{"id":5623,"date":"2025-05-29T00:05:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T14:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.temp.irap-dev.org\/beyond-opinion-using-star-ratings-to-validate-rsa-findings\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T05:02:17","slug":"beyond-opinion-using-star-ratings-to-validate-rsa-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irap.org\/pt\/beyond-opinion-using-star-ratings-to-validate-rsa-findings\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Opinion: Using Star Ratings to Validate RSA Findings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Kenn Beer, Principal Engineer at Safe System Solutions for this article published on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Road Safety Audits (RSAs) have long played an important role in identifying design issues that may lead to crashes or make crashes more serious. But audits alone often lack a consistent way to measure risk or communicate the scale of safety improvements.<\/p>\n

In 2022, Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd <\/a>worked with iRAP<\/a> e o Asian Development Bank (ADB)<\/a> to develop a process that makes Road Safety Audits (RSAs) more objective, and encourages more ambitious, Safe System-aligned recommendations. Enter our new process: Star Ratings for Road Safety Audit (SR4RSA).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Example output of a SR4RSA finding<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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SR4RSA merges the strengths of RSAs with iRAP\u2019s internationally recognised Star Rating methodology. It gives decision-makers a more reliable, repeatable, and quantifiable way to assess and improve safety performance during the design phase. And best of all – the guide on how to do this is freely available.<\/p>\n

Download it here<\/a><\/p>\n

Why It Matters<\/strong><\/p>\n

RSAs are expert-driven and context-sensitive, but often subjective. iRAP\u2019s Star Ratings are data-driven and standardised but may miss local nuances. SR4RSA combines both approaches to:<\/p>\n