The “Star Rating” of
roads for safety has
now arrived in the UK.

Some 7,000km of national and local authority main roads have been inspected with some unexpected, and in a number of cases, startling, results.

Conference Pressroom.

The EuroRAP International Conference 2007 Pressroom resources and news articles.

NEWS RELEASE
STAR SYSTEM RATES THE SAFETY OF UK ROADS.
The first report, launched today, using a new star-rating system for the safety of roads classifies over 40 per cent of the UK’s A-roads to be inadequate and no better than two star.

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VIDEO STILLS OF ROADS WITH DIFERENT STAR RATINGS
These images are taken from the "Star Rating Roads for Safety" Report above.

POOR SIDE SCORE – click to download

POOR MEDIAN SCORE – click to download

POOR JUNCTION SCORE – click to download

RAISING SIDE SCORE – click to download

RAISING MEDIAN SCORE – click to download

RAISING JUNCTION SCORE – click to download

Newsflash
New Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick MP to address conference.



EuroRAP AISBL is an international not-for-profit association registered in Belgium
iRAP, the International Road Assessment Programme, is grateful for the support of the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility

The EuroRAP programme is enabled in the UK and Ireland by the Road Safety Foundation, Charity registered in England no 295573

The EuroRAP pilot inspection surveys of UK roads was co-sponsored by the Highways Agency and the IAM Motoring Trust
(the research and advocacy arm of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, Charity registered in England no 249002)