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Our vision is a world where children travel safely to and from school

WE ALL WANT THE BEST FOR OUR KIDS …

Each day 500 children are killed in preventable traffic crashes around the world. Sometimes they are killed just yards from the school entrance.

Each traffic death and injury violates a child’s right to an education.

Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) is an evidence-based tool for measuring, managing and communicating the risk children are exposed to on a journey to school. It supports quick interventions that save lives and prevent serious injuries from day one.

The United Nations has included road safety in its Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.6. SR4S is key to meeting these global targets for child and adolescent pedestrians.

SR4S was awarded a prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Award in December 2018, recognising the application’s huge potential to reduce risk and save the lives of pedestrians worldwide.

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Improving the Safety of School Zones across FIA Region II

Image credit: AIP Foundation Road crashes continue to be the leading cause of death for young people aged 5-29 years. In low-and-middle-income countries where road crash rates are three times higher than high-income countries, the danger to our youth is even more...

Youth Participation in School Safety Zones Assessment: A Case Study in Indonesia

A peer reviewed paper has been published in the Journal of Road Safety (Vol. 34, Issue 2, 2023) titled 'Youth Participation in School Safety Zones Assessment: A Case Study in Indonesia' and authored by Estiara Ellizar, Sukma Larastiti, Titis Efrindu Bawono, Windu...

Safer School Zone improvements celebrated in Zimbabwe

In a recent LinkedIn post, Youth Advocate Tendekayi Marapara celebrated the implementation of road improvements around a local primary school as part of the Safer School Zones project, implemented in Zimbabwe. A video summarising the project and its importance to the...

TKA undertake SR4S assessments to understand safety around Lithuanian schools

Image credit: Alexander Farnsworth (iStock) Information extracted from original article in online publication delfi.lt – click here for the article in Lithuanian On average, 495 school-age children (ages 7-18) are injured in traffic crashes every year. During the...

Peru awarded honourable mention for SR4S project

Image credit: Myriam Borzee (iStock) Information extracted from original information listed on limacomovamos.org – click here for the details in Spanish. In the Good Urban Management Category, the Ministry of Transport and Communications has been awarded an Honourable...

Portugal’s National Strategy for Active Pedestrian Mobility 2030 recommends Star Rating for Schools to assess safety and walkability

Image credit: iRAP In the Resolution of the Council of Ministers 67/2023 Portugal dated 7 July, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers released Portugal's new National Strategy for Active Pedestrian Mobility 2030 and determined the creation of a project group for...

Implementation of Safe School Zone in the Condado sector (Ecuador)

Image credit: quitoinforma.gob.ec Information extracted from original article in online publication quitoinforma.gob.ec – click here for the article in Spanish In a formal ceremony on May 9, the Metropolitan Public Company of Mobility and Public Works (Epmmop) in...

A global road safety program that seeks to protect children in their school environments arrives in Chile

Image credit: Automóvil Club de Chile Information extracted from original article in online publication latercera.com – click here for the article in Spanish The Star Rating for School programme will be executed by Automóvil Club de Chile (ACC) and the first...

A road safety journey from a SR4S Youth Leader

Image credit: Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety Written by Tendekayi Marapara (taken from LinkedIn Post) My road safety journey- Part 1Often, people have asked me, "Why road safety? Is it what you studied?" Here is my short story:2018 Internship: I was involved...

8 projects funded for safer school streets – FIA Road Safety Grants announced

Image credit: FIA The FIA has announced the recipients of their 2023 Road Safety Grants Programme in four streams, including to clubs to support safer school journeys. Eight projects will implement the FIA School Assessment Toolkit, three will promote Helmet and...

iRAP receives Google support to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Road Safety

MEDIA RELEASE EMBARGO: September 12, 2023 6am EST, 11am UK time, 5pm Vietnam, 8pm Brisbane Download full media release here Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI), iRAP’s Star Rating for Schools and AiRAP partnerships will be scaled up to provide 3-star or better...

What makes a 3-star or better school journey?

Every four minutes, a child dies in a traffic crash around the world. Many others are permanently injured. Children walking to school are particularly vulnerable. In many countries, most crashes involving children happen within 500m from the school, many of them at...

Global Alliance member HOVITA used SR4S assessments for a ‘Scaling up Advocacy for Safe School Zone Uganda – Gulu City Pilot Project’

Excerpt from Global Review on Road Traffic Safety and Successful Establishment of Safe School Zones Safe Environment for Children Report Page 14: 3.2.1 Scaling Up Advocacy For Safe School Zone Uganda- Gulu City Pilot Project Hope for Victims of Traffic Accidents...

