The International Road Assessment Programme www.irap.net

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TheInternational Road Assessment
Programmewww.irap.net
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This Presentation

• iRAP and its global programme
• The new Vaccines for Roads and tools
• Safe Road Infrastructure Programmes

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1. How RAP Grew Globally

• EuroRAP formed to sister EuroNCAP
• Response to
• 500,000 deaths in decade
• targets to cut deaths by 50
• vision zero
• 2 loss of GDP
• strategic agenda
• create large affordable programmes to fix roads

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From Arctic to MediterraneanEuroRAP quickly
spread from UK, NL, S to 30 countries
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RAP Down Under
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RAP in North America
15 states now Vision for all
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Low and Middle Income Countries
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iRAP and World Bank GRSF MoU

• 5-year MoU signed October 2006
• aim to have 40 states
• by 2011

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RAP Protocols
Policy eg -50
RAP
PerformanceMonitoring
Input for Methodology
Engineering and Assessment
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A Safe Road System
Road
Behaviour
Vehicle
a shared responsibility
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Managing Energy the human

• The human body cannot survive uncushioned
  impact of more than 40kph

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Its About Managing Energy

• The human body cannot survive uncushioned
  impact of more than 40kph

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Surviving More Than 70kph
A 4-star car alone cannot protect above
70kph. Legal speeds kill unless car and road
work as a system.
90 kph typical rural speed limit
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Managing Energy the road
2-star car, 4-star road - not enough
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Vision Zero
5-star road users 5-star vehicles 5-star roads
30 of Swedish mileage compliant, 3 deaths
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Crashes that Kill

1. Head-on crashes
2. Brutal side impacts at junctions
3. Run-off crashes with roadside objects
4. Pedestrians and cyclists hit at speed

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Reducing head on casualties
4-star single carriageway Central safety fences
on single carriageways - Swedish standard at
3,500 vpd the worlds safest road type
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Reducing Side Impact Casualties
Roundabouts, turning pockets
Vehicles are slowed turned. Impacts become
glancing blows.
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Reducing Run-off Casualties

• Crash barriers, deformable signs and
  lighting columns

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Reducing Casualties to the Vulnerable
footpaths crossings segregated lanes/space speed
management
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Safer Infrastructure

• self-explaining and forgiving roads
• effective, affordable, measures have ultra high
  returns

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Three RAP International Protocols

• 1. Risk Mapping
• showing outcomes- deaths/serious injuries
• 2. Star Rating
• maps showing inbuilt safety of infrastructure
• 3. Performance Tracking
• how much have deaths reduced?
• how much has inbuilt safety improved?

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Protocol 1 - Risk Mapping
Mapping risk of death and serious injury
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Protocol 2 -Performance Tracking (United Kingdom)
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Protocol 3 Star Rating

• Over 30 attributes important to safety every 100m

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Protocol 3 - Star Ratingover 100,000 km road
inspected
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2. The new Vaccines for Roads
Define the network
Road Inspections

• RPS and Star Rating

Apply Countermeasures
Apply Economic Test
Safe Road Infrastructure Programme
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Star Ratings
Car Occupants

• Car occupants
• Motorcyclists
• Pedestrians
• Bicyclists

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1 Fatal Roadside Crashes
Countermeasure Roadside Hazard Reduction
Length 1650 km
Cost USD 8 million
Serious Injuries Avoided 9,700
Program BCR 120
880 lives saved
Over 20 years
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2 Fatal Head-on Crashes
Countermeasure Capacity Improvements
Length 380 km
Cost USD 56 million
Serious Injuries Avoided 8,200
Program BCR 14
750 lives saved
Over 20 years
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Lives Saved Economic Benefit
Country Program BCR KSIs saved Casualty reduction
Malaysia 16 31,800 32
Costa Rica 22 14,700 17
Chile 32 19,400 44
South Africa 12 6,900 12
Lives Saved / km
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• EC supported European Road Safety Atlas
• national and regional networks inspected with
  governments
• rapid eastern growth
• Serbia model

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Eastern Southern Europe
Country Lead partner EuroRAP membership WB income status
Bosnia Herzegovina BIHAMK Nov 2007 LMC
FYRO Macedonia AMSS Nov 2007 LMC

Croatia HAK May 2005 UMC
Poland FRIL/PZM Nov 2006/Nov 2007 UMC
Montenegro AMSM May 2008 UMC
Serbia AMSS Nov 2007 UMC

Austria OEAMTC Oct 2003 HIC
Czech Republic UAMK May 2005 HIC
Hungary KTI Applying HIC
Greece ELPA Applying HIC
Slovenia AMZS Apr 2003 HIC
Slovak Republic SATC May 2005 HIC
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RRM RPS Comparison Slovakia

• Vaccines for Roads techniques and RRM used
  together

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iRAP Recommended Countermeasure Programme Top 6
Type Length KSIs Saved (20 years) Estimated Cost (20 years) Cost per KSI saved Programme BCR
Additional Lane 36km 574 1,974m Sk 175m Sk 11
Roadside Barrier Left 49km 351 1,205m Sk 95m Sk 13
Roadside Barrier Right 46km 337 1,158m Sk 89m Sk 13
Shoulder Sealing (gt1m) 46km 211 725m Sk 58m Sk 13
Footpath Provision (separated from road) 17km 120 413m Sk 23m Sk 18
Right Turn Lane Provision 14 sites 50 172m Sk 21m Sk 8
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Performance Tracking Analysis Czech Republic
2003-2005 2005-2007
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Croatia
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UK Example Benefits Costs

• Benefits
• 8bn, 0.5 of GDP
• 10,000 deaths and serious injuries
• Costs
• Easily affordable
• eg 6 of existing roads budget

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Make Safe Road Design a National Transport
Priority

• Beyond 2010, Europe needs formal systematic
• National Safe Road Infrastructure Programmes
• NB Dutch decision to eliminate EuroRAP 2-star
  roads

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