IMPROVA officially kicked off last week ✔️ Over a dynamic three-day event (3-5 June 2024), the IMPROVA consortium gathered at the Applus+ IDIADA headquarters in Spain to bond and align our efforts ahead of the start of the project. 🎯 IMPROVA strives for a “Vision Beyond Zero” by preventing life-altering injuries related to road traffic accidents and ensuring high standards of quality of life for all road users in the long term. 👩🏻🏫 IMPROVA focus on understanding and quantifying the impact of the long-term consequences (LTC) linked to road traffic accidents. 🧰 IMPROVA uses tools such as virtual testing (#VT) and Human Body Models (#HBM) to evaluate the risk of LTC due to a road accident, concerning all road users. 🥇 Coordinated by Applus+ IDIADA, the project brings together a robust international consortium of 13 partners and, additionally, an Advisory Board and Medical and Psychological Experts Panel comprising over 15 members with insights from research, industry, and policymaking. 👀 The kick-off meeting brought together representatives from all project partners. It was marked by rich and insightful discussions, detailed preparation for the work ahead, and innovation workshops aimed at gathering knowledge from all attendees to improve road safety. 🗓️ IMPROVA is a 48-month-long project funded by the #HorizonEU programme to move forward the art and practice of road safety. CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency We look forward to the collaborative journey ahead as we work towards making significant advancements in road safety and inclusivity. 🔔 Follow IMPROVA Road Safety to stay tuned and subscribe to our newsletter for project updates 👉 https://lnkd.in/eyFfYs6b #IMPROVingRoadSafety #VisionBeyondZero Applus+ IDIADA | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Federal Highway Research Institute | CEESAR, Centre Européen d'Etudes de Sécurité et d'Analyse des Risques | National Technical University of Athens | FACTUAL | Instytut Transportu Samochodowego | Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICAI-ICADE | Volkswagen Group | AUDI AG | Autoliv | TRL | #LAB | CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
About us
IMPROVA aims to close the knowledge gap and enable safer and more inclusive safety systems through holistic assessment methods, including the use of virtual tools and the consideration of a wide diversity of users. The project's main objective is to comprehensively establish the relationship between immediate injuries and their long-term consequences, as this connection is not yet fully understood. There is strong potential for the use of virtual testing (VT) Human Body Models (HBM) in evaluating long-term consequences of injuries, particularly for studying new and upgraded vehicle interiors in highly automated vehicles as well as other road users such as vulnerable road users (VRUs). This project has received funding from the Horizon Europe programme under grant agreement No GAP-101146652
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https://improva-roadsafety.eu/
External link for IMPROVA Road Safety
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- Research Services
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- 51-200 employees
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- Partnership