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results for the Malaysian pilot study addresses
risk faced by the individual road user when they
travel within the speed limit of the road and
does not include in the calculation, the actual
speed of vehicles.
With the results obtained, the stakeholders
agreed in principle to proceed with looking into
countermeasure programmes with a benefit-to-
cost ratio of more than five, over 20 years with
the potential to save more than 3,000 lives and
prevent 29,000 serious injuries. Among the top
countermeasures identified were reduction
of road size hazards through removal and
protection, and separation of space between
opposing traffic through use of central hatching
and targeted provision of exclusive and non-
exclusive motorcycle lanes and facilities. Some
of the identified countermeasure programmes
were embedded into the existing maintenance
and safety improvement programmes of the road
authorities.
Sustainability of iRAP Malaysia
Programme
Through the years, many developments have taken
place where the iRAP models were refined as more
recent research findings were made available.
New surveys with better and more accurate risk
models were required to assess roads. In view of
such demand, the iRAP Malaysia Programme was
officially launched by the Minister of Transport
early 2016 in conjunction with the signing
ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding
between Shell Malaysia and MIROS. Contribution
from Shell Malaysia in assisting MIROS to expand
the road assessment to cover a bigger road
network was paramount in achieving the target set
by the Ministry of Transport to ensure that 75% of
travel occurs on at least three-star roads.
Achieving such ambitious road safety targets
is of course not without great challenges which
require multi-sectoral efforts and combined
resources of the stakeholders, including the public
as road users. Continuous technical expertise
development in iRAP Malaysia programme is
very much needed in anticipation of the dynamic
technological advancement in the road safety
industry. MIROS’ active participation in the pilot
study and various iRAP-related international
activities led it to be appointed as one of the
iRAP Centres of Excellence (COE) to facilitate the
operation, consultation and training services in
Malaysia and the region. Besides providing support
to the local agencies in undertaking iRAP activities,
MIROS was also engaged by organisations from
the regional countries to provide consultation and
training services. As what is being carried out
in other countries undertaking the programme,
MIROS too conducts studies to contribute to the
improvement of iRAP models.
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Road
Assessment
ELEMENTS
OF IRAP
MALAYSIA
Road
Improvement
Communication
Shell Malaysia assisted MIROS to expand the
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Figure 1 Elements of iRAP Malaysia Programme.