Description/achievement of initiative
iRAP will work together with development bank, government, automobile club and toll road partners to create a world free of high risk roads:
One and two star roads will be eliminated from the world's highest volume road networks saving an estimated 1,700,000 deaths and serious injuries a year when achieved by all countries
Infrastructure-related risk for vehicle occupants, motorcyclists, pedestrians and bicyclists will be assessed on more than a million kilometers of road million kilometers of road
Capacity and knowledge in how to build, design and maintain safe and sustainable road networks will be developed on a global level
Implementation methodologies
iRAP will work in partnership with development bank, government and NGOs to:
support a global programme of partner countries committed to the elimination of one and two star roads for pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and vehicle occupants.
inspect high-risk roads and develop Risk Maps, Star Ratings and Safer Roads Investment Plans
develop safe new road designs through the setting of minimum star rating standards for new designs and inclusion of high-return viable design improvements
provide training, technology and support that will build and sustain national, regional and local capability
track road safety performance so that funding agencies can assess the benefits of their investments
Create and support professional networks between experts in all countries that will provide a sustainable model of mutual support for the delivery of safer roads
Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
Coordination mechanisms/governance structure
Partner(s)
International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP)
2012
