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GB EuroRAP Results 2010: Saving lives for less, identifying the network on which Britain's road deaths are concentrated Download 3.5MB	Jun-2010	This report provides the most comprehensive analysis of its type anywhere in the world. It shows not only that Britain can reduce road deaths and serious injuries, but that we can do so with high economic returns by targeting a relatively small mileage of high risk roads. This report shows that 50% of road deaths are concentrated on just one-tenth of Britain's road network and identifies those with risk 10 times higher than others. There are practical examples of how, with attention to detail as much as money, some authorities are slashing the toll of death and serious injury on high risk stretches by as much as 74%.Saving lives for less means we must be systematic in our attention to the way roads which we now know are high risk are detailed. With this report, authorities can share an understanding with the public about the busy high risk roads in their area and their plans to eliminate them through safer and cost-effective countermeasures.
Protect and Survive: Star Rating England's National Road Network for Safety Download 15MB	Jan-2010	These are the results of the EuroRAP Star Rating of the trunk roads in England. These roads are the responsibility of the Highways Agency. Ratings have been completed for the whole of the Highways Agency network in England. The report explains how the study was done, lists those roads in each category with the lowest Star Ratings and presents recommendations for action based on raising the standard of the road network as a whole, identifying priority routes and layouts and considering appropriate countermeasures.
Catalan Risk Mapping and Performance Tracking Results 2009 Download 8MB	Jan-2010	The RACC today released the latest EuroRAP Risk Mapping results for Catalonia, Spain.
Measuring and mapping the safety of Europe's roads: Pan-European Risk Map 2009 Download 1MB	Dec-2009	This zip file contains a series of maps showing the changing risk of death and serious injury that road users face across 140,000km of the major road network of 15 countries.
Star Rating Roads for Safety Download 1MB	Dec-2009	This report explains how EuroRAP road inspections are carried out, the infrastructure elements that are assessed as part of the survey and how these elements are combined to calculate the EuroRAP Road Protection Score and Star Ratings. The document is presented here to enable practitioners to understand and engage with the EuroRAP protocols. Comments on the document should be sent to icanhelp@eurorap.org.
Poland Risk Mapping (2006-2008) Download 18.7MB	Nov-2009	Zip containing the latest report and poster from Poland
Merjenje in kartiranje varnost Slovenije za ceste, poplavnih obmocij (in Slovenian) Download 8MB	Nov-2009	AMZS je danes sprostila najnovejsi EuroRAP Risk Mapping rezultate za Slovenija.
Measuring and mapping the safety of Slovenia's roads, risk maps 2006-2008 (in English) Download 8MB	Nov-2009	The AMZS today released the latest EuroRAP Risk Mapping results for Slovenia.
GB EuroRAP Results 2009: Measuring and mapping the safety of Britain's motorways and A roads Download 17.4MB	Jun-2009	This year's report provides the most comprehensive route by route analysis yet of the safety of Britain's roads, with over 2,700 individual sections covering the entire motorway and A road network.
05-Mar-2009 Polish Results The first EuroRAP Risk Mapping results on international roads in Poland presents a concerning picture. International roads are considered the safety of all road categories within the country but the first Risk Mapping results present a concerning picture. Between 2005 and 2007, the network accounted for over 3,000 crashes resulting in death and nearly 5,000 resulting in serious injury, equating to 17% of road casualties during the period. The network carries just 10% of traffic flow. Twenty one sections were found to have over 10 fatal and serious crashes every year. These sections therefore offer the largest potential for casualty reductions and show where action and investment should be targeted.
