SR4S (Star Rating for Schools) has been used by partners in 63 countries to assess the risk children are exposed to on their school journeys. iRAP is now updating the SR4S model, under the guidance of iRAP Wereldwijd Technisch Comitéom ervoor te zorgen dat SR4S aansluit bij de nieuwste onderzoeksresultaten, bevindingen en ervaringen van partners wereldwijd die de tool gebruiken. SR4S maakt gebruik van het voetgangersmodel van iRAP om de veiligheid van de wegeninfrastructuur te beoordelen, en de update van het SR4S-model maakt deel uit van een bredere herziening van de iRAP-modellen die tegen het einde van 2023 zal worden doorgevoerd.
The SR4S model update is consistent with the Safe System principles guiding that vehicle speeds should not exceed 30km/h where vehicles and pedestrians mix. The review considered these principles and feedback of partners using the SR4S to assess more than 1,000 schools, and identified several enhancements that could be made to the assessed road attributes and its risk factors. Speeds are now recorded in 5km/h increments, and traffic flow increments of 1,000 vehicles per lane up to 20,000 vehicles per lane have been introduced. Risk factors for sidewalks, paved shoulders, number of lanes, lane width, property access points, pedestrian crossing facility, pedestrian crossing quality, intersection type, median type, vehicle flows, intersecting road volume, and pedestrian channelization have been introduced or revised.
In practice, the model’s results will be more rigorous, and achieving a 3-star or better rating for a location may require the combination of more safety elements and lower speeds compared to the previous version of the model. Users’ experience with the actual data collection process and the use of the SR4S tools will remain largely the same though. The enhancements also include the introduction of decimal star ratings, which will allow users to see safety improvements within a same Star Rating band. This feature will provide more granular information on the safety rating of a location, enabling better decision-making.
Star Rating for Schools Global Programme Coordinator Rafaela Machado is delighted with the new enhancements, “The SR4S programme has been developed in consultation with a fantastic network of Lead Partners. Their inputs have been guiding the SR4S tools, and now we are excited to also announce this model enhancement. This update reflects the experience of partners using the SR4S to assess more than 1,000 schools and, along with the new SR4S and YEA apps, will ensure partners continue having access to evidence-based tools to support their school safety programmes.”
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- We will be making the enhancements in June – we will advise on the exact time and date closer to the day – with at least 3 weeks’ notice. We will be making the enhancements in June– we will advise on the exact time and date closer to the day – with at least 3 weeks’ notice. We want to make sure you have enough time to plan your projects and are aware of the deployment day of the new model.
- After the model update is deployed, any new assessments created in the SR4S platform will be automatically generated using the new model. Previous data in the SR4S system will not be automatically reprocessed using the new model, but users will be able to update it as well if they wish to. It will be important any before and after upgrade results at individual locations are calibrated to the new model for accurate analysis of the safety change.
- Als u een doorlopend project heeft en ondersteuning nodig heeft bij het beheren van uw resultaten, neem dan contact op met schools@irap.org en wij helpen u graag.
- We zullen in juli een bijgewerkte SR4S video cursus lanceren en we raden SR4S app gebruikers aan deze te bekijken als opfrissing voordat ze het nieuwe model gebruiken, maar dit zal niet verplicht zijn.
- Er is nu een uitgebreid Veelgestelde Vragen (FAQ) document beschikbaar hier. Als u verdere vragen heeft, aarzel dan niet om contact met ons op te nemen via schools@irap.org. Voor meer informatie over de modelbeoordeling kunt u ook het rapport raadplegen Voertuigsnelheden in 2022 en de iRAP-protocollen: een overzicht.
- Als u de SR4S nieuwsbrief nog niet ontvangt en op de hoogte wilt blijven van onze innovaties en successen met partners die schoolreizen wereldwijd veiliger maken, meld je hier aan.