ThaiRAP Lead, Professor Kasem Choocharukul receives the award from Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha during the 15th National Road Safety Seminar (Image source: ThaiRAP)
ThaiRAP has been awarded a prestigious Prime Minister’s National Award for its outstanding efforts and commitment to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on Thailand’s roads.
The award was presented yesterday by the Prime Minister of Thailand Prayuth Chan-ocha during the 15th National Road Safety Seminar.
To date, ThaiRAP and its partners have Star Rated 50,000km of roads, designs and school zones.
More than 1,500 people have benefited from iRAP training delivered locally and nearly 200 have participated in global online events helping to build the capacity of local road safety professionals to make roads safer.
Thailand’s New Roads Policy aims for all new roads to achieve the global 3-star or better target standard to protect the lives of all road users and reduce injury.
The Thai Department of Rural Roads (DRR) has been awarded, 2 years running, the International Road Federation (IRF) Global Achievement Award in the Safety Category for its Integrated Road Safety Management System.
O Sistema de Auditoria de Segurança Rodoviária (RSAS) da DRR, endossado pelo iRAP, analisou as pontuações de risco para trechos de estradas rurais de sua rede rodoviária de 47.303 km com base na metodologia de classificação por estrelas do iRAP.
Within two years, the project achieved:
- 1.309 pontos de risco foram investigados e tratados.
- O número de acidentes diminuiu em 71%, passando de 1.309 para 1.021 acidentes.
- O número de mortes diminuiu em 75%, passando de 52 para 13 óbitos.
- Uma relação custo-benefício estimada em 3,9 foi alcançada com um custo estimado de melhorias de $3,0 milhões e benefícios de vidas salvas pelas melhorias de $11,8 milhões – um benefício equivalente a quase 4 vezes o investimento em melhorias.
ThaiRAP is led by iRAP Centre of Excellence Universidade Chulalongkorn.
As a Centro de Excelência, the Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University is focussed on building local capacity for high quality risk mapping, star rating and safer road investment planning assessments across the country. The university is working in partnership with the Ministry of Transport, Department of Highways, Department of Rural Roads, Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, the University and other key stakeholders to implement the Plano Global para a Década de Ação para a Segurança Rodoviária 2021-2030 and develop ThaiRAP to eliminate high-risk roads.
De acordo com iRAP’s Vaccines for Roads Big Data Tool, achieving greater than 75% of travel on 3-star or better roads for all road users in Thailand by 2030 stands to save over 1.6 million lives and serious injuries per year with an economic benefit of USD$201 billion – $34 of benefit for every $1 spent.
For more information on ThaiRAP, visit https://www.thairap.org/ or contact Professor Kasem Choocharukul on email kasem.choo@chula.ac.th
ThaiRAP was on show at yesterday’s 15th National Road Safety Seminar, hosting an exhibition booth and sharing demonstrations of how star ratings are assessed and the current safety status of Thai roads.
Clique aqui to visit Vaccines for Roads to explore the human impact of road crash injury, how safe Thailand’s roads are, the road attributes that matter and the Business Case for achieving a 3-star or better safety standard.