Projects

Research projects

Post-Licence motorcycle rider training

Transport for New South Wales

Research services to evaluate the minimum passing distance Queensland road rule

Queensland Department Transport & Main Roads

Truck mounted attenuator, traffic management and driver behavior research project

Transport and Main Roads

Bicycle lanes and car parking design review

Queensland Department Transport & Main Roads

PhD Research: A new model for human behavioural adaptation in distracted driving

QUT

Distraction and attitudes towards safe pedestrian behaviour

Austroads

Misuse of driver support technology: Understanding a new risky behaviour

IHBI Seeding Grant

LEVITATE: Societal LEVel Impacts of connecTed and AutomaTed vehiclEs

European Union Horizon 2020

Passing distance measurement technology trial

Queensland Department of Transport & Main Roads

Observational analysis of road user interactions

Queensland Department Transport & Main Roads

Development of Driving Safety Resources and Further Analyses

Motor Accident Insurance Commission (MAIC)

Roundabout design review

Queensland Department Transport & Main Roads

Understanding pedestrian behaviour on railway crossings

Rail CRC

Research proposal to reduce the crash involvement of Taxis in Queensland: Situational analysis and crash and exposure analyses

Motor Accident Insurance Commission (MAIC)

Motorcyclist apparel observation study in Victoria

Transport Accident Commission

PhD Research: Modelling company financial influences on heavy vehicle safety outcomes

QUT

Integrating technological and organisational approaches to enhance the safety of Roadworkers

ARC Linkage Grant

PhD Research: Developing effective policies to reduce disability from road crashes in Cambodia

AusAID

Understanding speed offenders: the impact of sanctions on offence and crash rates

VicRoads

Engaging augmented reality on 3D Head Up Displays to Reduce Risky Driving

ARC Linkage

An exploration into barriers of learner driver licensing and workforce relicensing for Aboriginals living in remote areas

Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) Injury Prevention and Trauma Management seeding grant

Driver decisions at railway level crossings: are they different from other road intersections?

QUT

Road safety messaging trial and evaluation

TMR

Investigating the development of an evidence-based app to prevent drink driving using the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS)

Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) Injury Prevention and Trauma Management seeding grant

Online brief intervention program for drink driving offenders

QUT Bluebox

Understanding how/why people become high risk recidivist offenders

Department of Transport and Main Roads

Can voluntary apps reduce mobile phone use while driving?

RACV

Parental third party policing of graduated driver licencing

NRMA-ACT Road Safety Trust grant. The research was conducted exclusively by CARRS-Q and has not been endorsed and is not guaranteed by the Trustees.

Can you text safely while driving? A theory-based research of risk compensatory behaviours

IHBI Early Career Researcher Grant

Evaluation of the “Braking the Cycle” intervention to assist disadvantaged youth to meet learner driver requirements

Motor Accident Insurance Commission (MAIC)

PhD research: What affects safety when cars pass bicycles

QUT

Public demand for safer speeds: Identification of interventions for trial

Austroads

A comprehensive investigation of road safety advertisements' persuasiveness for young drivers

QUT Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) Mid-Career Research grant

Monitoring and evaluation of the trial introducing a 40km/h speed limit around stationary emergency vehicles

Transport for NSW

Promoting safe and healthy walking: A theory-driven cross-cultural comparison

CARRS-Q Strategic Grant

Options for rehabilitation in interlock programs

Austroads

PhD research: A theory-based approach to the development and evaluation of public education messages aimed at social interactive technology use among young drivers

QUT

PhD Research: Pedestrian crashes in Ethiopia - Identification of contributing factors

QUT

Validation of CARRS-Q Advanced Driving Simulator for Railway Level Crossing research

QUT

Participate in research: What affects safety when cars pass bicycles?

Distracted driving program

Australian Automobile Association, the New Zealand Automobile Association and the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile

Understanding the impact of autonomous vehicles on behaviour and interactions

ARC Linkage grant

PhD Research: Can Automated Vehicles be safer by sharing the Vehicle's Intended Pathway via an Augmented Reality Head-Up Display?

QUTPRA Scholarship

LC/16 - Active 'Expect Trains' sign trial

Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation

Promoting journey access for people with disability in Cambodia

QUT Engagement Innovation grant

Monitoring/reading social interactive technology on smartphones among young driver

IHBI Early Career Researcher Grant

Slips, trips and falls on trains and at railway stations - Stages 2 & 3

Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation

Motivation to continue driving while sleepy: The effects on sleepiness and performance levels

ARRB

Review of stop sign level crossing sighting distance

Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation

Good intention but bad judgement? An ITS study to examine objective versus subjective driving performance

Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) Injury Prevention and Trauma Management seeding grant

Safety at Road Worksites [BN2019]

Austroads

SLOMO monitoring and evaluation

WA Road Safety Commission

LC18 - Pedestrian LED visual warning device

Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation

Participate in research: Electrical Safety in Queensland Homes

Electrical Safety Office, Queensland Government.

