As mobility clubs gather in Spain this week for the 2023 Federação Internacional de Automobilismo (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 Classificação por Estrelas para Escolas (SR4S) programme for safer school journeys.
O ) é uma ferramenta baseada em evidências, desenvolvida pela iRAP, para medir, gerenciar e comunicar os riscos que as crianças enfrentam no trajeto para a escola. Ela apoia intervenções rápidas na infraestrutura que salvam vidas e previnem lesões graves desde o primeiro dia, melhorando infraestruturas como calçadas e travessias, ao mesmo tempo que reduz a velocidade do tráfego.
Os clubes estão a abraçar o programa apoiado pela Kit de Ferramentas de Avaliação da Escola 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; Associação Automobilística da Tanzânia (AAT); Automóvel Clube e Clube de Turismo da Nigéria; Associação de Desporto Motorizado da Zâmbia (ZMSA); Automóvel Clube do Uruguai (ACU); Federação de Clubes de Desporto Motorizado do Uganda (FMU); Touring & Automobile Club de Colombia (ACC); Asociacion Automovilistica De Touring Y Deportes De Panama e Automovil Club de Guatemala; Slovenian Automobile and Motorcycle Club (AMZS); Automóvel Clube da Moldávia (ACM); Assistência de Emergência 991 Botswana; Mobilité Club Maroc (MCM); Auto Clube Nacional das Filipinas (AAP); and projects in Georgia by the Aliança Oriental para Transportes Seguros e Sustentáveis (EASST).
In addition, SR4S club projects have been supported in Nepal, Vietnã, Trinidad and Tobago, Cyprus, Greece, Ecuador, Spain, Uzbekistan, Mozambique, Albania, Cambodia, Kenya and Chile.
Um novo fundo anual de €400.000, denominado FIA Foundation para Star Rating for Schools, implementado no âmbito do Child Health Initiative Advocacy Hub, apoiará os clubes da FIA na expansão e no aprofundamento de seus projetos e na defesa de trajetos seguros para a escola.
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 é um método fácil, acessível e rápido para avaliar a segurança de infraestrutura rodoviária e ciclovias. Ele visa reduzir acidentes e melhorar a segurança especificamente para ciclistas e outros usuários de mobilidade leve, identificando locais de alto risco sem a necessidade de dados de acidentes.
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.
A Reial Automobil Clube da Catalunha (RACC) Apresentou a 21ª edição do seu estudo anual de avaliação rodoviária, analisando, mais uma vez, o índice de acidentes na rede rodoviária catalã, em Espanha. RACC Espanha 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 Automóvel Clube da Moldávia (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 Ferramentas para Rotas Seguras de Ciclismo (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 Automóvel Clube Nacional da Tunísia has collaborated for the development of TunRAP and 14,800km of crash risk mapping has recently been released by the University of Sfax.
Na Australásia, a iRAP está trabalhando em estreita colaboração com diversos clubes: AAA Australia is a key partner of AusRAP with deep engagement from the state clubs; while New Zealand Automobile Association (NZAA) tem trabalhado com KiwiRAP parceiros para apoiar o mapeamento de riscos de redes rodoviárias da autoridade local.
O iRAP parabeniza a FIA e a rede de clubes pelo extenso investimento e trabalho para promover viagens mais seguras em todo o 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.
