A Ten Steps to 2030 for Safer Road Infrastructure event, hosted by iRAP, in partnership with the Federação Rodoviária Internacional (IRF) e o Associação Mundial da Rodovia (PIARC), brought together global leaders, policymakers, and road safety experts on 17 February to explore the successful ten steps framework for safer roads. Held as a side event of the 4ª Conferência Ministerial Global sobre Segurança Viária in Marrakech, Morocco, the event focused on how infrastructure can be a driving force behind the United Nations’ goal of halving road fatalities and injuries by 2030.
With overwhelming interest and thought-provoking discussions, the event highlighted the Ten Steps Plan for Safer Road Infrastructure as a practical roadmap for governments, in partnership with national and international stakeholders. Participants explored how this framework, addressing challenges in policy, design, and implementation, is critical to saving lives and improving road safety globally.
The event attracted 225 registrations from 64 countries and was livestreamed in four languages (English, French, Spanish and Arabic) with (at time of writing) more than 740 online views.
The Program and Speakers
The ten steps for safer road infrastructure were shared, along with project success stories and opportunities to build institutional capacity, partnerships and a regulatory framework through implementation of the ten steps in countries.
More than 30 speakers from 22 countries took to the stage including:
The Program and Speakers
The ten steps for safer road infrastructure were shared, along with project success stories and opportunities to build institutional capacity, partnerships and a regulatory framework through implementation of the ten steps in countries.
Abdallah Hamis Ulega
Ministro das Estradas, Tanzânia
Juan Carlos Munoz
Minister of Transport/Telecommunications, Chile
Nneka Henry
Head UN Road Safety Fund
Mandiaye Faye
Director of Road Traffic and Mobility MITTA, Senegal
Susanna Zammataro
Diretor Geral
RIF
Weimin Ren
UNRSF Steering Committee Chair/Director, Transport Division
UNESCAP
Greg Smith
CEO em Exercício e Diretor Global de Programas, iRAP
Cathy Miller
Head of Road Safety, UK Department for Transport (DfT)
Saul Billingsley
Executive Director, FIA Foundation
Susan Hipp
Diretor Executivo, Rede de Empregadores para a Segurança no Trânsito (NETS)
Bosco Marti
Diretora Executiva de Assuntos Institucionais e de Comunicação, Aleatica
Natalie Chiavassa
Jornadas Mais Seguras para a África, iRAP
Dimitrios Mandalozis
President, IRF/ Chief Operations Officer, Aegean Motorway SA
Nathalie Angibeau
North Africa Director, UNOPS
Jamie Leather
Chefe do Grupo do Setor de Transportes, ADB
Esteban Diez Roux
Operation Senior Advisor, IDB
Mohammed Al Abood
Head, Traffic Engineering and Safety Department, Ministry of Transport and Logistic Services, Saudi Arabia
Samar Abouraad
Especialista em Viagens Mais Seguras, iRAP
Lateef Ramoni
Comandante Assistente do Corpo, FRSC Nigéria e Ponto Focal, Organização da Segurança Viária da África Ocidental (WARSO)
Peter Jamieson
Diretor Geral, Anditi
Sameera Munshi
Gerente de Operações, Fundação Anglo American
Aubin Essaie Moussa
Presidente, Associação Africana de Fundos Rodoviários (ARMFA)
Stephen Perkins
Chefe de Pesquisa e Análise de Políticas, ITF
Patrick Mallejacq
Secretário-Geral, PIARC
Dipan Bose
Especialista Sênior em Transportes, Banco Mundial
Miquel Nadal
Director General, Cercle d’Economia and Chair, iRAP
James Bradford
Diretor Técnico Global, iRAP
Judy Williams
Gerente Global de Programas e Comunicações, iRAP
Joel Jere
Executive Director, Road Safety Alert Foundation (ROSAF)
Steve Phillips
Secretário-Geral, Conferência de Diretores Europeus de Estradas
Sangjin Han
Professor, Transportation Studies Group, Seoul National University
About the Ten Steps for Safer Road Infrastructure
Developed by the UN Road Safety Collaboration, the Plano de Dez Etapas para Infraestrutura Rodoviária Mais Segura offers a structured approach to tackling road safety challenges. The plan targets high-risk roads through infrastructure upgrades, strengthens road safety expertise via capacity building, and advocates for evidence-based interventions based on crash data and risk assessment methodologies. To be successful, it requires political commitment, institutional capacity, and sustainable financing—three pillars that must underpin efforts to achieve the ambitious 2030 goals.
