Objetivo During 2000 there were 41,083 road deaths across the EU; 185,000 persons were seriously injured and a further 1.56m persons were casualties. Of the 41,083 deaths, 8,217 (20%) can be attributed to, or were caused by, During 2000 there were 41,083 road deaths across the EU; 185,000 persons were seriously injured and a further 1.56m persons were casualties. Of the 41,083 deaths, 8,217 (20%) can be attributed to, or were caused by, commercial vehicles including, buses, trucks and vans, and of these, 1,297 (15.79%) can be attributed to tyre failure resulting from worn out tyres & low tyre pressures. 1n addition, over 360 million vehicle tyres enter the EU waste stream/annum representing a waste load of 2.5 mt of which 38% belonged to commercial vehicles. Research shows that the average life of a leased commercial vehicle tyre is 130,OOO km, but that this could be increased to 320,OOO km by proper tyre management with poor tyre management leading to 576 million litres of fuel wasted across the EU by commercial vehicles alone, producing an additional 1.55 mt of CO2 emissions. The European Commission's 2001 White Paper for 2010: time to decide¿ states the EU¿s commitment to reduce the number of road deaths within the EU by 50% by 2010, and the situation is worsening, 'Heavy goods traffic alone will increase by nearly 50% over its 1998 level'. The white paper also states 'strong economic growth in the candidate countries will also increase transport flows, particularly road haulage traffic' so the problem is worsening. The underlying cause of these problems is a lack of regular tyre management on all vehicles, with the current process reliant on manual tyre checking. Therefore, we propose to develop an integrated, automated, real-time tyre management system incorporating an automatic tyre tread depth monitor. This proposal complies with the Work Programme for Horizontal Research Activities 1.2.2. Objectives; In addition this proposal also conforms to parts-of 1ST Thematic Area 2 Information Society Technologies 2.3.1.10 'eSafety for Road and Air Transport'. Ámbito científico engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels Programa(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Tema(s) SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Convocatoria de propuestas FP6-2002-SME-1 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación COOPERATIVE - Coordinador PERA INNOVATION LIMITED Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección PERA Innovation Park, Nottingham Road MELTON MOWBRAY, LEICESTERSHIRE Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (9) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo ELECTRICIDAD INDUSTRIAL SALVIO BUSQUETS SA España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Almogavers 215 BARCELONA Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos HASWELL MOULDING TECHNOLOGIES LTD Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Rice Bridge Industrial Estate Unit 3 Thorpe Le Soken ESSEX Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos MICROOMEGA SP.Z.O.O Polonia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Ul. Chelmonskiego 35 WROCLAW Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos PRZEDSIEBIORSTWO WIKOM-SEAL Polonia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Lindego 2 KRAKOW Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos SILVESTRI TRASSLOCHI S.R.L. Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Via Smirne 3/2 GENOVA Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos THE YORKSHIRE TRACTION COMPANY LTD Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Upper Sheffield Road BARNSLEY Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos BARTEC AUTO ID LIMITED Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección BBIC, Innovation Way BARNSELY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos D'APPOLONIA SPA Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Via San Nazaro 19 GENOVA Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos AUTOCONNECT LIMITED Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Autoconnect House, 5 Windsor Road, REDDITCH, WORCS Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos