SAFER Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers - Similar companies

SAFER Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers is a competence centre where 44 partners from the Swedish industry, acade ... mia and authorities cooperate to make a centre of excellence within the field of vehicle and traffic safety. Research spans a broad base, covering several disciplines and encompassing both safe mobility and vehicle safety in real environments. The centre’s activities engage the very elite in the field of safe transport solutions, and the results contribute to increasing the competitive advantages of the centre’s partner companies and organisations. Chalmers University of Technology hosts the centre. By using the multidisciplinary scientific competence available within the centre, we will make it a hub for excellent research and innovation. SAFER's holistic traffic safety approach covers people, vehicles and the infrastructure. This also means SAFER is part of a bigger societal project: the design and realisation of smart, sustainable transport systems in the cities and beyond. SAFER's role is to be a thought leader in safe mobility, offering world-leading knowledge and project methodology. SAFER creates knowledge and value beyond what a single partner can achieve on its own. SHORT FACTS ABOUT SAFER : - Research is conducted within 5 areas: Systems for accident prevention and automated driving, Road user behaviour, Human body protection, Care & Rescue and Safety erformance evaluation. - Access to SAFER's research infrastructure: AstaZero real-world proving ground, Revere research lab for active safety and autonomous driving, SAFER Naturalistic Driving Data Platform and the SAFER open innovation arena. - Around 300 completed vehicle and traffic safety projects since the start of SAFER in 2006. - Meeting place with a 1,300 sqm working area incl. 70 workplaces, 15 small meeting rooms, conference facilities and project areas. - Located at Lindholmen Science Park in Gothenburg – an internationally acclaimed science park for new technology. read more