iRAP in Tanzania

Road safety inspections of a 3,400km network of roads, accounting for approximately half of Tanzania’s paved network, have now been completed.

iRAP Tanzania is a partnership between the FIB (Icelandic motoring club), AA Tanzania and TanRoads. The data collected during the inspections is now being assessed and will form the basis of Star Ratings for vehicle occupants, motorcyclists, pedestrians and bicyclists.

The iRAP assessments in Tanzania complement assessments completed in South Africa (2,100km), Kenya (2,400km), Uganda (3,100km) and Nigeria (127km). The World Health Organisation estimates that Tanzania, which has a population of almost 42 million, may experience almost 14,000 road deaths each year.

June 2010