KiwiRAP

How does a Road Assessment Programme work?

Road Assessment Programmes internationally consist of three 'protocols':

Risk Mapping - uses historical traffic and crash data to produce colour-coded maps which illustrate the relative level of risk on sections of the road network.
Performance tracking - involves a comparison of crash rates over time to establish whether fewer - or more - people are being killed or injured, and to determine if measures to improve safety have been effective.
Star Rating - road inspections look at the engineering features of a road . Between one and five stars are awarded to road links depending on the level of safety 'built-in' to the road.

In January 2008 KiwiRAP published the first set of risk maps for New Zealand. These were followed with the publication of Star Ratings in June 2010.