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To mark the start of the United Nations Global Road Safety Week, a new €15 million Advocacy Hub for safe streets has been launched by the FIA Foundation to support the policy change needed to limit speeds to 30 km/h (20 mph) on streets where children walk, live and...

The SR4S website has just been updated and is now available for instant translation in multi-languages to improve user experience. The content is now available in 5 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Hindi. To view the SR4S website in the appropriate...

26 May 2021 iRAP delivered a SR4S Train the Trainer course to member organisations of the SR4S Lead Partner Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety. This was an exclusive training opportunity for SR4S Lead Partners, to help them empower local partners with the use of...

Across the United States of America, child pedestrians are facing unsafe streets on their way to and from school. As part of the United Nations Global Road Safety Week, the Child Injury Prevention Alliance (CIPA) hosted a webinar on May 18, covering Star Rating for...

As part of the Youth Stars programme, Master Trainers delivered a four-week training for members of the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety to understand, use, and apply the SR4S methodology and its tools to rate school zones in their communities. Each week from 15...

Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST) recently celebrated with stakeholders the launch of road improvements completed at Kamanga Primary and Matero Secondary School. Children and the community have now safer journeys to school with speed humps, bridges, bollards, zebra...

We are delighted to announce we will be participating at Autonomy Digital 2.0, The world’s largest platform for sustainable mobility solutions held online over the 19 – 20 May 2021.

Ahora hay una variedad de materiales de Clasificación por estrellas para escuelas disponibles en español: Kit de herramientas de evaluación escolar de la FIA -school-assessment-toolkit.fia-grants.com/es/ Aprenda a su propio ritmo - curso de video SR4S - Registrarse...

The 2021 iRAP Peter Kissinger Award recipients were announced last month in a virtual celebration attended by Peter’s wife Willie and best friend Dave Anderson. In recognition of his great contribution to iRAP and global road safety, the Peter Kissinger annual...

A Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation video highlights safer school zone results in school 107 in La Paz, Canelones, Uruguay, informed by the SR4S app. The upgrades are the result of a project partnership between the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation, Department of Canelones and...

Star Rating for Schools calls on its partners and the community worldwide to support the 6th United Nations Global Road Safety Week (UNGRSW) #StreetsForLife #Love30 campaign which is now live. Addressing the risk of death in road traffic is fundamental to achieve...

As the 4th and final Global Coalition for Road Safety Capacity Development Programme Series on Star Rating for Schools wrapped up, Master Training were asked to talk about their experience with the Star Rating for Schools methodology. Thanks to YOURS - Youth for Road...

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: Undertaking SR4S assessments in COVID-19 context FIA School...

The FIA have just announced that their FIA Road Safety Grants Programme will prioritise funding to school zone upgrades through the FIA School Assessment Programme. The FIA School Assessment Toolkit is an online repository with the relevant actions and documents to...

In the Philippines, there are around 35 road crash fatalities happening per day or an estimated 12,690 fatalities in a year. To tackle this issue, UNICEF Philippines, Safe Kids Worldwide Philippines (SKWP), University of the Philippines - National Center for...

SR4S’s Global Programme Partner 3M has been leading discussion on safe school zones across Latin-American countries. A core team has been defined in Latin-America, trained on SR4S and is now contacting relevant stakeholders at local and national levels to trigger...

The FIA School Assessment Toolkit has been released in Spanish. Previously available in English only, it is a web-portal for FIA Clubs around the world, to improve the safety of school journeys in their local communities. It provides over 30 documents to support FIA...

Three Botswana schools have been upgraded as part of the "Too Young to Die" Programme and following SR4S assessments in June 2019. This Road Safety project was implemented by Emergency Assist 991 in partnership with FIA Foundation and Society Of Road Safety...

As part of the Botnar Child Road Safety Challenge, the South African Road Federation (SARF) has partnered with the Mogale City Municipality and 3M South Africa to upgrade schools in Mogale City. The project started in 2017, aiming to improve the safety of young people...

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has reached a major milestone with road modifications at 7 schools through the Walk This Way (WTW) program, supported by FedEx and implemented by AIP Foundation. At the end of 2020, Government representatives, school administrators, and AIP...

The Touring & Automobile Club de Colombia (ACC) has been working with local partners to improve safety of children walking to school in Bogota. Four schools have been selected for the pilot project with SR4S assessments. Colegio Agustiniano Norte was particularly...

The Automobile Club of Uruguay (ACU) has partnered with United Paper Mills (UPM) to ensure safe journeys to school in Uruguay. UPM is planning the construction of a nursery, in which seedlings will be sown and grown, for planting in areas defined by the environmental...

The Youth Stars programme is in its second-year planning to deliver support to a coalition of young leaders across the world. Youth Stars Master Trainers have attended a Training of Trainer delivered by iRAP and have been empowered to improve safety around educational...

As part of the framework for reopening schools, ensuring safe and healthy school journeys will be essential to protecting children’s safety, education and wellbeing not only in the school but also on their way to school. In preparation for the reopening of schools,...