A method for the recognition of the irregularities of a road pavement comprising: a preliminary test step including in turn - a sub-step wherein tests are performed in having pneumatic tyres drive over and/or impact different irregularities at different speeds of the motor vehicle; - a sub-step wherein during the tests the vertical acceleration is acquired; and - a sub-step for the construction of at least one first model for associating the standard deviation of the vertical acceleration in relation to the tests performed with the irregularities on the road pavement; and an actual recognition step including in turn - a sub-step wherein the vertical acceleration is acquired; - a sub-step wherein high-pass filtering of the vertical acceleration is implemented; wherein a minimum filtering threshold of the high-pass filter is preferably less than or equal to 0.1 Hz; - a sub-step wherein the high-pass-filtered vertical acceleration is processed by means of a Fast Fourier Transform; - a sub-step including calculating the standard deviation of the Fast-Fourier-Transform-processed vertical acceleration at relevant frequencies; and - recognizing the presence and the dimensions of the irregularities on the road pavement on the basis of a comparison between said first model and the standard deviation calculated at the relevant frequencies; characterized in that: - the sub-step of high-pass filtering is performed on a reference section of the road pavement of variable length having a length of between 2 and 25 linear meters, preferably between 5 and 10 linear meters; and - the relevant frequencies comprise a first range of frequencies of vibration of a suspension system of the motor vehicle, said first range of vibration frequencies being preferably between 1.5 Hz and 3 Hz. a preliminary test step including in turn - a sub-step wherein tests are performed in having pneumatic tyres drive over and/or impact different irregularities at different speeds of the motor vehicle; - a sub-step wherein during the tests the vertical acceleration is acquired; and - a sub-step for the construction of at least one first model for associating the standard deviation of the vertical acceleration in relation to the tests performed with the irregularities on the road pavement; and - a sub-step wherein tests are performed in having pneumatic tyres drive over and/or impact different irregularities at different speeds of the motor vehicle; - a sub-step wherein during the tests the vertical acceleration is acquired; and - a sub-step for the construction of at least one first model for associating the standard deviation of the vertical acceleration in relation to the tests performed with the irregularities on the road pavement; and an actual recognition step including in turn - a sub-step wherein the vertical acceleration is acquired; - a sub-step wherein high-pass filtering of the vertical acceleration is implemented; wherein a minimum filtering threshold of the high-pass filter is preferably less than or equal to 0.1 Hz; - a sub-step wherein the high-pass-filtered vertical acceleration is processed by means of a Fast Fourier Transform; - a sub-step including calculating the standard deviation of the Fast-Fourier-Transform-processed vertical acceleration at relevant frequencies; and - recognizing the presence and the dimensions of the irregularities on the road pavement on the basis of a comparison between said first model and the standard deviation calculated at the relevant frequencies; - a sub-step wherein the vertical acceleration is acquired; - a sub-step wherein high-pass filtering of the vertical acceleration is implemented; wherein a minimum filtering threshold of the high-pass filter is preferably less than or equal to 0.1 Hz; - a sub-step wherein the high-pass-filtered vertical acceleration is processed by means of a Fast Fourier Transform; - a sub-step including calculating the standard deviation of the Fast-Fourier-Transform-processed vertical acceleration at relevant frequencies; and - recognizing the presence and the dimensions of the irregularities on the road pavement on the basis of a comparison between said first model and the standard deviation calculated at the relevant frequencies; - the sub-step of high-pass filtering is performed on a reference section of the road pavement of variable length having a length of between 2 and 25 linear meters, preferably between 5 and 10 linear meters; and - the relevant frequencies comprise a first range of frequencies of vibration of a suspension system of the motor vehicle, said first range of vibration frequencies being preferably between 1.5 Hz and 3 Hz.