Mr Giulio Ponte

Research Engineer

Centre for Automotive Safety Research

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Giulio Ponte is a Research Engineer at the Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR) where he has worked in road safety since 1995. He has a degree in mechanical engineering and a graduate diploma in transport and traffic engineering. Giulio has considerable experience in at-scene crash investigation, vehicle-pedestrian safety assessment and has an ongoing involvement in the pedestrian testing program undertaken for Australasian NCAP.

Most recently Giulio has been involved with the examination of the potential benefits of various vehicle technologies, particularly autonomous emergency braking, mobile phone blocking devices, automated and advanced automated crash notification systems. Giulio has been involved in pilot studies on the effectiveness of intelligent speed adaptation systems, the use of event data recorder information to supplement mass crash data and examining in-vehicle distracted behaviours using specialised video recording equipment.

Career
Publications
Professional Activities
Contact

Appointments

Date Position Institution name
2004 - ongoing Research Engineer The University of Adelaide
1994 - 1998 Research Assistant/Officer/Engineer The University of Adelaide

Date	Position	Institution name
2004 - ongoing	Research Engineer	The University of Adelaide
1994 - 1998	Research Assistant/Officer/Engineer	The University of Adelaide

Awards and Achievements

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2012	Award	Best Research Paper	Australasian College of Road Safety	Australia	-
2012	Award	Peter Vulcan Award	Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference	Australia	-
2007	Research Award	Peter Vulcan Award	Australasian College of Road Safety	Australia	-

Language Competencies

Language Competency
Italian Can understand spoken
Education

Date Institution name Country Title
1990 - 1993 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Engineering
Postgraduate Training

Date Title Institution Country
Post Graduate Diploma in Transport and Traffic Engineering Monash University Australia
Research Interests

Road Safety

Language	Competency
Italian	Can understand spoken

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
1990 - 1993	University of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Engineering

Date	Title	Institution	Country
	Post Graduate Diploma in Transport and Traffic Engineering	Monash University	Australia

Journals

Year	Citation
2021	MacKenzie, J. R. R., Dutschke, J. K., & Ponte, G. (2021). An investigation of cyclist passing distances in the Australian Capital Territory. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 154, 106075-1-106075-10. DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2021	Ponte, G., Edwards, S. A., & Wundersitz, L. (2021). The prevalence of in-vehicle driver distraction in moving traffic. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 83, 33-41. DOI Scopus2
2019	Nishimoto, T., Kubota, K., & Ponte, G. (2019). A pedestrian serious injury risk prediction method based on posted speed limit. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 129, 84-93. DOI Scopus9 WoS6 Europe PMC1
2018	Ponte, G., & Nishimoto, T. (2018). Development of a Pedestrian Injury Prediction Model for Potential Use in an Advanced Automated Crash Notification System. Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety, 29(3), 50-57.
2017	Dutschke, J., Searson, D., Ponte, G., Hutchinson, T., Anderson, R., & Lydon, M. (2017). An estimate of the future road safety benefits of autonomous emergency braking and vehicle-to-vehicle communication technologies. Journal of the Australian College of Road Safety, 28(1), 20-26.
2016	Ponte, G., Ryan, G., & Anderson, R. (2016). An estimate of the effectiveness of an in-vehicle automatic collision notification system in reducing road crash fatalities in South Australia. Traffic Injury Prevention, 17(3), 258-263. DOI Scopus15 WoS15
2012	Anderson, R., & Ponte, G. (2012). Contribution of structural incompatibility to asymmetrical injury risks in crashes between two passenger vehicles. Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety, 23(4), 33-42.
2008	Anderson, R., van den Berg, A., Ponte, G., Streeter, L., & McLean, A. (2008). Testing the pedestrian safety of bull bars: methods and results. Australasian College of Road Safety Journal, 19(1), 35-43.
2003	Anderson, R., Ponte, G., & Streeter, L. (2003). Development of head protection for car occupants. Road and Transport Research, 12(1), 41-48.
2003	Anderson, R., Streeter, L., Ponte, G., van de Griend, M., Lindsay, V., & McLean, A. (2003). Pedestrian subsystem head impact results reflect the severity of pedestrian head injuries. International Journal of Vehicle Design, 32(1-2), 1-15. DOI Scopus7 WoS12

