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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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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...

Under spotlight at world’s largest mobility expo

We are delighted to join the Autonomy Mobility World Expo (AMWE) in Paris this week from 22-23 March, the world’s largest platform for sustainable mobility solutions. Star Rating for Schools and the YEA app will be on show, along with iRAP partner innovation making...

New! SR4S launches new tools to support school assessments

Enhanced Star Rating for Schools mobile app now available for Android and iOS We are thrilled to announce the launch of the new SR4S mobile app. It supports the data collection process for school assessments and works in combination with the SR4S web app. The new SR4S...

Youth Engagement App now integrated into SR4S web app

In exciting developments, iRAP has integrated results from the YEA (Youth Engagement App), recording road safety perceptions of students travelling to and from school, into Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) assessments to provide a more comprehensive picture of the...

Come see us at the Global Alliance of NGOs Meeting, El Salvador

We are looking forward to sharing the life-saving impact of Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) and roads made safer world-wide thanks to the inspiring work of road safety NGOs at next week’s Global Meeting of the Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety in El Salvador. With the...

iRAP and Prudence Foundation Announce Partnership to Improve Safety for School Children Around the World

The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) today announced that Prudence Foundation, the community investment arm of Prudential Plc, has become a Global Programme Partner in the Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) programme. In this collaboration, Prudence...

Launch of the AI&Me Youth Engagement App encourages young voices to champion safer mobility in Vietnam

As part of our innovative Big Data road safety project, AI&Me: Empowering youth for safer roads, we are excited to launch the Youth Engagement App (YEA) pilot in Ho Chi Minh City, Pleiku City, and Yen Bai starting December 2022 to January 2023. The launch engages...

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...

KRSD Trust and Lea Primary School, Nigeria video receives an Honorable mention in the International Safety Media Awards 2022

HONORABLE MENTION in the Short Video category for Star Rating for Schools - KRSD Trust and Lea Primary School, Nigeria video We are delighted to announce that SR4S and our represented partners have an Honorable mention at the International Safety Media Awards for...

SR4S features in FIA Foundation Annual Report 2022

Our major donor the FIA Foundation has just released their 2022 report which once again highlights some of the Star Rating for Schools’ significant achievements. The FIA Foundation reports on its charitable activities in 2022, including participating in the first UN...

Zugdidi City Municipality (Georgia) set 30km/h speed limit around school zones

Image credit: EASST Original article published by EASST here Municipal authorities in the Georgian region of Zugdidi are in the process of setting 30km/h speed limits around all school zones in the municipality. 40 school zones in Zugdidi city have already had new...

Tres Cantos Council (Spain) launches ‘Safe School Roads’ project, resulting in infrastructure improvements

Image credit: Tres Cantos City Council Project Background: During the 2021-2022 school year, Royal Automobile Club of Spain (RACE) has designed and implemented, together with the FIA Foundation, the Road Safety Plan “Caminos Escolares Seguros” in the Madrid...

Youth Engagement App training launch allows young voices to champion safer mobility

Image credits: AIP Foundation As part of the AIP Foundation’s innovative Big Data road safety program, AI&Me: Empowering youth for safer roads, AIP Foundation, iRAP and the Ministry of Transport (MOT) hosted the first hands-on training of the Youth Engagement APP...

FIA School Assessment Toolkit presented at the first COFO Road Safety Meeting in Poland

Image credit (above and right): Rafaela Machado, iRAP Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) Global Programme Coordinator Rafaela Machado had the opportunity to attend the first ever FIA Region I Coordination Forum for Eastern and Central European Countries (COFO) Road Safety...

National and local governments in central Vietnam receive two prestigious international awards for prioritizing safe school zones to safeguard every child’s journey to school

Image credit: AIP Foundation Original content from AIP Foundation: www.aip-foundation.org/national-and-local-governments-in-central-vietnam-receive-two-prestigious-international-awards-for-prioritizing-safe-school-zones-to-safeguard-every-childs-journey-to-school/ For...

