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ThaiRAP Lead, Professor Kasem Choocharukul receives the award from Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha during the 15th National Road Safety Seminar (Image source: ThaiRAP)<\/em><\/p>\n ThaiRAP<\/a> has been awarded a prestigious Prime Minister\u2019s National Award for its outstanding efforts and commitment to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on Thailand\u2019s roads.<\/p>\n The award was presented yesterday by the Prime Minister of Thailand Prayuth Chan-ocha during the 15th National Road Safety Seminar.<\/p>\n To date, ThaiRAP and its partners have Star Rated 50,000km of roads, designs and school zones.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Thailand\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n The Thai Department of Rural Roads (DRR<\/a>) has been awarded, 2 years running, the International Road Federation (IRF<\/a>) Global Achievement Award<\/a> in the Safety Category for its Integrated Road Safety Management System.<\/p>\n DRR\u2019s iRAP-endorsed Road Safety Audit System (RSAS) has analysed the risk scores for rural road segments of its 47,303km road network based on the iRAP Star Rating methodology.<\/p>\n Within two years, the project achieved:<\/p>\n ThaiRAP is led by iRAP Centre of Excellence Chulalongkorn University<\/a>.<\/p>\n As a Centre of Excellence<\/a>, 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 Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030<\/a> and develop ThaiRAP to eliminate high-risk roads.<\/p>\n According to iRAP’s Vaccines for Roads Big Data Tool<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n For more information on ThaiRAP, visit https:\/\/www.thairap.org\/<\/a> or contact Professor Kasem Choocharukul on email kasem.choo@chula.ac.th<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/irap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ThaiRAP-stand-1024.jpg” title_text=”ThaiRAP stand 1024″ _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n ThaiRAP\u00a0was on show at yesterday\u2019s 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.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/irap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thailand-BCR.png” title_text=”Thailand BCR” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> 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.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":54369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" ThaiRAP<\/a> has been awarded a prestigious Prime Minister\u2019s National Award for its outstanding efforts and commitment in reducing fatalities and serious injuries on Thailand\u2019s roads.<\/p> The award was presented yesterday by the Prime Minister of Thailand Prayuth Chan-ocha during the 15th National Road Safety Seminar.<\/p> To date, ThaiRAP and its partners have Star Rated 50,000km of roads, designs and school zones.<\/p> 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 Thailand\u2019s roads safer.<\/p> Thailand\u2019s New Roads Policy aims for all new roads to achieve the global target 3-star or better standard, helping to protect the lives of all road users and reduce injury.<\/p> The Thai Department of Rural Roads (DRR<\/a>) has been awarded, 2 years running, the International Road Federation (IRF<\/a>) Global Achievement Award<\/a> in the Safety Category for its Integrated Road Safety Management System.<\/p> DRR\u2019s iRAP-endorsed Road Safety Audit System (RSAS) has analysed the risk scores for rural road segments of its 47,303km road network based on the iRAP Star Rating methodology.<\/p> Within two years, the project achieved:<\/p> ThaiRAP is led by iRAP Centre of Excellence Chulalongkorn University<\/a>.<\/p> As a Centre of Excellence<\/a>, 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.\u00a0It is also 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 Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030<\/a> and develop ThaiRAP to save lives and serious injuries on scale across the country.<\/p> According to 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 SUD$201 billion - $34 of benefit for every $1 spent.<\/p> ThaiRAP\u00a0was on show at yesterday\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n