Part 1 - Results poster (in Polish) Download 4.9mb		Poland Risk Rate Map Results Poster
Part 2 - Results Report (in Polish) Download 1.8mb		Poland Risk Rate Map Results Report
05-Mar-2009 Polish Results Result launch presentations (in Polish)
Part 1 - Slide set 1 Download 313kb		Chances and hazards of the III European Road Safety Action Program realization. Ryszard Krystek - Foundation for Civil Engineering Development / Gdansk University of Technology
Part 2 - Slide set 2 Download 1mb		The EuroRAP Programme. Kazimierz Jamroz - Foundation for Civil Engineering Development / Gdansk University of Technology
Part 3 - Slide set 3 Download 3.5mb		The Risk Mapping of International Roads in Polan.d Kazimierz Jamroz - Foundation for Civil Engineering Development / Gdansk University of Technology
Part 4 - Slide set 4 Download 527kb		Road Safety in Poland 2008. Armand Konieczny - Road Traffic Office of the Polish National Police
Part 5 - Slide set 5 Download 993kb		System actions for road safety. Andrzej Grzegorczyk - Secretary of the National Road Safety Council
Part 6 - Slide set 6 Download 1.6mb		Road user safety. Ewa Ostaszewska - Polish Automobile and Motorcycle Federation
Part 7 - Slide set 7 Download 1.2mb		GDDKiA road safety activities for international roads. Jacek Gacparski - General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways
Part 8 - Slide set 8 Download 1.6mb		Assessment of vehicle safety in the framework of the EuroNCAP Programme. Jan Okulicz - Toyota Motor Poland
Catalonian Risk Mapping and Performance Tracking Results (in Catalan) Download 3.5MB	Dec-2008	The RACC today released the latest EuroRAP Risk Mapping results for Catalonia, Spain.
Spanish Risk Mapping and Performance Tracking Results (in Spanish) Download 7.2MB	Dec-2008	The RACC today released the latest EuroRAP Risk Mapping results for Spain.
Barriers to change: designing safe roads for motorcyclists Download 2.02MB	Dec-2008	This position paper is from the Motorcycle Safety Review Panel established by EuroRAP to look at safe road design for motorcyclists. The paper shows that motorcycle crashes cost the European economy billions annually and argues that the response is not proportionate to the scale of the problem. It examines crash barriers that routinely save the lives of car occupants but that can cause traumatic injury to motorcyclists. The Panel's work shows that simple measures, such as adding protection to barriers on tight curves where riders are more likely to be hurt, need to be systematically introduced on a large scale. This paper needs to be read by everyone who wants practical action on designing safer roads for motorcyclists.
International Road Safety Symposium Draft Provisional Programme Download 98KB	Oct-2008	The International Road Safety Symposium, Making Roads Safe...Towards Zero Fatalities on the Road will be held in Chania, Crete, on Wednesday 29 October 2008.
Prague Road Safety Conference Report Download 208KB	Oct-2008	This report, an extract from the UAMK club magazine, is a review of their recent Road Safety Conference, as well as an interview with John Dawson (in Czech).
Getting Ahead - Returning Britain to European leadership in road casualty reduction Download 1.2MB	Oct-2008	This paper reviews the astonishing returns that are now being achieved by simple safe road design changes such as sheltered turning lanes, safety fencing and road markings to make roads self-explaining and forgiving. It shows that it is possible to save 10,000 deaths and serious injuries a year worth 0.5% of GDP through a national Safe Road Infrastructure Programme initiative alone.
Slovakia Risk Rate Report Download 0.2MB	Sep-2008	This report contains information about the September 2008 release of EuroRAP Risk Rate Results from Slovakia (in Slovak).
EuroRAP Accounts 2007 Download 0.2MB	Sep-2008	This report contains financial statements for European Road Assessment Association AISBL including Auditors Reports and Balance Sheet.
EuroRAP in Ireland Download 2.8MB	May-2008	This report contains an update of the previously published risk rate map for the Island of Ireland. Based on historical collision data collected in the five year period from 2002 to 2006 inclusive, it shows roads and routes where the risk of injury or death is greatest. The report also contains the results of the first Star Rating assessment of selected roads, North and South, based on the EuroRAP Road Protection Score methodology, showing the safety built in to the road, based on how well its design would protect car occupants from severe injury in a collision.