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2021	Ponte, G., & Wundersitz, L. (2021). Exploring the prevalence of in-vehicle distraction in moving traffic: An observational study using camera technology. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention (DDI2021) (pp. 44-47). France: Université Gustave Eiffel.
2019	Ponte, G., Dutschke, J., Mackenzie, J., & Mongiardini, M. (2019). An evaluation of the effectiveness of a minimum passing distance rule in the Australian Capital Territory. In Proceedings of the 8th Annual International Cycling Safety Conference. Brisbane, Australia.
2016	Ponte, G., & Baldock, M. R. (2016). An examination of the effectiveness and acceptability of mobile phone blocking technology among drivers of corporate fleet vehicles. In Proceedings of the 2016 Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC2016) (pp. 1-12). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: ACRS.
2016	Searson, D., Dutschke, J., Ponte, G., Hutchinson, T., Anderson, R., & Lydon, M. (2016). An estimate of the future road safety benefits of autonomous emergency braking and vehicle-to-vehicle communication technologies. In Proceedings of the 2016 Australasian Road Safety Conference (pp. 1-2). Canberra, ACT: ACRS.
2015	Searson, D., Ponte, G., Hutchinson, T., Anderson, R., & Lydon, M. (2015). Emerging vehicle safety technologies and their potential benefits: discussion of expert opinions. In Proceedings of the 2015 Australasian Road Safety Conference (pp. 1-11). Canberra: Australasian College of Road Safety.
2014	Ponte, G., Szpak, Z., Woolley, J., & Searson, D. (2014). Using specialised cyclist detection software to count cyclists and determine cyclist travel speed from video. In Proceedings of the 2014 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing & Education Conference (pp. 1-13). Melbourne, Vic: ACRS.
2014	Wall, J. P., Woolley, J., Ponte, G., & Bailey, T. J. (2014). Post crash response arrangements in Australia compared to other high performing road safety nations. In Proceedings of the 2014 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference (pp. 1-10). Melbourne, Vic: Australasian College of Road Safety.
2013	Anderson, R., Doecke, S., Mackenzie, J. R. R., & Ponte, G. (2013). Potential benefits of autonomous emergency braking based on in-depth crash reconstruction and simulation. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (pp. 13-0152-1-13-0152-10). Seoul, Korea: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
2013	Ponte, G., van den Berg, A., Anderson, R., & Linke, B. (2013). Pedestrian protection in vehicle impacts: demystifying pedestrian testing procedures and assessment. In Proceedings of the 2013 ACRS Conference - A Safe System: The Road Safety Discussion (pp. 1-13). online: ACRS.
2013	Ponte, G., Anderson, R., & Ryan, G. (2013). The characteristics of fatal crashes in South Australia involving a delay in notifying Emergency Medical Services. In Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policy & Education Conference (pp. 1-13). online: ACRS.
2012	Doecke, S., Anderson, R., Mackenzie, J., & Ponte, G. (2012). The potential of autonomous emergency braking systems to mitigate passenger vehicle crashes. In Proceedings of the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference 2012, ARSRPE 2012 (pp. 1-11). online: Australasian College of Road Safety.
2012	Baldock, M., Kloeden, C., Lydon, M., Raftery, S., Grigo, J., & Ponte, G. (2012). The use of protective clothing by motorcyclists in Victoria: Evaluation of the Community Policing and Education Project. In Proceedings of the 2012 ACRS National Conference - A Safe System: Expanding the Research (pp. 1-11). online: Australasian College of Road Safety.
2012	Anderson, R., & Ponte, G. (2012). Contribution of structural incompatibility to asymmetrical injury risks in crashes between two passenger vehicles. In Proceedings of the 2012 Conference A Safe System : Expanding the reach! Themes and outcomes (pp. 1-14). Australia: ACRS.
2011	Hutchinson, T., Searson, D., Anderson, R., Dutschke, J., Ponte, G., & van den Berg, A. (2011). Protection of the unhelmeted head against blunt impact: The pedestrian and the car bonnet. In Proceedings of The Australasian Road Safety Research Policing and Education Conference 2011 (pp. 1-10). Australia: Government of Western Australia.
2010	Baldock, M., Kloeden, C., Lydon, M., Ponte, G., & Raftery, S. (2010). Motorcycling in Victoria: Preliminary findings of the evaluation of the Community Education and Policing Project. In Proceedings of the 2010 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference (pp. 1-8). www.rsconference.com: Australian Transport Council.
2008	Doecke, S., Anderson, R., & Ponte, G. (2008). Bull bar prevalence among types of vehicle in metropolitan Adelaide. In R. Anderson (Ed.), Proceedings of Road Safety 2008 (pp. 43-51). CD: University of Adelaide.