Speed management infrastructure piloted to support new 30km/h speed limit rules around schools in Moldova (EASST)

Image credit (Above): Automobile Club of Moldova (ACM) Original article from EASST Last September, the Government of the Republic of Moldova approved amendments to the National Road Regulations mandating that all school zones should have a default maximum speed limit...

Want to help make journeys to school safe? We’re recruiting a Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) Coordinator

iRAP is looking for a collaborative and enthusiastic person with a passion for safe mobility and experience in road safety to coordinate the global Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) program. Road crashes are the major cause of death of young people aged 5-24 years old....

New SR4S model will go live on Tuesday June 27

You may have seen the news that we are updating the SR4S model. The model review was performed under the guidance of iRAP Global Technical Committee to ensure SR4S reflects the latest research, evidence and experience of partners around the world using the tool. SR4S...

UNRSF 2022 Annual Report launches with SR4S Partner projects featured

Star Rating for Schools partner work was celebrated in the UN Road Safety Fund 2022 Annual Report: Local Actions, Global Impacts launched on 25 May at a hybrid media event held during the ITF Summit in Leipzig Case stories in the Report feature results from the Fund’s...

3M extends support of SR4S as Global Programme Partner for two more years

Building on an existing 3-year partnership supporting the SR4S vision of a world where children travel safely to and from school, 3M announced that it will continue to support SR4S as a Global Programme Partner for two additional years. The partnership began in 2020...

Star Rating for Schools May 2023 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: Enhancements coming to the SR4S model – here is what you need to know...

Enhancements coming to the Star Rating for Schools model – all the information you need to know

SR4S (Star Rating for Schools) has been used by partners in 63 countries to assess the risk children are exposed to on their school journeys. iRAP is now updating the SR4S model, under the guidance of iRAP Global Technical Committee, to ensure SR4S reflects the latest...

UNICEF Paraguay – Students analysed road safety in the school environment

Image credit: UNICEF Paraguay Students from the Paraguay Pyahu school in Caaguazú recently attended a workshop supported by the Paraguayan Touring and Automobile Club and UNICEF. They analysed road safety around the school, supported by the SR4S app, and proposed...

Four school zones in Georgia get a ‘5 Star’ upgrade informed by SR4S App

The FIA Road Safety Grants Programme and the FIA Foundation have together supported the Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport (EASST), Partnership for Road Safety (PfRS), and the Georgian Automobile Sport Federation (GASF) to upgrade four school zones in...

Missed the first #RAPKnowledgeLive session? Watch the recording on the Youth Engagement App for safer school journeys here!

On Tuesday 18 April 2023, over 50 delegates across the world attended our first ever monthly #RAPKnowledge session on the recently released Youth Engagement App (YEA). In this session we covered: how the free app works; how it’s capturing student road safety...

Thiago de Moraes Gonzaga Foundation launches collaborative platform to protect children and adolescents

Image caption: Thiago Gonzaga Foundation presenting the platform during the Eighth Global Meeting of Nongovernmental Organizations Advocating for Road Safety and Road Victims, in El Salvador Thiago de Moraes Gonzaga Foundation has launched a new collaborative platform...

FIA Road Safety Grants Programme 2023 is open

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) has launched the 2023 Road Safety Grants Programme. The FIA Road Safety Grants Programme enables Clubs to address road safety at a local level and support the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety. The FIA Mobility...

New school safety zone built through collaboration with 3M Indonesia: A youth initiative

Image credit (above): Estiara Ellizar In Bandung City, Indonesia, a new school safety zone at Junior High has increased safety from 2- to 5-stars, impacting more than 800 students and 5,000 nearby residents, thanks to a collaboration between 3M Indonesia, Global Youth...

NASA Nepal leads a pioneering ‘Safe School Zone’ campaign using SR4S assessments

Image credit (above and right): NASA Nepal The Nepal Automobiles’ Association (NASA Nepal) has recently completed a pioneering campaign called ‘Safe School Zone’ - a first-ever Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) campaign in Nepal. The campaign has been implemented...

It’s time to #RethinkMobility: Support UN Global Road Safety Week

Star Rating for Schools and our partners are proud to support this year’s 7th UN Global Road Safety Week from 15-21 May with the theme #RethinkMobility. Road traffic injures are a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, with around 1.3 million people killed...

SR4S Lead Partners reunite in El Salvador

As part of the Eighth Global Meeting of Nongovernmental Organizations Advocating for Road Safety and Road Victims (Global Meeting), Star Rating for Schools partners gathered in El Salvador on the 6th of March, 2023. During the meeting, iRAP presented where the SR4S...

SR4S training in the Philippines – creating safer journeys for school children

Image credit (above and below): UP NCTS The University of Philippines (UP) National Centre for Transportation Studies (NCTS), in collaboration with ImagineLaw, conducted a training session on Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) in Cagayan De Oro City on March 17 2023. The...

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