Road safety services and traffic solutions

Road safety services and traffic solutions encompass a range of strategies, technologies, and measures that support governments and transport authorities to manage a growing population of road users.

A greater number of vehicles using the road is increasing traffic congestion and environmental pollution. It is vital that the increased vehicle population does not adversely affect social costs, productivity, and public healthcare spending.

Solutions include infrastructure improvements such as improved road design, signage, and lighting; vehicle safety inspections and technologies such as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), collision avoidance systems, and automatic emergency braking; and traffic law enforcement such as speed limits and impaired driving laws. The goal of these solutions is to create safer road environments and reduce the number of traffic-related incidents.

TÜV SÜD’s transport advisory experts help governments and authorities to respond to the challenges of managing the transport realities of today and tomorrow.

Effective road safety services and traffic solutions minimise any safety risk by improving driving standards and traffic flow. This minimises the number and reduces the severity of accidents and protects vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists. Meeting international environmental standards to control air pollution levels as a direct result of vehicle emissions also reduces the negative health impacts on society. Services and solutions that address factors like driver behaviour, vehicle safety, and road safety and infrastructure, contribute to a safer environment and improve overall safety and quality of life. The implementation of national road safety programmes also build confidence and credibility.

TÜV SÜD has over 100 years of experience in providing solutions that make mobility safer and more reliable. We have a proven track record of implementing solutions on a nationwide level, so partnering with us gives your road safety solutions confidence and credibility. By learning from best practice and experiences from our other transport advisory projects, you can more quickly implement road transport and traffic solutions that improve road safety and reduce accident fatalities.

We are the trusted road safety and traffic partner to governments all over the world. Our knowledge and international capabilities help you address the three aspects of road safety: driver behaviour, technical supervision of vehicles, and infrastructure for mobility.

We are the only company to have successfully implemented a nationwide vehicle inspection system. In Turkey we created a network of 189 test centres and 81 mobile test stations in just 18 months.

TÜV SÜD has also partnered with TRANSVER, a leading road safety and traffic management engineering and consulting company. Together we provide solutions for the development, monitoring, evaluation, assessment, and improvement of transportation systems.

As a neutral and independent third-party vehicle inspection service provider, we focus on providing value to stakeholders rather than shareholders. TÜV SÜD is accredited to national and international standards, and we also undergo regular auditing that independently verifies our people and processes.

To address road safety and traffic solutions challenges, governments and transport authorities must examine many aspects of road transport. This includes the existing infrastructure and legal framework, systems like periodical technical inspection, vehicle registration and driver testing, as well as safety measures for commercial transportation.

We offer a wide range of road safety solutions to support you:

• Legal framework advice – We provide expert advice to governments that are setting up new road transport systems or improving an existing legal framework to meet international standards, such as vehicle registration programmes.
• Periodical technical inspection solutions – TÜV SÜD assists governments to develop customised turnkey solutions for nationwide vehicle inspection. These cover design, project management and rollout, operations management, as well as quality management and training.
• Driver testing and licensing – We work with transport authorities worldwide to develop and implement best practice driver testing and licensing systems.
• Environmental standards – Our experts advise governments on best practices and international standards for emission controls. We assist in identifying the steps needed to control vehicle emission levels.
• Transportation of cargo and dangerous goods – We advise on the safety standards and requirements required to ensure the safe transportation of goods and hazardous materials.
• End-of-life vehicles and waste management – TÜV SÜD provides advice on the legal framework and enforcement requirements to reduce end-of-life vehicle waste.
• Transport research and advisory – We provide expert advice on urban and interurban transportation planning. Our services include analysis and planning of transportation networks, and of road safety and traffic management systems. We are experts in optimising existing infrastructure and greenfield planning. In this context, we consider the impact on traffic safety and efficiency, pollution of the environment, and travel convenience for all road participants.