The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) has joined Brazil’s newly launched Road Safety Coalition, the country’s largest coordinated initiative dedicated to improving road safety and reducing road trauma.

The Coalition was formally launched during the Highway Biennial, organised by the Brazilian Association of Highway Concessionaires (ABCR) in Brasília on 17 June. It expands on the Road Safety Pact established in 2023 and aligns with the Vision Zero philosophy that no loss of life on the road is acceptable.

Bringing together representatives from government, highway concessionaires, non-profit organisations, industry and road safety experts, Coalition members are committed to halving road deaths and serious injuries over the next decade.

Presented by ABCR President and CEO Marco Aurélio Barcelos and Executive Director Marco Antônio Giusti, the initiative will focus on measurable targets, ongoing monitoring, knowledge sharing and collaborative action to save lives on Brazil’s highways.

It aims to strengthen road safety policies, promote best practice, support safer infrastructure and advance evidence-based solutions to address Brazil’s road safety challenge, which currently claims more than 30,000 lives each year, 35 per cent of whom are motorcyclists.

iRAP was represented at the launch by Global Projects Director Julio Urzua, who joined leaders from across the transport and infrastructure sectors, including Brazil’s National Land Transport Agency (ANTT), concessionaires and mobility experts.

By bringing together key stakeholders from across the road transport ecosystem, the Road Safety Coalition marks an important step towards creating safer roads for all road users and achieving lasting reductions in road trauma across the country. Leia mais

More information on iRAP partner activity in Brazil

A BrazilRAP Road Assessment Programme is led by the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT) and BrazilRAP São Paulo is led by the Government of São Paulo’s Department of Highways (DER-SP). The programmes are coordinating national and state efforts to eliminate high-risk roads including the assessment of more than 132,000km of roads and designs and 42 schools, influencing the safety of US$13 billion of life-saving infrastructure investment across the country.

Brazil’s 2021-2030 Road Safety Plan (Pnatrans) includes iRAP-related key performance indicators to improve road infrastructure safety including:

• Upgrade motorways to a technical standard that prioritises road safety for all road users or achieves a rating of 3-stars or more;
• Draft a resolution setting out a star-based road safety rating methodology;
• Draft regulations requiring that the construction or concession of motorways incorporate the star-based road safety rating system, ensuring a minimum standard of 3 stars; and
• Promote the safety and accessibility of youth during their daily journeys to school including through the development of a handbook on road safety strategies in school zones, training for managers and technical staff, and development of pilot projects for the implementation of a Road Safety Programme in School Zones, based on national and international best practice in road safety. Consultation opened in March on Brazil’s New Road Safety Guide in School Environments. It recommends Star Rating for Schools as a methodological approach to collect technical data and assess road safety in school zones, combined with community perceptions.
  

  Brazil’s New Road Safety Guide in School Environments

  Brazil’s New Road Safety Guide in School Environments