Health Issues Raised by Poorly Maintained Road Networks Johan Granlund Download 5.32MB	Mar-2008	Northern European road users may be exposed to unacceptable health and safety risks, in terms of ride vibration and skid accidents. A case study has mapped such risks on the Beaver Road 331. The report demonstrates methods to efficiently prevent or reduce risks on similar roads.
ATENCION! TODOS SOMOS PEATONES RACC Download	Feb-2008	Una iniciativa del RACC en colaboracion con los ayuntamientos de Barcelona y Madrid por una movilidad mas segura de los peatones.
Updated Spanish Risk Mapping Results released RACC Download 734KB	Dec-2007	Estudio EuroRAP - Programa europeo de valoracion de carreteras
The EuroRAP International Conference 2007 The UK's first star rating results were revealed at the EuroRAP International Conference 2007 held in London on 3 December. The event provided an opportunity in the UK for professionals responsible for making roads safe to hear directly what star rating has to offer, and gave reports on EuroRAP results across Europe, and the new techniques making it possible for countries to upgrade the safety performance of whole networks systematically with high returns.
Part 1 - The EuroRAP Programme - an overview Download 3MB		John Dawson
Part 2 - Britain's First Star Rating Results Download 885KB		David Lynam
Part 3 - Star Rating for Roads? Download 615KB		Neil Grieg
Part 4 - How do you build a Safe Road System in which no-one dies? Download 106KB		Ake Larsson
Part 5 - Designing Cars for Vision Zero Download 3MB		Stephen Stacey
Part 6 - Saving 25,000 lives by 2010 - the EC Mid-Term Review and Draft Infrastructure Safety Directive Download 483KB		Sandro Francesconi
Part 7 - Tracking National Performance in Making Safer Roads Download 3MB		Dr Joanne Hill
Part 8 - In Pursuit of Transparency - Star Rating Results in Germany Download 1MB		Dr Norbert Klassen
Part 9 - RAP Star Rating Results in Spain, Costa Rica and Chile Download 3MB		Miquel Nadal
Part 10 - RAP Star Rating in Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia Download 3MB		John Metcalfe
Part 11 - Overview of the new RAP Tools Download 1.01MB		David Lynam OBE and Dr Suzanne Charman
Part 12 - Delivering Network Safety Upgrading Programme in Ireland Download 1MB		Harry Cullen
Part 13 - Delivering a Polish Network Safety Upgrading Programme Download 4MB		Prof Ryszard Krystek
Part 14 - The Opportunity for a UK Network Safety Upgrading Programme Download 8.9MB		Colin McKenna
Road Protection Score Results (UK) J Castle, D Lynam, J Martin, SD Lawson, N Klassen Download	Nov-2007	Star Rating Roads for Safety has now arrived in the UK. Some 7000km of national and local authority main roads have been inspected with some unexpected, and in a number of cases startling, results.
UK Trial Survey to establish Road Protection Scores for the UK N Klassen, J Berlitz, R Stock, W Kohler, R Dziub, J Dingeldein, ADAC Verkehrstechnik Download	Nov-2007	Within EuroRAP, IAM Trust and the Highways Agency (HA) have applied the Road Protection Score (RPS) to UK roads. TRL has been commissioned to manage the two year project. ADAC has been contracted to conduct the road test in the UK. This document shows the results of the pilot assessment.
Road Protection Score Results (Spain) RACC Download	Mar-2007	Nivel de proteccion al usuario de las autopistas y autovias espanolas
EuroRAP II Technical Report 2005-06 David Lynam, James Castle, Jenifer Scoons (TRL), Stephen D Lawson, Joanne Hill, Suzanne Charman (EuroRAP AISBL) Download	Mar-2007	Comprehensive Technical Report discussing the detail behind Risk Mapping across Europe and the application of EuroRAP accident risk data in benchmarking the performance of road authorities, and highlighting results from on-road inspections. The report also covers the development of RAP methodology and discusses how EuroRAP national results and principles have been communicated.
