{"id":5905,"date":"2025-10-14T10:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T23:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.temp.irap-dev.org\/safer-roads-under-spotlight-at-traffic-chile\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T05:06:11","slug":"safer-roads-under-spotlight-at-traffic-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irap.org\/pt\/safer-roads-under-spotlight-at-traffic-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"Safer Roads Under the Spotlight at Traffic Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"

iRAP Global Projects Director Julio Urzua recently joined over 300 decisions-makers at Traffic Chile 2025<\/a> in Santiago, presenting a solutions focus to road infrastructure safety through use of the iRAP methodology and tools.<\/p>\n

The conference organised by Mutual de Seguridad from 30 September to 1 October, aimed to promote the exchange of knowledge, showcase recent advances, integrate innovative technologies, and generate proposals to address current and future road safety challenges in the country.<\/p>\n

Session themes focussed on governance and public policies in road safety, global trends and lessons learned, predictive technologies and systems applied to transportation, sustainable mobility and safe infrastructure, and citizen participation in the construction of a new road culture.<\/p>\n

Among the authorities present were the\u00a0<\/span>Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, Juan Carlos Mu\u00f1oz<\/span>\u00a0, the\u00a0<\/span>Undersecretary of Transport, Jorge Daza<\/span>, the\u00a0<\/span>Superintendent of Social Security (s), Patricia Soto<\/span>\u00a0, the\u00a0<\/span>Executive Secretary of CONASET,\u00a0<\/span>Luz Renata Infante Acevedo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0, and the\u00a0<\/span>President of Copsa Chile, Gloria Hutt<\/span>. The event was led by the General Manager of Mutual de Seguridad,\u00a0<\/span>Felipe Bunster Echenique<\/span>, together with\u00a0<\/span>H\u00e9ctor Jaramillo<\/span>\u00a0e\u00a0<\/span>Luis Alberto Stuven Hurtado.<\/span><\/p>\n

De acordo com\u00a0Explorador de informa\u00e7\u00f5es de seguran\u00e7a do iRAP<\/a>, Atingir a Meta 4 da ONU, que prev\u00ea mais de 751.800 viagens em estradas com classifica\u00e7\u00e3o de 3 estrelas ou superior para todos os usu\u00e1rios no Chile at\u00e9 2030, poder\u00e1 salvar cerca de 372 vidas por ano e 661.727 mortes e ferimentos ao longo dos 20 anos de vida \u00fatil das obras de melhoria das estradas, com um benef\u00edcio econ\u00f4mico de US$ 1.900,21 bilh\u00f5es \u2013 US$ 1.900,60 para cada US$ 1.900,1 investido.<\/p>\n

Partner-led iRAP activity has already assessed 10,702 km of roads and designs, and 13 schools in Chile, influencing the safety of US$27 million of road infrastructure investment. This includes 1,907km of roads assessed in the Magallanes, Ays\u00e9n and Los Lagos regions<\/a>, in partnership with the Ministry of Public Works (MOP), DDQ Engineering Consultants, APSA and iRAP last year, helping to build local capacity and inform evidence-based road upgrades to save lives.<\/p>\n

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