier catalan d'Espagne. RACC Espagne 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 Projet SABRINA and the influence of two years of advocacy supported by Automobile Club de Moldavie (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 Trousse d'outils pour des itinéraires cyclables sécuritaires (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 Automobile Club National de Tunisie has collaborated for the development of TunRAP and 14,800km of crash risk mapping has recently been released by the University of Sfax.
En Australasie, iRAP travaille en étroite collaboration avec un certain nombre de clubs : AAA Australia is a key partner of AusRAP with deep engagement from the state clubs; while New Zealand Automobile Association (NZAA) travaille avec KiwiRAP partenaires pour soutenir la cartographie des risques Réseaux routiers des autorités locales.
L'iRAP félicite la FIA et son réseau de clubs pour leurs investissements considérables et leurs efforts visant à promouvoir des trajets plus sûrs dans le monde entier.
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.
