Welcome to iRAP’s December 2022 Newsletter - For a world free of high-risk roads. What a year! As 2022 draws to a close, we celebrate the incredible efforts of our more than 26,000 partners in 170 countries. Together we have assessed more than 3 million km and 1,028...
Star Rating for Schools December 2022 Newsletter
The latest Star Rating for Schools newsletter is out now – read some great stories of how SR4S Lead Partners are engaging partners and leading safer infrastructures around the world.In this issue: Launch of SR4S interactive tool to share global safety upgrade...
Mark your diary and set aside your travel budget: We’re off to Prague in 2023!
The 2023 iRAP Innovation Workshop will be held 5-6 October 2023 at the Prague Congress Centre, Czech Republic. It is being held in association with the XXVIITH World Road Congress from 2-6 October being organised by PIARC (World Road Association) and the Czech Road...
UK’s Crash Risk Mapping Annual Results 2022 released – Now is the time to invest in safer mobility for all road users
Economic policies for appraising investment in travel are outdated, they prioritise quick and convenient car travel and do not reflect modern safe and sustainable values. It is time to re-focus to offer safe, sustainable and inclusive mobility for all road users,...
Celebrating Gold, Silver and Bronze and Honorable mentions at the International Safety Media Awards 2022!
We are delighted to announce that iRAP and our represented partners have received several International Safety Media Awards for 2022. The International Safety Media Awards were officially presented on the last day of the 14th World Conference on Injury Prevention...
Project PHOEBE for safer urban environments kicks off with Horizon Europe funding
Project PHOEBE will seek to build on the strengths of both iRAP’s road safety assessment tools and AIMSUN’s simulation and Artificial Intelligence for future mobility tools to deliver harmonised, integrated and world-leading safety prediction tools that take account...
Coffee and Connect shares 5-minute learnings and the global round-up
More than 36 leads of national road assessment programmes (RAPs) in 19 countries registered for Coffee and Connect today to hear 5-minute learnings, challenges and successes of four RAPs in Tanzania, Brazil, Australia and European countries as well as global and...
Event Summary: World Safety 2022
iRAP was proud to be a part of Safety 2022: The 14th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion last week in Adelaide, Australia, showcasing the vital importance of safe road infrastructure to achieving the Global SDGs to halve road deaths and injuries...
2,500km assessment underway in Mozambique
The National Roads Administration (ANE - Administração Nacional de Estradas) has commenced a 2,500km iRAP assessment in Mozambique funded by World Bank and supported by iRAP Accredited Supplier FRED Engineering. The main objectives of the project include: to...
iRAP’s Global Technical Director participates in Annual POLIS Conference – Brussels 2022
On Wednesday 30 November, James Bradford iRAP’s Global Technical Director moderated a session at the POLIS Conference in Brussels. Each year, the POLIS Conference provides an opportunity for cities and regions to showcase their transport achievements to a large...
Do you have a passion for safe mobility and experience in road infrastructure safety? We are looking for a Safer Journeys Lead for Africa!
iRAP is looking for a collaborative and enthusiastic person with a passion for safe mobility and experience in road infrastructure safety to join our team. In this newly created role, the Safer Journeys Lead for Africa will work with a range of partners to create...
Welcome to the newest AiRAP accredited supplier – TomTom Global Content B.V.
We are delighted to announce that the Dutch company TomTom has received AiRAP attribute accreditation for its methods to produce road attribute data from TomTom MN-R data in accordance with iRAP specifications. The new source data can be used to produce 7 road...
New ViDA feature – Speed range charts now accessible.
We are pleased to inform you that the Speed range charts in Star Rating Demonstrator have been further enhanced to help explore the charts in detail. The charts now have an expand icon in the top right corner.When you click the expand icon, it opens a modal of each...
iRAP CEO joins Aleatica Foundation Consultative Council for Road Safety
We are delighted to announce that iRAP CEO Rob McInerney has been appointed as a member of the Aleatica Foundation Consultative Council for Road Safety. Rob’s experience and expertise will help guide the Foundation’s efforts for greatest road safety impact in priority...
iRAP and Aleatica Foundation sign MOU for Road Safety in Mexico
The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) and the Aleatica Foundation for Road Safety have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together to reduce Mexico’s road injury burden through the organization of projects and programs to increase...
CycleRAP presented at the Micromobility Conference 2022 – Introducing an infrastructure risk evaluation model for cyclists
On Friday 25 November, iRAP’s Global Innovation Manager and Cities Specialist Monica Olyslagers spoke at the Micromobility Conference 2022, in Sydney, Australia. Monica introduced CycleRAP to the Australian audience in her 5 minute presentation ‘Introducing an...
New Urban Countermeasures available in ViDA – watch pre-recorded webinar to find out more!
Last week, over 70 people from around the world attended the Demonstration of Urban Investment Plans webinar – the majority of attendees were from the UK however there was also representation from Japan, Thailand, Zambia, USA, Bolivia, Denmark, Georgia, Uganda and...
SABRINA project, “Safer Bicycle Routes in the Danube Region Final Conference Summary
Press release: How can we have safer cycling routes in the Danube area?Bucharest, 23 November 2022 The final conference of the SABRINA project, "Safer Bicycle Routes in the Danube Region", an event organised in cooperation with the European Strategy for the Danube...
iRAP CEO joins the Re:act Advisory Group – raising awareness of road safety issues facing 16-25 yo
In November 2022, iRAP CEO joined the Re:act Advisory Group. Re:act is a program that challenges university and college students to raise awareness of road safety issues facing 16-25 year olds, change behaviours and make all road users safe. Since 2016, the annual...
You’re invited: Get up-to-date on Road Safety in Africa and the implementation of National Frameworks for 2030
iRAP partners are encouraged to attend the upcoming "Consultative Workshop for African Road Safety: Develop and Implement National Road Safety Frameworks for the Decade 2021-2030" to be hosted online on 30 November from 11:00 – 14:00 EAT (9:00 – 12:00 CET) by...