Estudio EuroRAP 2006 (Valencia) RACC Download	Dec-2006
Estudio EuroRAP 2006 (Barcelona) RACC Download	Dec-2006
Making Europe's Roads Safer EuroRAP Download	Dec-2006	In this publication, EuroRAP sets out its plans for major initiatives to be developed over the next three years.
Getting Organised to Save Road Deaths -- Medium Res iRAP Download	Nov-2006	The global road death toll is 1.2 million per year and rising; a loss of 1-3% of global GDP. In this video John Dawson, Chairman of iRAP and EuroRAP, discusses how Road Assessment Programs across Europe, Australia and America are transferring know how to Africa, Asia and Latin America to reduce global road deaths.
Getting Organised to Save Road Deaths -- Low Res iRAP Download	Nov-2006	The global road death toll is 1.2 million per year and rising; a loss of 1-3% of global GDP. In this video John Dawson, Chairman of iRAP and EuroRAP, discusses how Road Assessment Programs across Europe, Australia and America are transferring know how to Africa, Asia and Latin America to reduce global road deaths.
EuroRAP a Islandi (In Icelandic) FIB Download	Oct-2006	In Iceland, vehicle safety, driver behaviour and education are relatively good; however the road system is partly undeveloped. Therefore, there is a great opportunity to learn from other EuroRAP countries to make substantial safety improvements to the road nework. Iceland has already proven its ability to implement new ideas with the new 2+1 road, and has the potential to provide an excellent base for demonstrations of good practice in the future. This publication presents the results from the pilot road inspections around the capital city of Reykjavik, which precede more extensive coverage of the Icelandic road network.
The effect of impact with roadside objects Vagverket Download 560kb	Aug-2006	This video, by the Swedish Road Administration - Vagverket, graphically shows the effect of impacts with roadside objects.
Strassentest-Auto entgeht nur knapp Frontalcrash. ADAC Download	Aug-2006	In this video, the ADAC Strassentest Car barely escapes a head-on crash.
Macht die Strassen sicherer! Latest German Star Rating results in ADAC Motorwelt Download 7.8mb	Aug-2006	Latest German Star Rating results show that upgrading 3-star motorways to 4-star will cut the number of severe run-off accidents by 50 per cent.
How safe are Britain's main roads? EuroRAP 2006: British Results Download 2.3mb	May-2006	How safe are Britain's motorways and primary main roads? Year on year, which are the safest, which are the most dangerous, and which have improved? By tracking their safety performance The AA Motoring Trust has provided the answers.
Informe EuroRAP 2006 RACE Download	2006	El informe de carreteras EuroRAP analiza un total de 15.298 accidentes con victimas mortales y graves ocurridos en mas de 20.600 kms durante el periodo 2003-2005
Estudio EuroRAP 2005 RACC Download	Dec-2005
A EuroRAP case study: Potential for risk reductions on British inter_urban major roads. David Lynam (Trl) and Stephen D Lawson (The AA Motoring Trust and EuroRAP AISBL) Download 837kb	Nov-2005	Just four types of collision account for 80% of fatal crashes on inter-urban roads across Europe. The design and standard of these roads determines the extent to which collisions occur and the severity of the resultant injuries. Mass action programmes provide the opportunity for systematic large-scale upgrading of sections of the road network with the widespread application of measures known to reduce injury. Investment priorities can be determined by analysing how the four collision types contribute to risk of severe injury on road sections of different types, and by assessing the number of severe collisions that can be reduced and thus the investment justified in upgrading.
From Arctic to Mediterranean EuroRAP AISBL Download 7.2mb	Nov-2005	Almost all of us know someone who has been killed in a road crash. In the last decade alone, half a million Europeans have been killed on our roads. This reservoir of human suffering rarely surfaces in the media - each personal tragedy is endured by the few involved.In 2001, pilot EuroRAP results were available for just 4 countires. Now, only a few years later, this report describes work done, planned, or in hand in nearly 20 countries.
