Associazione Italiana dei Professionisti per la Sicurezza Stradale
Budget
€25 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
12
2.3 FTE
EU Grants
€19,180
Mission & Goals
The Italian Association of Road Safety Professionals (www.aipss.it) is a not-for-profit association aiming at the promotion of road safety best practices and at the dissemination of road safety research results. AIPSS was established in 2009 in order to: promote the application of the results of research and professional development in the field of road safety; encourage the sharing of professional experiences and "best practices" in the field of road infrastructure safety management; facilitate communication and cooperation between the study groups on road safety and public or private entity responsible for the management of road infrastructure; The associates are single professionals, Universities (ROMA TRE – Department of Civil Engineering and CTL-Centre for transport and logistics of University of Rome “La Sapienza”) consultancy companies ( EsseOtto srl, OperaeGis) Driving school association (UNASCA) and one road manager. ASTRAL (Azienda Strade Lazio)
EU Legislative Interests
Road safety Road infrastructure safety management Safety issues related to the deployment of autonomous cars
Communication Activities
AIPSS, through its members, organised, participated and co-managed the Pilot4Safety project ( http://pilot4safety.fehrl.org/, including the on-site Road Safety Audit and Road Safety Inspections and the development of the Safety Prevention Manual for Secondary Roads, www.aipss.it/manual-en.html; the Italian version, prepared by the Associates is available on the AIPSS home page: After the accident in the tunnel Sierre in Switzerland, where 28 people were killed including 22 children, AIPSS promoted a petition, signed by more than 50 European stakeholders to the European Commissioner http://www.aipss.it/Invito-ITA.html ; following the Commissioner reply, the Association organised two workshops in Brussels who led to the preparation of the H2020 ECOROADS project www.ecoroadsproject.eu , that has been financed by the European Commission and successfully terminated with a relevant participation of AIPSS. Currently AIPSS is working as partner in the H2020 project SIMUSAFE “ SIMUlation of behavioural aspects for SAFEr transport” On 06 December 2017 AIPSS participates at the seminar "Autonomous Driving and its impact on society " at the European Parliament in Brussels, initiating a discussion about the safety of autonomous vehicles. Video available at www.aipss.it/Europarl6Dec.mp4 An awareness campaign about the risks related to the speed perception and reaction time while driving and reaction time has been launched “Da 100 a zero” www.aipss.it/Da100aZero.html AIPSS has succesfully terminated in February 2025 its participation in two H2020 projects "FitDrive" and "InfraRob". On 09/10/2025 AIPSS co-organized the session "Road safety near roadworks" in the framework of an Internatonal Road Safety Forum in Bologna (Italy); proceedings at http://www.aipss.it/documents/Bologna_EFA_9thOctober2025.pdf
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety https://www.roadsafetyngos.org/members/members-search/?viewall=true#\
Organisation Members
http://www.aipss.it/chisiamo.html
Additional Information
Road safety promotional activities are performed in the context of the implementation of specific EU-funded projects targeted to road safety. Therefore, the amount of the costs is proportional to the amount of the EU funds allocated for the specific year.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.