We are celebrating the 140 FIA clubs in 99 countries that are using the iRAP Methodology and tools to support their advocacy and action to create safer journeys. From supporting road safety assessments and implementing the Star Rating for Schools programme, to developing free tools and resources for club members, driving advocacy and improved policy, and rolling out innovative funding programmes for safer roads and school zones, FIA partnerships are critical to ensuring high-risk roads are actioned and eliminated in local communities spanning the globe.
FIA Clubs, supported by the FIA Safe and Sustainable Mobility Grants Programme, are advancing safe, clean, inclusive, and smart mobility, with CycleRAP, the Youth Engagement App (YEA) and Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) valuable free tools to support their projects.
Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for young people from the ages of five to 29, and FIA mobility clubs are working with iRAP in local partnerships to deliver the SR4S programme for safer school journeys.
Thirty-four (34) clubs have embraced the programme supported by the FIA School Assessment Toolkit and annual FIA Safe and Sustainable Mobility Grants Programme, supported by the FIA Foundation. Assessments have been conducted at 303 schools, supporting evidence-based upgrades at 112 schools. The programme has supported clubs to improve the safety of school zones in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Ecuador, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The Automobile Club of Moldova (ACM) received two awards in 2024 for its contribution to road safety – a Prince Michael International Road Safety Award and Vision Zero for Youth Award. This follows the Club’s 2023 FIA President’s Award for its Safer School Zone campaign that drove infrastructure improvements and school zone policy changes including 30km/h limits.
The annual €400,000 FIA Foundation fund for Star Rating for Schools, deployed as part of the Child Health Initiative Advocacy Hub, is supporting FIA clubs in expanding and deepening their projects and advocacy for safe journeys to school.
A number of clubs have completed SR4S assessments, informing lifesaving road upgrades to protect vulnerable youth – for example, the Armenian Automobile Federation (FAA), ACM Moldova, Nepal Automobiles’ Association (NASA Nepal), EA991 Botswana, the National Automobile Club of Azerbaijan and Automovil Club de Chile. AA Kenya played a valuable helping to build road safety capacity in Africa last October where two interactive “Safer School Journey Walkshops”, held in conjunction with the Africa Regional Road Safety Seminar, empowered participants to enhance road safety for school journeys through hands-on learning and data-driven approaches.
Beyond schools, iRAP is also working with clubs to support changes to make roads safer for drivers and other vulnerable road users.
In Australia, the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) and State Clubs have been driving road safety advocacy benchmarking the National Road Safety Strategy, and calling for the transparent use of AusRAP road ratings to increase transparency and evidence-based decision-making in road safety investment. The Australian Road Assessment Programme (AusRAP), led by Austroads, released an impressive new National Dashboard in September sharing road safety Star Ratings for major roads across five states and territories. In addition, the Federal and State Government has committed AUD$9 billion to fast track upgrades on Queensland’s main Bruce Highway following the long-term advocacy of the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (RACQ).
The National Autosport and Karting Federation of Uzbekistan (NAFKU) has supported an innovative project to improve road design standards for CAREC countries, and in particular the pilot countries of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Each year, the Reial Automobil Club de Catalunya (RACC) and Real Automovil Club de Espana undertake annual Crash Risk Mapping of the Spanish and Catalan road networks helping to guide and performance track investment programs in safety.
Automovil Club Del Ecuador (ANETA), Automovil Club De Costa Rica (ACCR), Automóvil Club del Uruguay, Automovel Clube Brasileiro (ACB) and Jamaica Automobile Association (JAA) are working on an important innovation partnership with iRAP collecting around 100,000km of important data to support road safety.
The Royal Dutch Touring Club (ANWB) has been a key partner in iRAP’s innovative CycleRAP development for safer journeys for cyclists and light mobility users. The programme received the 2025 European Cyclists’ Federation Road Safety Award recognising its global impact.
The safety of over 140km of cycling infrastructure has been assessed in Skopje, North Macedonia in partnership with the Auto Moto Association of Macedonia (AMSM), the Automobile and Motorcycle Association of Slovenia (AMZS) is undertaking assessments of five Slovenian cities, and several cycle lanes were assessed in Lisbon last year in partnership with the Automovel Club de Portugal, with potential scalability to other Portuguese cities.
A pivotal meeting to launch a Road Safety Audits Training initiative was held in March in Zimbabwe. The initiative, funded by the FIA Foundation through the FIA Safe and Sustainable Mobility Grant Program, and awarded to the Automobile Association of Zimbabwe (AAZ), aims to enhance road safety and promote sustainable mobility across the country focused on strategies to improve road infrastructure design and reduce traffic collisions.
Automobile Club d’Italia (ACI) and the National Automobile Club of Tunisia have previously completed large Crash Risk Mapping assessments of 17,500km and 14,800km respectively, to understand the investments and speeds required to save lives and serious injuries in their countries.
FIA clubs have often been pivotal in establishing awareness of the iRAP programme in countries, and this has often led to Star Ratings informing large infrastructure investments.
iRAP is actively working with the FIA, FIA Region I, II and IV to build capacity and projects to support safer journeys in the regions. As just one recent example, iRAP’s Safer Journeys Lead for the Americas Edgar Zamora was honoured to mentor three teams this year working to advance road safety in Bolivia, Ecuador and Honduras as part of the FIA Safe Mobility 4 All and 4 Life Initiative.
iRAP congratulates the FIA and club network for their extensive investment and work to promote safer journeys world-wide.
The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) General Assemblies will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 9-12 December. As an FIA Member, we look forward to joining the event to report on our partners’ work in 135 countries. Attended by all the FIA Member Clubs, the General Assembly congregates once a year to plan the future course of the Federation.