EuroRAP 2005: Ireland Results - Risk rating Ireland's major roads Download 794kb	Mar-2005	The death toll on Ireland's roads over the last 30 years is about 20,000, although advances in vehicle and road engineering and changes in the behaviour of road-users mean that the number of people killed each year is now half what it was 30 years ago. Containing the first risk-rate map for the island of Ireland, the results detail the potential priorities for route action on road sections, both north and south, that pose greater risks for their users. Key results and how Ireland compares to other active EuroRAP countries are also presented.
EuroRAP International Conference: Understanding the risk - reducing road injury	Mar-2005	EuroRAP and The AA Motoring Trust presented a unique opportunity to learn directly about the dynamic EuroRAP programme to improve road infrastructure safety, and make roads more forgiving through mass action on affordable, practical road engineering measures. The event brought together eminent speakers from across Europe including national road authorities, road engineers, automobile makers, motoring organisations, and leading voices from the medical profession, media and transport industry. Delegates discovered what forces on the human body are tolerable. They learnt how EuroRAP is inspecting roads directly and how roads, like cars, can be awarded star ratings based on standards of crash protection. Road inspections in Germany and Sweden were described - and how these can link to setting safe speed limits intelligible to both public and road engineers alike. The conference heard how EuroRAP can help bridge the communications gap between the public and authorities. During the conference, the 2005 EuroRAP risk mapping results for Britain and Ireland were revealed, including Ireland's first risk map.
EuroRAP 2005: British Results - Tracking collisions and road improvements; Monitoring motorcycle involvement; Benchmarking across Europe The AA Motoring Trust Download 14.2mb	Mar-2005	This is the fourth consecutive year that The AA Motoring Trust has analysed collision data for Britain's motorways and main roads. These lists and maps show clearly how travel on different roads carries a greater or lesser risk of being killed or seriously injured in a collision.
Assessing the state of the road in the drive to improve road safety Rik Thomas Download 794kb	Feb-2005	"Early next month the safety of the UK's roads will once again come under the spotlight with the publication of the latest set of results from EuroRAP. The programme is carried out by road organisations led, in the UK, by the AA Motoring Trust. Rik Thomas went to meet the Trust's new director, Bert Morris, to understand the thinking behind EuroRAP" Source: Local Transport Today, 17 February 2005
Informe EuroRAP 2005 RACE Download	2005	El informe de carreteras EuroRAP analiza la siniestralidad y el indice de riesgo de 1.171 tramosde la Red de Carreteras del Estado, en los que el 16% presenta niveles de riesgo elevados
11 - 14 November 2004 - Fiera di Rimini - 2nd International Road Safety Exhibition	Nov-2004	Following the success of the 1st International Road Safety Exhibition in Verona in October 2003, this year's event in Rimini was once again the platform for the launch of the latest EuroRAP results for Italy. The EuroRAP conference and press briefing, held on 11 November, also reported on the development of Risk Rate Mapping and the Road Protection Score, in addition to EuroRAP results across Europe. EuroRAP also had an information stand in the main exhibition.
The Stories Behind The Flowers - Britain's Most Dangerous Road Tim Rayment Download 33kb	Sept-2004	In September 2004, The Sunday Times Magazine ran a feature on the UK's A59 between Skipton and Harrogate. This hard-hitting article chronicles those involved in accidents along this section of road, interviewing survivors and the families of those who have lost their lives. Source: The Sunday Times Magazine, 26 September 2004.
EuroRAP Year 1 (2003) update - performance tracking of roads David Lynam, Ton Hummel and Judith Barker (TRL), Stephen D Lawson and Joanne Hill (The AA Motoring Trust) Download 545kb	Sept-2004	A core objective of EuroRAP is to measure and raise awareness of risk. During 2003, several elements of performance monitoring of roads supported this goal: risk rates were tracked over time; the performance of different groups of road was compared within and between countries; and measurement of collective risk provided estimates of the potential for accident savings over road networks. A system of road inspections (RPS) has been piloted to understand the extent to which roads protect from severe injury once an accident has occurred. Source: Traffic Engineering and Control, September 2004, Vol 45, No 8, pp300-304
EuroRAP 2004 British Results The AA Motoring Trust Download 497kb	June-2004	This year's results provide the first complete comparison of risk rates for one three-year period (97-99) with another (00-02) across Britain's primary route network. A further 17 road sections have joined the list of Britain's most improved published in 2003. Whilst the total number of roads in the higher risk categories has reduced by 46%, 11 roads remain persistently high risk. This year's results contain road-specific information about Britain's worsening problem of death and crippling injury involving motorcyclists, listing roads where the contribution to risk from motorcycle accidents is greatest. Those roads where overall risk is highest when motorcycle accidents are excluded are also published.
