Honours Project Topics & Supervisors in Accident and Injury Causes and Prevention:

 Dr Stuart Newstead

Theme

Applied statistics in road safety research

Potential Projects

• Statistical methodology for vehicle safety evaluation and assessment
• Statistical methodology for road safety program evaluation
• Injury database design, interrogation and analysis

 Dr Judith Charlton / Dr Jennie Oxley

Theme

Cognitive and vision impairment and road user safety

Potential Projects

• Functional abilities, insight and self-regulatory driving behaviour in older drivers
• Visual field loss and fitness to drive
• Parkinson's disease and driving performance
• Effect of dementia on driving and walking ability
• Driving cessation - social, health and economic consequences

Dr Michael Lenné

Theme 1

Alcohol, Drugs and Driving

Potential Projects

• Identifying patterns of drug use
• Studying causal factors in drug-related crashes

Theme 2

Human Factors - human error, aviation safety, organisational psychology (team performance)

Potential Projects

• Contribution of human error in aviation accidents
• Evaluation of team training programs in a driving simulator

Dr Lesley Day

Theme 1

Farm Safety

Potential Projects

• The slip resistance characteristics of materials used for construction of tractor access steps (engineering)
• Hand injuries among farmers (anatomy)+
• Comparison of the injury profile of older and younger farmers+ (B Med Sci)

+ These projects involve analysis, and critical interpretation, of data which has already been collected in a cohort study, or in a series of large injury surveillance databases.

Theme 2

Falls Prevention

Potential Projects

• Association of balance and vision function with fear of falling among older people+ (B Med Sci)

+ This project involves analysis, and critical interpretation, of data which has already been collected in a cohort study, or in a series of large injury surveillance databases.