VTI carries out independent measurement and testing with advanced technical equipment.
Examples of facilities we have at our disposal are a road laboratory, equipment for road testing, tyre test facility, driving simulators and a road simulator. We carry out measurement and tests both in the laboratory and in the field. Our field tests comprise measurement of the condition and standard of the road, cracking, rut depth, depressions and road roughness. In laboratory tests we can measure emissions and road friction.
Unique measurement methods
Several of our facilities for measurement and testing are unique, such as our frost penetration meter and frost tester. Our facility for crash tests on heavy vehicles is unique in the Nordic countries, and at present we can test vehicles up to 16 tons.
In our advanced driving simulators we can measure and test everything ranging from the human-machine interface, driver behaviour, the effects of fatigue and drugs to road design, tunnel design, the reactions of the human body to crashes, drivers with impairments and new systems in vehicles.
Accredited laboratories
The VTI road laboratory is accredited in accordance with SS-EN ISO/IEC 17025. The crash safety laboratory is also accredited in accordance with this standard. The crash safety laboratory tests child seats, the effect of the vehicle on barriers, traffic sign posts and bridge parapets, both with cars and heavy vehicles such as buses.