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

Strategische projecten die gegevens en innovatie op het gebied van verkeersveiligheid stimuleren

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 is een eenvoudige, betaalbare en snelle methode om de veiligheid van weg- en fietsinfrastructuur te beoordelen. Het doel is om het aantal ongevallen te verminderen en de veiligheid te verbeteren, met name voor fietsers en andere gebruikers van lichte mobiliteitshulpmiddelen, door risicovolle locaties te identificeren zonder dat daarvoor ongevalsgegevens nodig zijn.	Klik hier voor meer informatie.
	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.	Klik hier voor meer informatie.
	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.	Klik hier voor meer informatie.
	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.	Klik hier voor meer informatie.
	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.	Klik hier voor meer informatie.
	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.	Klik hier voor meer informatie.
	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.	Klik hier voor meer informatie.
	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.	Klik hier voor meer informatie.
	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	Klik hier voor meer informatie.
	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).	Klik hier voor meer informatie.

Waar wij werken

Beleid in de praktijk brengen

Veel landen geven prioriteit aan de veiligheid van hun weginfrastructuur door in hun beleid veiligheidsdoelstellingen van 3 sterren of hoger vast te leggen, in lijn met de VN-doelstellingen 3 en 4 voor wereldwijde verkeersveiligheid. Een aantal Latijns-Amerikaanse en Caribische landen heeft nationale strategieën en actieplannen voor verkeersveiligheid die doelstellingen van 3 sterren of hoger voor een veilige weginfrastructuur omvatten.

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 Klik hier om deze beleidsmaatregelen, andere wereldwijde voorbeelden en voorbeelddoelstellingen voor infrastructuur te bekijken.

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

De iRAP Safety Insights Explorer werpt licht op de ware omvang van verkeersongevallen, de veiligheid van de wegen wereldwijd en de positieve impact die investeringen kunnen hebben.