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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...