Traffic Engineering and Vehicle Safety

Led by Associate Professor David Logan, the MUARC Traffic Engineering and Vehicle Safety team’s engineering background provides a unique lens when researching the cornerstones of road safety: safe vehicles, safe roads, and roadsides across the world.

The team translates research into practical solutions and collaborates extensively with government and industry partners. Helping with the development and modelling of road safety strategies at state/territory and federal level across Australia, the team's work builds upon the Safe System and Vision Zero road safety philosophies.

Expertise

The team draws on research expertise in civil, mechanical and transport engineering, conducting world-class research to work towards the elimination of death and serious injury on Australian roads through the provision of robust, evidence-based findings. The team provides vehicle fleet safety advice, and road safety strategy modelling and program evaluation.

TEAM LEAD

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RESEARCH TEAM

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Research Capabilities

  • Road safety strategy modelling and development.
  • Innovative road infrastructure evaluations.
  • Safe vehicle selection and specification, particularly for fleets.
  • Translating research into practice through improving road safety management in low- and middle-income countries.
  • In-depth crash investigations.
  • Light and heavy vehicle safety, including automated vehicles.
  • Modelling of the potential benefits of semi- and fully-automated vehicles.
  • Vehicle safety, strategy development, infrastructure evaluation, and road safety modelling.
  • Development of tailored vehicle performance testing programs.

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