PfRS introduces iRAP and its approaches to road safety to Georgian Technical University students
iRAP’s methodologies, such as the Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) and CycleRAP, have been used in over 140 countries to assess the safety of approximately 4.2 million kilometres of roads. iRAP has also established its Road Assessment Programmes (RAPs) in multiple countries, which are tailored to the particular road safety concerns of each country. In 2025, Kazakhstan became the first Central Asian country to implement an iRAP programme. PfRS’s work with Georgian university students highlights their continued commitment to promoting the adoption of iRAP’s tools to make Georgia’s roads safer. PfRS is currently working with the Roads Department of Georgia and iRAP to develop a local Road Assessment Programme to eliminate high-risk roads in Georgia.
The session involved introducing participants to iRAP’s internationally recognised methodologies for assessing road safety whilst highlighting the importance of safe road infrastructure as part of adopting a Safe System Approach to reducing crashes, saving lives and preventing serious injuries. The presentation also covered modern approaches to safer road design, and global best practices and successful case studies to provide students with real-world examples of good road design and its impact on the local population. By working directly with these young people, PfRS were able to expand their knowledge of the ways in which road safety can be measured and qualified and show them the steps they can make to improve existing roads and build safe new infrastructure.
PfRS paid particular attention to iRAP’s SR4S App to assess the safety of roads taken by children to and from school. Through their efforts to train local authorities in using SR4S and implement improvement measures at local schools, with the support of EASST and the FIA Foundation, PfRS successfully transformed four low-rated zones into five-star environments in 2023. At the Georgian Technical University, they introduced the students to the principles of S4RS, examples of its implementation and the lessons they had learned from their own work to make the areas around schools safer for children. Through sharing their experiences and expertise with prospective contributors to Georgian transport and engineering, PfRS showed young people how international road safety systems can be applied in a Georgian context to create positive change in its communities and equipped them with tools to prioritise road safety and protect vulnerable road users in their future careers.