The Contribution of Tourists and Visitors to Road Traffic Accidents: A Preliminary Analysis and Trends and Issues for Central Scotland Linda Walker and Stephen J. Page, Department of Marketing, University of Stirling, Scotland Download 4737kb	June-2004	This paper reviews the literature on road traffic accidents and their role in the mobility of tourists, and builds upon knowledge developed in the tourism, transportation and safety science areas of research to illustrate the significance of these issues in relation to tourist well-being. Results show that, compared to local drivers, visitors are more likely to be involved in head-on collisions, on main, open roads with higher speed limits, and that these accidents are more likely to be serious or fatal. EuroRAP is discussed for its strengths in (1) identifying stretches of road with poor safety performance which leads to high levels of death and serious injury, and (2) providing detail of road safety and injuries in both a European context and at a road level. Source: Current Issues in Tourism, 2004, Vol 7, No 3, pp217-241.www.ingentaconnect.com
6 May 2004 - Paris - Fighting Road Violence: The importance of infrastructures and their use under a new road safety policy Download 98kb	May-2004	Since 1993, the Parliamentary meetings on the Highway and Road Safety have represented a conference keenly anticipated by public authorities, civil society and various professionals for their capacity to incite wide-reaching debate on the way forward in road safety. The 11th edition, held in the French National Assembly in Paris, focussed on "Fighting Road Violence: The importance of infrastructures and their use under a new road safety policy".
10 and 11 May 2004 - Stockholm - What Can We Do To Maximise Road Safety? Download 98kb	May-2004	In recognition of the growing pressure on countries to address road safety issues, The Parliamentary Conference on Road Safety, held in the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm, brought together eminent speakers from across Europe to discuss the efforts that have been made to date and the future challenges.
5 - 6 May 2004 - Valencia - Seguridad Vial y el Programa EuroRAP - Traffic Safety and the European Road Assessment Programme -	May-2004	Reducing the number of accidents on our roads is a priority throughout Europe. Traffic Safety and the European Road Assessment Programme, held in Valencia on 5 and 6 May 2004, brought together eminent speakers from the national and regional Spanish Government, road authorities, road engineers, automobile makers, motoring organisations, and road safety experts from across Europe to highlight the scale of the problem and the approaches and strategies that can be adopted to reduce the number of people seriously injured or killed on Europe's roads every day. The conference opened with presentations on traffic safety both Europe-wide and in Spain, and highlighted the Spanish vision for targeting accident rates. A number of workshops concentrated on the role of road planners and engineers, road users, and the automotive industry in risk, showing how road infrastructure, road user behaviour, and the vehicles we drive can have an impact on accident involvement. Day two highlighted the contribution of EuroRAP to road safety with presentations on the meaning of EuroRAP to road users and automobile manufacturers, the EuroRAP vision, EuroRAP in European countries, the Road Protection Score, EuroRAP in Spain and the programme's future.
Year 1 Technical Report David Lynam, Ton Hummel, Judith Barker (TRL) and Stephen D Lawson (The AA Motoring Trust) Download 1mb	May-2004	This Technical Report covers EuroRAP I and the work carried out during 2003. In this period the programme focussed on consolidating and extending the methodology and on increasing the number of countries involved. The programme has demonstrated that data from different time periods can be compared to provide an indication of the change in safety performance over time; methods have been developed for comparing safety performance between networks and between countries; potential links with existing engineering programmes have been clarified and the methodology for road inspections and scoring has been refined.