Star Rating for Schools interactive tool to share global safety upgrade insights

We are excited to announce the launch of a new ‘Safe Schools Tracker’ – a Star Ratings for Schools (SR4S) interactive report that shares insights about how safety around schools is being improved. SR4S is an evidence-based tool for measuring, managing and...

India’s National Dialogue on Road Safety for Children

IndiaRAP Technical Manager Jigesh Bhavsar presented at a National Dialogue on Road Safety for Children Workshop in Delhi today, marking the occasion of National Engineers Day in the country. The one-day workshop drew leading road safety stakeholders committed to...

Show me the way: Big Data reveals highest-risk schools in Vietnam

In three Vietnamese cities homing over 9 million people, how can we begin to identify the highest risk school zones and the children who use them daily to tackle the leading killer of youth – road traffic crashes. The answer? Big Data. A Big Data Screening Methodology...

FIA Americas Congress focusses on road safety and shares SR4S outcomes in the region

Original article from FIA Foundation - www.fiafoundation.org/news/latin-america-fia-congress-focuses-on-road-safety The FIA Foundation joined mobility and sport clubs from across North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, for the FIA Americas Congress in...

New Report Promotes Walking and Cycling in Africa

A new Walking and Cycling in Africa Report shares critical evidence (including iRAP data) and good practice (such as Star Rating for Schools) for governments and decision makers to inspire action to retain, protect and enable people that walk and cycle. “This report...

Attention USA partners! $5 billion in US Grants available until 15 September

A new SS4A Grant Scheme is delivering $5 billion in funding over five years to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries in the United States and Star Rating for Schools can beautifully support project applications. The new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A)...

Global Youth Advocate leads innovative Workshop in Indonesia as part of GRSLC Fellowship

Roadside surveys conducted in teams, role played appeals to decision-makers, and a social media challenge, were all part of an innovative "Safer Roads Save our Lives" Workshop held last Saturday in Indonesia coinciding with International Day of Youth. Nearly 60...

New Policymakers’ Toolkit to support youth engagement

Youth for Road Safety (YOURS) has released a new Policymakers’ Toolkit, a unique advocacy document that will help iRAP partners, policymakers and decision-makers to meaningfully engage with young people for improved road safety. Tragically, road traffic injuries have...

Star Rating for Schools July 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: How to get started UN High-level Meeting for Road Safety brings...

Partnership for Road Safety use SR4S to identify and assess high risk schools in Georgia

Image credit: EASST Original article published by EASST With the support of the FIA Road Safety Grants Programme and the FIA Foundation, EASST have been working with local partners in Georgia – Partnership for Road Safety and the Georgian FIA Club, the Georgian Motor...

UN High-level Meeting for Road Safety brings world leaders together for a Decade of Action and Delivery

Image credit: Global Alliance of NGO's for Road Safety iRAP Partners’ work in more than 100 countries and the critical need for high-level prioritisation of safe road infrastructure were key focusses of the UN High-level Meeting on Road Safety, held from 30 June to 1...

Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) – The Case of Zamboanga and Valenzuela Cities in the Philippines – featured in Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies

Authors from University of the Philippines Diliman Abstract: This study uses the tool developed by the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) called “Star Rating for Schools” or SR4S. It is a systematic and evidence-based tool for assessing and managing the...

Cities4Children meets and launches publication at World Urban Forum 11

Image credit: Cities 4 Children Alliance In June, iRAP joined the Cities 4 Children Alliance members in Katowice, Poland to discuss the next phase of the Alliance. The alliance is an interdisciplinary network of 27 organisations working together to ensure that child...

RACE and the FIA Foundation launch “Safe School Journeys”

Image credit: RACE Original article published by RACE During the 2021-2022 school year, RACE has designed and implemented, together with the FIA Foundation, the Road Safety Plan "Caminos Escolares Seguros" in the Madrid municipalities of Guadalix de la Sierra and Tres...

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