Star Rating for Schools: Paving the Way for Safer School Journeys

27 August 2024

The Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) programme continues to create heart-warming and inspirational stories of school journeys being made safer across the world.

Road features affect the pedestrian safety on a journey to school. Using evidence-based research of their impact on safety, a Star Rating is calculated at spot locations, where 1-star is the least safe and 5-star is the safest. The The Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) combines a central web application and a data collection Android app that harness the power of the iRAP Star Rating for Pedestrians.

As of June 2024, SR4S partners have assessed 1,638 schools in 74 countries, positively impacting the safety of approximately 426,796 students.

The programme’s global reach expanded with first-time assessments in Armenia (assessing 40 schools), Bolivia, Haiti, and Madagascar. Notably, Vietnam leads the world with the highest number of schools assessed (244), followed by the Philippines (234 schools assessed, adding an additional 109 schools in the last 6 months), and India (117). Beyond the sheer number of assessments, the FIA Road Safety Grant Programme has successfully upgraded the infrastructure of 9 schools across 5 countries in the first half of 2024.