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Edition 17, August/September 2011

• Large-scale safety inspections in Mexico
• Road safety in the Russian Federation
• Star rating road designs in India
• Safer roads investment plan completed for Kane County, Illinois
• Building ChinaRAP
• Training courses around the globe
• Poignant reminder of risk on the road
• New AusRAP website

Edition 16, June/July 2011 ( Español)

• Pedestrians Likely To Benefit in Paraguay
• President Aquino Supports iRAP Philippines
• New Atlas Maps Safety Across Europe
• Roads That Cars Can Read
• Bloomberg RS10 Projects in India, Russia and China
• Utah Department of Transport usRAP Training
• Inspection and Rating Finds Life-Saving Opportunities in Indonesia
• High Risk Road Eliminated
• Do You Have a Success Story to Share?
• Strong Public Support for Action on Road Safety

Edition 15, April 2011

• Assessment of Pacific Corridor Complete
• Development Banks Initiative to Mobilise Resources for Road Safety
• Official Launch of the iRAP Philippines Project
• Road Crashes in East Africa Estimated to Cost up to 5% of GDP
• 10-Year Safety Programme Would Cost Less Than 10% of Budgets
• 500 People Are Killed in Road Crashes Each Year in Moldova
• Assessment of the North Coast Road in Java, Indonesia
• India Four States Project
• Road Safety Action in Bangladesh
• EuroRAP Cooperation in Aragon, Spain
• Assessments in the Republic of Mariy El About to Begin
• Make Roads Safe: Time For Action
• Star Ratings and Safer Roads Investment Plans in Paraguay
• Pedestrian Bridge in Johor, Malaysia Lifts Road From 2-Stars to 4-Stars
• Engineers Can Take Action
• FIA Action for Road Safety
• Safe Roads in Belize

Edition 14, Jan/Feb 2011 ( Español)

• Become a Member of iRAP
• Training and Inspections in India
• iRAP and EMBARQ Collaboration
• University Accreditation for iRAP Training
• Ambitious Plan to Prevent Deaths in South Africa
• Road Deaths Highly Concentrated in Queensland
• Large-Scale Assessments Planned for Colombia
• South Korea Phase Two Assessments Nearing Completion
• Australia Committed to Road Safety in Asia Pacific
• usRAP Helping Motorists Find Safe Routes

Edition 13, Nov/Dec 2010 ( Español)

• Star Ratings Included in Weekly Reports to Transport Minister
• RSF Wins Innovation Award and Premier Award
• FIB Awarded the Traffic Light 2010 Award
• Three-States Assessment Gets Started in India
• Peru Targeting More Stars for Safety
• Risk Maps Prioritize Scarce Resources in Utah
• RAP Role in Building Public Support for Safety Highlighted by TRB
• Third Edition of Slovak Risk Maps
• Paraguay and Pacific Corridor Assessments Advancing
• Call to Researchers

Edition 12, Sep/Oct 2010 ( Español)

• First Annual Latin America Workshop
• Risk Maps in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Malaysia Training Course
• A World Free of High Risk Roads
• Spanish Road Safety Toolkit
• Global Road Safety Facility Supporting iRAP Philippines
• First iRAP Centre of Excellence
• Risk Mapping on Provincial Roads in Poland
• Luke Rogers Joins the iRAP Team

Edition 11, Jul/Aug 2010 ( Español)

• Integrating Safety and Design in Moldova
• Transforming Roads in Bangladesh
• usRAP Phase III Demonstrates Road Safety Potential
• Saving Lives for Less in Great Britain
• Star Rating 95% of Paved Roads in Paraguay
• One in Four Americans Involved in a Serious Crash
• Agreement to Create the First iRAP Centre of Excellence
• Road Safety Toolkit in Spanish, Mandarin and French

Edition 10, May/Jun 2010 ( Español)

• Pacific Corridor Safety Inspections Complete
• 15% of the TEN-T has Unacceptably High Safety Risk
• A Plan to Prevent Almost 80,000 Deaths and Serious Injuries in Vietnam
• AMZS Wins EuroRAP Star Performer Award
• Road Safety Inspections in Paraguay Complete
• Philippines Takes Up the Challenge of Safer Roads
• iRAP in Tanzania
• Asian Development Bank to Tackle Road Safety
• Planning to Save Lives in Andhra Pradesh
• Experts Review iRAP
• FIA Conference Week

Edition 9, Mar/Apr 2010 ( Español)

• New Road Safety Toolkit
• Preventing Thousands of Deaths and Injuries in Uganda
• Making the Meso Americano Highway Safe
• Victoria is Building Safe Roads
• Join the iRAP Team
• Save the Date

Edition 8, Jan/Feb 2010 ( Español)

• US$540 Million for Safe and Sustainable Transport in Peru
• An Opportunity to Save Lives in Tanzania
• iRAP Pilot Project in Korea
• Strengthening Support for Africa
• Safety Rating England's Trunk Road Network
• A Family of RAP Nations in Every Region

Edition 7, Nov/Dec 2009 ( Español)

• Inaugural Eastern and Southern European Workshop
• iRAP Gets Underway in India
• 28% of the European Union Road Network has Unacceptably High Risk
• EuroRAP Wins Prince Michael Award
• Rob McInerney Appointed iRAP Global CEO
• A Family of RAP Nations in Every Region

Edition 6, Sep/Oct 2009 ( Español)

• Michelle Yeoh and Bill Clinton Support iRAP in Decade of Action
• iRAP Paraguay Officially Begins
• Plan to Prevent 32,000 Deaths and Serious Injuries in Malaysia
• iRAP Asia Pacific Workshop
• iRAP Wins Katahira Award

Edition 5, Jul/Aug 2009 ( Español)

• Preventing 100,000 Deaths and Serious Injuries in Kenya
• Half of Britain's Road Deaths Occur on Just 10% of Roads
• Targeting High-risk Roads in Uganda
• New CEO in Latin America and the Caribbean
• How We Rate Roads For Safety

 Edition 4, May/June 2009 ( Español)

• Plan to Prevent More Than 5,500 Deaths and Injuries in Serbia
• Building Road Safety Capability in Vietnam
• Safe Road Design to Cut Annual Deaths and Injuries in Europe by 50,000
• Delayed Investment Will Cost More
• Global Knowledge Sharing
• Regional Collaboration

 Edition 3, April/May 2009 ( Español)

• Saving Lives in Latin America and the Caribbean
• High-Risk Roads the Target in Vietnam
• Poland's Roads Under Scrutiny
• Making Roads Safe in China
• Seize the Day
• EuroRAP Survey of Attitudes

 Edition 2, Jan/Feb 2009 ( Español)

• Pedestrian Safety Tops the List in Costa Rica
• Safer Barriers Can Cut Biker Deaths by Half
• Saving Lives: It's Policy
• Free Toolkit Helps Make Roads Safe
• Suzy Charman Moves On

 Edition 1, Nov/Dec 2008 ( Español)

• Inaugural iRAP Asia Pacific Workshop
• iRAP Kenya Aims to Cut Road Deaths
• iRAP Serbia Inspecting High-Risk European Roads
• usRAP Expands
• A Decade of Action
• New iRAP Board Members