STAR RATING FOR SCHOOLS

AN EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTION FOR A WORLD

WHERE CHILDREN TRAVEL SAFELY TO AND FROM SCHOOL

FOUNDING SPONSOR MAJOR DONOR MADE SAFER BY GLOBAL

PROGRAMME PARTNER
 WHAT IT IS HOW IT WORKS
Road traffic injury is now the leading cause of death for We know the road features and traffic conditions that affect the
children and young adults aged 5–29 years. Each day 500 pedestrian safety on a journey to school.
children are killed in preventable traffic crashes around the
SR4S allows the easy assessment of each of these features and
world.
using evidence-based research of their impact on safety, a Star
Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) is an evidence-based tool for Rating can be calculated at spot locations, where 1-star is the
measuring, managing and communicating the risk children least safe and 5-star is the safest.
are exposed to on a journey to school. It supports quick
interventions that save lives and prevent serious injuries from
day one.
Image credit: Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation

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Star Rating for Schools was awarded a prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Award in December 2018,
recognising the application’s huge potential to reduce risk and save the lives of pedestrians worldwide.

STAR RATING FOR SCHOOLS

• Measures safety before and after road improvements.
• Provides an evidence-based rating of road safety.
• Supports education campaigns for students, drivers and the wider community for
safe travel around schools.
• Guides decision-makers in prioritising road upgrades around schools by assessing
different options.

IMPROVING
SCHOOL SAFETY
THE WORLD
OVER
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Eleven world-leading NGO’s involved in school road safety have

been involved in SR4S’s development.

These Lead Partners incorporated SR4S into their own

approaches to measure the impact of interventions that are
already saving lives and preventing serious injuries, and to
advocate to eliminate high risk locations in local communities.

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 STORIES OF SUCCESS
Image Credit: Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation

The Gonzalo Rodríguez Foundation has been incorporating SR4S

into their programmes since 2017, with 93 schools assessed
in Uruguay, Argentina and Chile and 87 of those improved.
Successful partnership with local authorities has led to life-
saving road upgrades and raised the interest of governments in
expanding the programme. The road upgrades have made the
journey to school safer for over 27,000 children.

AIP Foundation has been conducting safe school zone

 programmes in Ho Chi Minh City and Pleiku, in Vietnam.
Image credit: AIP Foundation

Through a comprehensive approach, six of those schools have

been improved with school zone warnings, pedestrian crossing
facilities, refuge islands and new speed limits of 30 km/h in school
zones. This has inspired government interest in an enhanced
programme.

Safe Kids Worldwide has been supporting SR4S since its early
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conception in Mexico. As part of the pilot of SR4S, Safe Kids

trained 80 coalitions to undertake assessments in the United
States. In North Dakota, Safe Kids Fargo-Moorhead has assessed
three schools with SR4S and identified countermeasures that can
significantly improve the safety of students.

Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) members

have delivered 3-star or better journeys to schools worldwide on
every continent from Morocco to Nepal, and South East Europe
to Latin America. To support the global potential of member
clubs, FIA has developed the FIA School Assessment Toolkit,
Image credit: iRAP

an online repository outlining the steps to action with templates

and supporting materials to help clubs in establishing school
assessment projects.

The Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety trains their

Member advocates on evidence-based programmes. The
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Alliance Advocates training programme has provided SR4S

training to members in 13 African and 8 Asian countries.
In Iran, Alliance member Road Safety Pioneers has assessed
8 schools in Tehran and Mashhad and led road upgrades in
4 of them. The local road authority found the SR4S methodology
more accurate and reliable for prioritising high-risk locations for
intervention.

The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) manages the

Botnar Child Road Safety Challenge. The programme is
supporting organisations to deliver road safety programmes
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for children supported by tools such as SR4S in India, Mexico,

Romania, South Africa, Tunisia and Vietnam. In addition, the
Global Road Safety Leadership Course held in Buenos Aires
(March 2019), dedicated a full day of the training course to SR4S,
building the capacity of over 60 road safety professionals.

Youth for Road Safety (YOURS) has launched the Youth Stars
programme in partnership with FedEx and iRAP. Five Master
Trainers have been trained in SR4S and will conduct road
assessments and build partner coalitions to empower educational
communities near schools and universities to advocate for safer
road infrastructure in Belize, Colombia, Kenya, USA and Vietnam.

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GET INVOLVED
KEEN TO GET INVOLVED?
Incorporate SR4S in your road safety programme:
1. Register your interest at
www.starratingforschools.org
2. Explore the information pack that will be sent
to you and consider how you might structure
your project
3. Discuss your project with local partners and
stakeholders
4. Get a partnership with SR4S Lead Partners or iRAP
5. Submit the Establish a Project form with details of
your project and get started with your assessments

DONATE TO SAVE KIDS’ LIVES

Donor funds are used to support the SR4S global
programme management and development to ensure
supporting systems for Lead Partners to advocate for
and deliver life-saving upgrades around schools.
Image credit: Jake Brewer, Flickr

• to donate visit starratingforschools.org/donate/

• to discuss tailored SR4S sponsorship opportunities
contact schools@irap.org

AN EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTION FOR A WORLD

WHERE CHILDREN TRAVEL SAFELY TO AND FROM SCHOOL

FOUNDING SPONSOR MAJOR DONOR MADE SAFER BY GLOBAL

PROGRAMME PARTNER

LEAD PARTNERS

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SR4S and the Secretariat are supported by iRAP, a global registered charity. Find out more about iRAP and Star Ratings at irap.org
Registered Charity Number: 1140357 Registered Office: 60 Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DS, United Kingdom.

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