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The Municipality of Quito, through Epmmop and with the support Star Rating for Schools Global Programme Partner 3M, developed the safe school zone project in the area of ​​the Sixto Durán Ballén school.

The Star Rating for School programme will be executed by Automóvil Club de Chile (ACC) and the first intervention will be carried out in a school in the Lo Espejo commune, as part of a project to implement 200 school road safety improvements throughout the country in five years.

Tendekayi Marapara, a road safety advocate, shares his road safety journey- Part 1

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 Motorcycle Safety, five will deploy the ‘Drive in the Moment’ toolkit to fight Distracted Driving, and eight will focus on Partnership Support.

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...

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 of 30km/h. This policy change followed a 2 year advocacy campaign led by local NGO and EASST partner, the Automobile Club of Moldova (ACM)….

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....

School entrance of Gerehu Primary School was rated 1-star due to high speed limit and operating speed, lack of speed management measures and signages and markings (Image credit: PNG Road Traffic Authority's Road Safety Unit) The collaboration between UNICEF Papua New...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...