Evaluation of NSW minimum passing distance trial

TfNSW

A road safety intervention to modify attitudes and behaviour towards mobile phone use while driving

Budget Direct

Cooperative and Highly Automated Driving (CHAD) Safety Study

iMOVE CRC, Queensland Government

Intention-aware cooperative driving behaviour model for automated vehicles

ARC Discovery Grant

LC17 Investigating the use of train horns at rail level crossings

Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation

An evaluation of the RACQ Docudrama program

RACQ

Development and trial of road safety countermeasures for international visitors to Queensland

Department of Transport and Main Roads

The effectiveness of swapping drivers as a sleepiness countermeasure

IHBI Early Career Researcher Grant

Diagnosing the Fatal Five Road Crash Epidemic

IHBI Seeding Grant

Impact of waiting times on risk and standardisation of waiting times

Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation

Exploring the Road Users' Receptivity to Share Roads with Highly Automated Vehicles

IHBI Seeding Grant

"SexDrive" An investigation on sex-related distractions while driving

IHBI Seeding Grant

The development of an evaluation framework for the Queensland Road Safety Strategy 2015-2021

Queensland Department Transport & Main Roads

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle demonstrator for road safety critical tasks in urban environments

Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) Injury Prevention and Trauma Management Seeding grant

A theoretically-based cross-cultural comparison of public acceptance of, and intentions to use automated vehicles

IHBI Seeding Grant

Provision of data analysis for quantitative evaluation of Fit2Drive

Transport Accident Commission

Evaluating safety measures and behaviours at level crossings along maintained but non-operational rail corridors

Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation

CoopEcoSafe: A new cooperative, green and safe driving system

ARC Discovery grant

Research services to evaluate the P.A.R.T.Y. Program

RBWH Foundation

Co-author and participate in the successful delivery of an Occupational Road Safety Guide

NTC Australia and ACC New Zealand

Understanding high risk recidivist traffic offenders

MAIC

Variation in driving controls and in-vehicle information systems: Impact on fleet drivers

IHBI Seeding Grant

Prevalence and perception of following too closely in Queensland

Motor Accident Insurance Commission

PhD Research: A Gap Analysis of the Automated Speed Enforcement Operations and Regulations in Oman

Research Council of the Sultanate of Oman

Gold Coast Youth Road Safety - Preliminary investigation

Gold Coast City Council

An exploration of the possible contribution of prescribed drugs to road deaths in rural and remote Queensland: a coroner's report study

Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) Injury Prevention and Trauma Management Seeding grant

Developing and evaluating a theoretically grounded novice driver education program incorporating simulators

ARC Linkage Grant

PhD Research: Designing a culturally appropriate evaluation model for Oman's Research Council Road Safety research program

QUT

An analysis of Queensland fatalities and serious injury crash characteristics and management by region using coroners' reports, and linked hospital and relevant database

MAIC

A national approach to measuring non-fatal crash outcomes

Austroads

Parental perspectives on driver education programs

Australian Research Council, Department of Transport and Main Roads, and Roadcraft

Mitigating signal colour-misconceptions from prescription lenses worn by train drivers

Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation

Electrical injuries in Queensland: Patterns, circumstances, attitudes and opportunities for intervention

Electrical Safety Office, Queensland Government.

Effects of sleep loss on change detection while driving

NRMA-ACT Road Safety Trust grant

Hold the Red evaluation

Department of Transport & Main Roads

Risky Gadgets to the Rescue

ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Quads and kids: Understanding parents' beliefs and attitudes around the use of quad bikes

Australian Government Research Training Program

ANDS: innovation in road safety research and policy

ARC Linkage grant

PhD Research: Beyond Compliance - An investigation of proactive safety behaviours within the work driving context

QUT

Ipswich Connected Vehicle Pilot (ICVP)

iMOVE CRC, Queensland Government

Development of Best-Practice Guidelines for Learner Driver Mentor Programs (LDMPs)

Motor Accident Insurance Commission (MAIC), with in-kind support from TMR

Cycle Aware: Driving with bikes

ARC Linkage grant

Participate in research: Safe and healthy walking

Ability to absorb information through electronic and static signs

Austroads

Challenges for the FIFO/DIDO workforce: Impacts on health, safety, and relationships

Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre

Integrated Facility for Recording Driver and Road User Behaviour

ARC LIEF grant and VicRoads, MAC, TAC, NSWCRS and WA ORS

A novel approach to evaluate the effectiveness of different types of road safety advertising campaigns

IHBI HASS Collaborative Incentive Scheme

An evidence-based approach to improved regulation by positively influencing interactions between industry and the regulator

Workplace Health & Safety - Queensland