Edition 2004: Road Safety in the Netherlands: Key figures AVV Download 311kb	Apr-2004	This brochure makes use of the most frequently cited figures on traffic fatalities and hospital admissions to quantify road traffic safety in the Netherlands. The number of traffic fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants in the Netherlands are compared with figures in several other countries, both within and outside Europe. The brochure also provides indicators on drink-driving, seatbelt use, bicycle lighting, population, passenger car fleet, driving licences, road traffic offences and the number of roundabouts.
7 and 8 October 2003 - Wiesbaden - Sicher fahren in Europa Download 20kb	Oct-2003	The future traffic safety work in Europe is gaining political importance and professional content. It extends to all safety-relevant areas: man - vehicle - road - society.
15 October 2003 - Paris - Mapping the Safety of Europe's Roads Download 112kb	Oct-2003	One hundred and twenty senior delegates from across Europe and all areas of France attended a very successful EuroRAP conference in Paris on 15 October, titled "Mapping the Safety of Europe's Roads" - held in the delightful surroundings of the Library of the ACF headquarters on the Place de la Concorde. Taking place during French Road Safety Week, media interest was high following French President Chirac's declaration that "we owe the French people the truth about where accidents occur".
Star rating Europe's roads for safety - Italian translation EuroRAP AISBL Download 115kb	Sept-2003	Italian version of the leaflet providing background information to the EuroRAP programme.
Star rating Europe's roads for safety. EuroRAP AISBL Download 668kb	Sept-2003	A leaflet providing background information to the EuroRAP programme.
EuroRAP 2003 Spanish Results (in Spanish) RACC Download 674kb	Sept-2003	Spanish results were launched in Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia and Galicia on 18 September 2003. For the first time risk rates for the Spanish federal road network were published. The research showed that 36% of roads had a medium-high or high accident rate. Galicia had the highest accident risk, with 52% of roads falling into the medium-high (red) or high-risk (black) bands. The provinces of Ponteverda and Lugo had the greatest number of high-risk road sections within this region. Despite having the highest traffic flow, roads in Madrid were amongst the safest.
EuroRAP 2003 British Results The AA Motoring Trust Download 350kb	Sept-2003	The 2002 results brought important new information to Britain's drivers, showing how risks changed as they moved from one road section to another. This year's results show that at least 20 lives and 180 serious injuries have been saved in just two years on 13 roads identified by new AA Trust research as the most improved in Britain.
The Netherlands - Road Accident figures for 2002 AVV Download 448kb	May-2003	An English version of the Dutch report "Road Accidents - The 2002 figures". The Dutch version can be found at http://www.rws-avv.nl/pls/portal30/docs/5355.PDF
Summary of Pilot Phase Technical Report David Lynam, Tom Sutch, Jeremy Broughton (TRL), and Stephen D Lawson (AA Foundation for Road Safety Research) Download 1.2mb	May-2003	This summary of the pilot phase technical report appeared in the May 2003 issue of Traffic Engineering and Control.
Pilot Phase Technical Report David Lynam, Tom Sutch, Jeremy Broughton (TRL), and Stephen D Lawson (AA Foundation for Road Safety Research) Download 919kb	May-2003	This Technical Report covers the EuroRAP pilot phase which produced maps of fatal and serious accidents rates in four countries and began the development of a standard road inspection score of road safety features. In Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden and Catalonia the distribution and rates of fatal and serious accidents on road sections were compared, the effect of high-level design factors on accident rates demonstrated and potential applications of this information examined.
21 January 2003 - Brussels Download 308kb	Jan-2003	Proceedings from this EuroRAP Conference including speakers from the EC Transport Cabinet, Toyota Motor Europe and the Swedish National Road Administration.
25 November 2002 - So Just How Safe Are These Roads? So, just how safe are our roads?, a conference organised by the AA Foundation for Road Safety Research on behalf of EuroRAP on 25 November 2002, was a rare opportunity for anyone who has responsibilities for a safer road system - engineers, police, fleet managers, elected representatives and road safety specialists - to discuss the EuroRAP approach with leading European experts.
