Associate Professor Jeremy Woolley is the Director of the Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR) at the University of Adelaide. CASR is a multidisciplinary research centre that has been conducting road safety research dating back to the 1960s of which at-scene crash investigation has been an integral part of its activity. CASR also provides crash testing for the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) and statistical analyses and evaluations to assist with policy development. Jeremy has been involved in road safety research for over 20 years and is noted for his leadership and knowledge transfer activities across many sectors and within all levels of government. Although specialising in speed management and road infrastructure, he is a road safety generalist who has had involvement with a diverse range of road safety areas in the past ranging from Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), enforcement and regulation, young and old drivers, heavy vehicles, data management, policy evaluation, human factors, vehicle safety, road safety communications, road safety auditing, Safe System assessment and teaching. He is a regular participant in state and national projects that seek to achieve alignment with the Safe System approach to road safety and has also been an active contributor and developer of road safety strategies and action plans in multiple jurisdictions. Jeremy accepted an invitation in 2017 by then Federal Infrastructure and Transport Minister, the Hon Darren Chester MP, to co-chair an inquiry into the performance of the Australian National Road Safety Strategy (NRSS). The terms of reference allowed for an assessment of current performance and also the consideration of future responses to road safety. The other Inquiry panellists included co-chair Dr John Crozier (Royal Australasian College of Surgeons) and official advisors Mr Lauchlan McIntosh (Chair of Global NCAP and President of the Australasian College of Road Safety) and Mr Robert McInerney (CEO of iRAP). The findings from the inquiry were released at a non-partisan event hosted by the Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon Michael McCormack on 12 September 2018 in Canberra.

Hamish is Director of Mackie Research and has 20 years of research and consultancy experience in various areas of human factors and ergonomics, with the last 13 years spent mostly in the transport sector. All of Hamish’s work has the underlying theme of more human centered systems and he has a particular focus on road safety and active travel.

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