A shining example of the Ten Steps framework in action is Tanzania’s progress as the first pilot country for the initiative. Backed by the UN Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) and the Global Road Safety Facility, Tanzania made substantial progress over a 30-month period. This success earned the Prêmio Internacional de Segurança Viária Príncipe Michael de 2023 for its remarkable impact, illustrating how the Ten Steps framework, supported by strong partnerships and political will, can transform road safety.
The Ten Steps framework is now extending its reach with active projects in Central Asia, Senegal e North and West Africa.
The event sessions explored key elements of the Plan that are crucial for advancing global road safety:
- Mobilising Impact with Effective Policy: iRAP Policies into Practice webpage shares nearly 50 examples of national and state road safety strategies and action plans that include iRAP key performance indicators for infrastructure safety.
- Mobilising Impact with Financing: By highlighting the safety performance of roads through star ratings and the associated business case for upgrades, iRAP tools (Planos de Investimento para Estradas Mais Seguras, Explorador de Insights de Segurança, Impact Investment Case, help partners prioritize investments that meet the UN Targets and maximise lives saved per unit of investment.
- Safer Road Design: Avaliação por estrelas para designs enables road designers and engineers to assess and improve the safety of their road designs for pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists and vehicle occupants before construction commences.
- Capacity Building: Empowering professionals through training, such as through iRAP’s Training e Credenciamento Program and the IRF’s International Registry of Road Safety Auditors.
- Data-Driven Decisions: Utilising tools like Safety Insights Explorer do iRAP, RAPTools, e o IRF World Road Statistics to assess risks and guide investments where they are needed most.
- Global Partnerships: reflected through iRAP’s Partnerships for 2030 Impact Strategy, and our work with 34,000 partners worldwide, partnerships are crucial in supporting road safety worldwide. Our Recursos para RAPs de 5 estrelas is supporting the development of high impact Road Assessments Programs worldwide.
- Innovation and Technology: iRAP’s Innovation initiatives and projects, including AiRAP are changing how safety interventions are implemented.
Partnerships for 2030 Impact
During the event, iRAP signed MOUs with the Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento extending our partnership for a further three years; and with the Organização Rodoviária da África Ocidental (WARSO) e Associação Africana de Fundos de Manutenção Rodoviária (ARMFA) to collaborate in eliminating high-risk roads across the African continent.
Hear iRAP Safer Journeys Lead for Africa Nathalie Chiavassa share the aims and importance of the WARSO and ARMFA partnerships moving forward:
Awarding the World’s Best Performing Road Authorities
We also proudly announced the winner and finalists for the 2024 iRAP Gary Liddle Memorial Trophy, presented to the world’s best performing road authority/s eliminating high-risk roads. The perpetual iRAP Trophy honours the lifelong public-sector and transport contribution of the charity’s former Board Chairman Gary Liddle AO who passed away in 2023.
The winners were selected from 12 highly competitive nominations from 11 countries and included TANROADS for ‘Ten Step Plan Tanzania’ (Winner), Roads General Authority for ‘Safer Roads in Saudi Arabia’ (Shining Star), Himachal Pradesh Roads Infrastructure Development Corporation (HPRIDCL) for ‘Safer Roads in Himachal Pradesh, India’ (Shining Star), Municipality of Lima, Peru for ‘Enhancing School Zone Safety through the Colecaminos Program’ (Rising Star), and Main Roads Western Australia for the ‘Tonkin Highway Extension’ (Rising Star).
Read about the awards and winners aqui.
Watch the award ceremony aqui (from 6:13:40).
Video Shorts: Hear from Some of the Event Speakers
See the Event in Pictures
Images credit: Omar Bouzidi