Star rating roads for safety: the iRAP methodology

By building on the work of Road Assessment Programmes (RAP) in the developed world (EuroRAP, AusRAP and usRAP) and with the expertise of leading road safety research organisations worldwide, including ARRB Group (Australia), TRL (United Kingdom), the Midwest Research Institute (United States) and MIROS (Malaysia), iRAP has developed four globally-consistent protocols to assess and improve the safety of roads. The focus of this report is on one of these protocols, Star Ratings. The approach of Star Rating and subsequent development of Safer Roads Investment Plans represents a systematic approach to road infrastructure design and renewal based on research about where severe crashes are likely and predictable.

• Record URL:
  • http://new.irap.org/library/doc_details/49-star-rating-roads-for-safety-the-irap-methodology.html?tmpl=component
• Record URL:
  • http://www.irap.net/about-irap-3/methodology?download=32:irap504-04-star-rating-roads-for-safety
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• Corporate Authors:

  International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP)

  Basingstoke,    

  International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP)

  ,    
• Publication Date: 2009-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 25p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway design; Highway safety; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road safety (engineering and vehicles)
• ATRI Terms: Crash countermeasure; Road design; Road safety; Safety audit
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01384757
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 4:53PM