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Supporting Road Safety Interventions and Building Sustainability in India

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Featured GRSF-BIGRS Grant Activity: Supporting Road Safety Interventions and Building Sustainability in India

In India, with GRSF’s support, the BIGRS has delivered a series of key outputs and outcomes, such as:

Thanks to BIGRS 2015-19 and previous Bloomberg program, 17,600 c-km of iRAP assessments have been undertaken on World Bank, National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and state government supported projects in 13 states. Investments to improve many of the roads had been included in World Bank-financed projects worth more than USD 5.4 billion.

iRAP surveys were completed for about 2600 km along the Delhi-Mumbai and Mumbai-Chennai arms of the Golden Quadrilateral, and related reports were submitted to NHAI for their review and consideration in future road improvements. Two related workshops were conducted in April 2019 to disseminate the report findings to NHAI and its Road Safety Cell and to the regional officers, project implementation units from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamilnadu.

Over 2,000 c-km of roads were assessed in Uttar Pradesh as part of the US$570 million World Bank financed Uttar Pradesh Core Road Network Development Program. It was estimated that with an investment of INR 47.3 billion (US$772 million), the number of deaths and serious injuries on the road could be reduced by 55%, preventing more than 348,300 deaths and serious injuries over 20 years. Similarly, 2,000 c-km of roads in Tamil Nadu were assessed as part of the US$778 million World Bank-financed Second Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project.  

BIGRS India success story graph

The activities enabled by BIGRS and GRSF have helped to support the creation of IndiaRAP. This initiative has encouraged road authorities, universities and policy makers from around the country to share knowledge and experience in road infrastructure safety and build confidence in performing and using risk assessments.

The data generated and capacity built through the BIGRS program in India is enabling valuable contributions to be made in other forums, such as in the Indian Roads Congress which oversees design standards and national Road Safety Audit Training Courses being organized by Central Road Research Institute and Indian Academy of Highway Engineers.

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The Key Impact

  • construction

    17,600 c-km5 of iRAP assessments 
    have been undertaken on World Bank, NHAI and state government supported projects in 13 states

  • road

    Investments to improve many of the roads
    had been included in World Bank-financed projects worth more than USD 5.4 billion

  • bus

    Over 2,000 c-km of roads were assessed 
    in Uttar Pradesh as part of the US$570 million World Bank financed Uttar Pradesh Core Road Network Development Program. It was estimated that with an investment of US$772 million

  • Team

    886 professionals 
    on road safety engineering and iRAP content and 7 capacity building events has been undertaken under the BIGRS initiative in India

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GRSF 2020 Annual Report
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