CSI’S safety culture applied to testing and certification

First published in the Intertraffic Innovations Guide - April 20, 2020

Italian company CSI has a global reach, specialised in the analysis and verification of product safety performance. Part of the IMQ Group, one of the top international leaders in conformity verification activities, CSI is a world reference centre for the automotive sector.

Crash tests, impact tests, computational mechanics services, OBU (on board unit) and RSE (road side equipment) tests as well as ADAS tests are conducted by specialised personnel in a facility located near Milan. This centre brings together, in a single site, the ISO 17025 accredited test laboratories, the track with equipped areas, a protected environment for ITS track testing, as well as the certification area (as ISO 17025 accredited Notified Body) of all products related to the world of infrastructure.

With regard to testing and certification, CSI offers services on road safety devices – barriers, parapets, terminals, and shock absorbers according to EN 1317, AASHTO MASH Standard, GOST 33129-14 and JTG B05-13. It also provides testing and certification on motorcyclists’ devices, support structures, road safety bollards, safety nets, and noise barriers.

On the track with four equipped zones it is possible to carry out tests on different surfaces (ground, asphalt, reinforced concrete), at different speeds and impact angles. It is also possible to carry out a full range of auxiliary tests.

For smart roads, CSI offers a protected environment for track testing of V2I, V2V and I2X type ITS. In particular, the laboratory is accredited and carries out OBU and RSE tests according to the requirements of the European Directive 2004/52/EC (EETS) and on all radio devices according to the requirements of the European Directive 2014/53/EU (RED), making use of the specialist contribution of IMQ, an IMQ Group company. It also offers ADAS testing and operates on the road with self-driven vehicles using experienced supervisors.