Part 1 - Background and Introduction Download 143kb		Sir Brian Shaw, Chairman of the AA Motoring Policy Committee, announces the establishment of The AA Motoring Trust and pledges support from the AA Motoring Trust and the AA Foundation for Road Safety Research for the EuroRAP programme.
Part 2 - A systematic risk assessment of roads Download 270kb		John Dawson, Chairman of EuroRAP, outlines the vision of developing a systematic, consistent, international method of bench-marking the safety of roads, and outlines new research into the cost of road safety and the value that road authorities put on road deaths.
Part 3 - Road safety is a shared responsibility Download 116kb		Dimitrios Theologitis, EU Head of Road Safety, describes legislative and user-information measures that will help Europe to reduce road fatalities by 50 per cent by the end of 2010, and the essential role that EuroRAP will play in achieving the target.
Part 4 - Road injuries: prevention is better than cure Download 245kb		Professor Angus Wallace, Professor of Orthopaedic and Accident Surgery, University of Nottingham, shows that, while seatbelts have reduced the chance of head and chest injury in a car crash, the risk of lower limb injury is unchanged.
Part 5 - Risk Rate Mapping: a consistent benchmark Download 384kb		David Lynam, EuroRAP research co-ordinator, details the use of Risk Rate Mapping as a tool for road managers and a source of information for road-users, and shows how it can lead to meaningful international comparison.
Part 6 - The Road Protection Score: principles and points Download 213kb		Hans Wahlstrom, Controller of Road Safety, Swedish National Road Administration, describes how roads can be scored for safety and how potentially dangerous roads can be changed so that they become more forgiving if there is an accident.
Part 7 - Benchmarking safety: the EuroNCAP experience Download 132kb		Rod Kimber, TRL Science and Engineering Director, analyses how risk can be represented and shows how the New Car Assessment Programme changed attitudes to car safety among manufacturers and car buyers.
Part 8 - Making use of EuroRAP data Download 374kb		Peter Mak of the Transport Research Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Transport discusses ways in which road-risk information can be shared with decision-makers to support transport and traffic policy and with road-users to raise awareness of road safety.
Part 9 - The Local Authority response to EuroRAP Download 119kb		David Robertson, Executive Member for Transport of Oxfordshire County Council, describes how local authority budgets are set and how EuroRAP data can reinforce the arguments for investment in measures that help to reduce risk to road-users.
Part 10 - Highway design: lessons for and from EuroRAP Download 333kb		Steve Proctor, TMS Consultancy Director, outlines the responsibilities of highway authorities in the UK and discusses how EuroRAP can help in accident investigation, local road safety schemes and safety audits of new or improved roads.
Part 11 - Stimulating demand for safe roads Download 128kb		Paul Clifton, BBC South's transport correspondent, finds that the launch of EuroRAP's first star rating of roads in Britain, in 2002, fell short of its potential to dominate news headlines and calls for dedicated public relations to get the message across.
Part 12 - Questions and Answers Download 178kb
European Road Assessment Programme: rating Europe's roads for safety EuroRAP AISBL Download 185kb	Sept-2002	A one-page bulletin outlining the background to, and key objectives of, EuroRAP.
Road Protection Score (RPS) method and pilot results EuroRAP AISBL Download 56kb	Feb-2002	An early report discussing the aims and objectives of the development of a EuroRAP "drive through" inspection of routes - the Road Protection Score (RPS).
Road design factors affecting death and serious injury EuroRAP AISBL Download 83kb	Feb-2002	An early report discussing where fatal and serious accidents occur, road features associated with higher accident rates and European comparisons.
EuroRAP puts safety on the street EuroRAP AISBL Download 125kb	Feb-2002	European motoring organisations have helped to make production line cars safer than they have ever been. Now, faced with the stark fact that still more than 42,000 people die on Europe's roads traffic accidents each year, they are turning the spotlight on roads. This easy-to-read article gives an overview of EuroRAP.

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