Australian automobile clubs have published the first report of the Australian Road Assessment Programme (AusRAP), a safety rating programme for roads supported by the FIA Foundation. The first AusRAP report provides an overview of AusRAP and focuses on mapping the risk of casualty crashes on the rural links of the National Highway System. Results are presented in a colour-coded format for each State and Territory. AusRAP is based on the European equivalent, EuroRAP, which produces maps showing the risk of road crashes that cause deaths and life-threatening injuries and rates roads for safety. It highlights improvements that could be made to roads to reduce the likelihood of crashes—and to make those that do happen survivable. The Australian report is the first phase of a gradual international rollout of the Euro RAP work, which will also include feasibility studies in the US. AusRAP is also a sister program to the Australian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP), which crash-tests new cars and awards them stars for safety.
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