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The International Road Assessment Programme or iRAP assesses roads all over the world and aims to significantly reduce road casualties by improving the safety of road infrastructure.
iRAP was formed in 2006 as an umbrella organisation for
EuroRAP
European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) is an international nonprofit ( vzw) organisation registered in Belgium. It operates from Worting House, Basingstoke, Hampshire.
In partnership with national motoring organisations and local autho ...
, usRAP and AusRAP and also to facilitate work in middle and low income countries.
In 2006 and 2007 four pilot studies in Malaysia, Chile, Costa Rica and South Africa have been undertaken. These studies showed that road assessment is also helpful in developing countries. High-risk roads where large numbers are killed or seriously injured are inspected and affordable programmes of
safety engineering
Safety engineering is an engineering discipline which assures that engineered systems provide acceptable levels of safety. It is strongly related to industrial engineering/systems engineering, and the subset system safety engineering. Safety eng ...
are identified. As the percentage of vulnerable road users, like pedestrians and two-wheelers among the road deaths is high in those countries, iRAP focuses on measures to improve road design especially for these users.
The pilot studies have been supported by national motoring organisations, authorities and by teams that have been formed as part of
EuroRAP
European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) is an international nonprofit ( vzw) organisation registered in Belgium. It operates from Worting House, Basingstoke, Hampshire.
In partnership with national motoring organisations and local autho ...
, usRAP and AusRAP.
Pilot projects
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
* 46% of road deaths are pedestrians and 10% are cyclists (2004) source: iRAP
* usRAP team coordinates the work in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
* regional team consists of ACCHI (Chilean Automobile Club), AAAFTS ( American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety), MRI (
Midwest Research Institute
MRIGlobal is an American independent, not-for-profit, contract research organization based in Kansas City, Missouri, with regional offices in Virginia and Maryland. In addition to its own research laboratories, MRIGlobal operates research faciliti ...
), ISU (
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the ...
), RACC (Spanish Automobile Club)
* 2500 km of roads have been inspected (18% of paved national roads)
* inspections included 6 of 13 regions in Chile
Costa Rica
* 57% of road deaths are pedestrians (2005) source: iRAP
* usRAP team coordinates the work in Costa Rica
* regional team consists of ACCR (Automobile Club Costa Rica), AAAFTS ( American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety), MRI (
Midwest Research Institute
MRIGlobal is an American independent, not-for-profit, contract research organization based in Kansas City, Missouri, with regional offices in Virginia and Maryland. In addition to its own research laboratories, MRIGlobal operates research faciliti ...
), ISU (
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the ...
), RACC (Spanish Automobile Club)
* project supported by Cosevi (Road Safety Council) and by the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation
* 2500 km of roads have been inspected (58% of paved national highway network).
* parts of the
Pan American Highway
The Pan-American Highway (french: (Auto)route panaméricaine/transaméricaine; pt, Rodovia/Auto-estrada Pan-americana; es, Autopista/Carretera/Ruta Panamericana) is a network of roads stretching across the Americas and measuring about in to ...
(Routes 1 and 2) from
Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the countr ...
to
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...
has been included in the inspections
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
* 66% of road deaths are motorcyclists (2006) source: iRAP
* AusRAP team coordinates the work in
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
* regional team consists of AAM (Automobile Association Malaysia), JKJR (Road Safety Department), AAA (
Australian Automobile Association
The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) was established in 1924. The AAA is the peak organisation for Australia's motoring clubs and their eight million members, and advances the interests of all road users across Australia to ensure land tra ...
), ARRB Group
* project supported by Ministry of Works and Ministry of Transport, JKR (Public Works Department), LLM (
Malaysian Highway Authority
The Malaysian Highway Authority ( ms, Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia, LLM) is a statutory body under the Malaysian Ministry of Works (MOW). The agency was founded on 24 October 1980 by the Highway Authority of Malaysia (Incorporation) Act 1980 to mo ...
), MIROS (Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research), JPJ (
Malaysian Road Transport Department
The Road Transport Department Malaysia, ( Malay: ''Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan Malaysia'', abbreviated JPJ), is a government department under the Malaysian Ministry of Transport. This department is responsible for issuing Malaysian number plates. It ...
),
Royal Malaysian Police
The Royal Malaysia Police (often abbreviated RMP) ( ms, Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM)), is a (primarily) uniformed national and federal police force in Malaysia. The force is a centralised organisation. Its headquarters are located at Bukit Ama ...
, PLUS & MTD (Toll road operators), UPM (
Universiti Putra Malaysia
University of Putra Malaysia ( Malay: ''Universiti Putra Malaysia''), abbreviated as UPM, is a Malaysian public research university located in Serdang, Selangor. Formerly it was named Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (Agricultural University o ...
), IKRAM (Institut Kerja Raya Malaysia)
* over 3000 km of roads have been inspected (5% of Malaysia's paved roads)
* Express Tollway (E1, E2, E8) and Federal Roads (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F8, F67, F68, F76) have been inspected
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
* 42% of road deaths are pedestrians (2006) source: iRAP
*
EuroRAP
European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) is an international nonprofit ( vzw) organisation registered in Belgium. It operates from Worting House, Basingstoke, Hampshire.
In partnership with national motoring organisations and local autho ...
team coordinates the work together with
ADAC
ADAC, officially the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (), is Europe's largest motoring association. ADAC is the largest club (Verein) in Germany with around 21 million members. It would be more aptly described today as an individual mo ...
* regional team consists of AASA (Automobile Association South Africa), TRL (
Transport Research Laboratory
TRL Limited, trading as TRL (formerly Transport Research Laboratory) is an independent private company offering a transport consultancy and research service to the public and private sector. Originally established in 1933 by the UK Government ...
),
ADAC
ADAC, officially the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (), is Europe's largest motoring association. ADAC is the largest club (Verein) in Germany with around 21 million members. It would be more aptly described today as an individual mo ...
and SWECO
* 2100 km of roads in Kwazulu-Natal have been inspected (4% of South Africa's paved roads)