2008	Anderson, R., Ponte, G., & Searson, D. (2008). Potential benefits of an Australian Design Rule on pedestrian protection. In R. Anderson (Ed.), Proceedings of Road Safety 2008 (pp. 7-22). CD: University of Adelaide.
2007	Ponte, G., Anderson, R., & Searson, D. (2007). A comparison of the pedestrian passive safety performance of the new vehicle fleet in Australia, France and the United Kingdom. In William Gibbons (Ed.), Proceedings of the Australian Road Safety Research Policing and Education Conference 2007 (pp. 1-10). Australia: Victorian Dept of Justice.
2007	Kloeden, C., McLean, J., & Ponte, G. (2007). Characteristics of rollover crashes. In 20th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles Vol. 2007 (pp. Paper Number 07-0479). Lyon, France.
2006	Anderson, R., van den Berg, A., Ponte, G., Streeter, L., & McLean, J. (2006). Testing the pedestrian safety of bull bars: methods and results. In Australasian Road Safety Research Policing and Education Conference 20 (pp. submitted papers.). Surfers Paradise, Queensland: Able Video & Multimedia.
2006	Woolley, J., Kloeden, C., Lindsay, V., Ponte, G., & McLean, A. (2006). The Adelaide Metropolitan Indepth Crash Investigation Study 2002-2005. In Peter Sugg (Ed.), Proceedings of ARSRPE06 (pp. CDROM1-CDROM10). CDROM: Queensland Government.
2006	McLean, A., Kloeden, C., & Ponte, G. (2006). Characteristics of rollover crashes. In Peter Sugg (Ed.), Proceedings of ARSRPE06 (pp. CDROM1-CDROM12). CDROM: Queensland Government.
2004	Anderson, R., McLean, A., Ponte, G., Lindsay, V., & Wundersitz, L. (2004). Patterns in the incidence and consequences of pedestrian accidents. In J. Doek (Ed.), 2004 Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, Proceedings Volume 1 (pp. 1-10). Perth, Western Australia: Road Safety Council.
2004	Ponte, G., van den Berg, A., Streeter, L., & Anderson, R. (2004). Pedestrian protection in vehicle impacts: further results from the Australian new car assessment program. In J. Doek (Ed.), 2004 Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, Proceedings Volume 1 (pp. 1-10). Perth, Western Australia: Road Safety Council.
2002	Anderson, R., McLean, A., Streeter, L., Ponte, G., Sommariva, M., Lindsay, V., & Wundersitz, L. (2002). Severity and type of pedestrian injuries related to vehicle impact locations and results of sub-system impact reconstruction. In Antoinette Charpenne (Ed.), Proceedings of 2002 International IRCOBI Conference on The Biomechanics of Impact (pp. 289-299). France: IRCOBI.
2002	Anderson, R., Ponte, G., & Streeter, L. (2002). Development of head protection for car occupants. In P. McLean (Ed.), 2002 Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference - Volume #1 Refereed Papers (pp. 9-14). PO Box 54 Burnside SA 5066: Plevin and Associates Pty Ltd.
2002	Sommariva, M., Ponte, G., Streeter, L., & Anderson, R. (2002). Protecting pedestrians in vehicle collisions: Results from 2 years of the Australian New Car Assessment Program and the analysis of actual accidents. In P. McLean (Ed.), 2002 Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference - Volume #1 Refereed Papers (pp. 255-261). PO Box 54 Burnside, South Australia: Plevin and Associates Pty Ltd.
2001	Kloeden, C., Ponte, G., & McLean, J. (2001). Travelling speed and the risk of crash involvement : the South Australian experience. In National Speed and Road Safety. Adelaide, Australia.

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2019	Mongiardini, M., Raftery, S., Ponte, G., & Woolley, J. (2019). Evaluation of the ACT Government’s Safer Cycling Reforms: Minimum Passing Distance and Allowance to Ride Across Pedestrian Crossing. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2019 Australasian Road Safety Conference.

Report for External Bodies

Year	Citation
2023	Doecke, S., Thompson, J. P., Elsegood, M. E., & Ponte, G. (2023). Profiling head on crashes in South Australia (CASR175). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2022	Mackenzie, J., & Ponte, G. (2022). Video capture and analysis of cyclists using infrastructure in the ACT through machine learning (CASR202). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2022	Ponte, G., Hutchinson, T., & Kloeden, C. (2022). An examination of potential exposure measures for vehicle safety technologies in South Australia (CASAR174). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2022	Raftery, S., Ponte, G., & Woolley, J. (2022). Road safety benefits of placemaking activities in South Australia (CASR196). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2021	Doecke, S., Elsegood, M., & Ponte, G. (2021). The contribution of various levels of speeding to fatal and serious road trauma (CASR189). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2021	Elsegood, M., Doecke, S., & Ponte, G. (2021). Collection and analysis of EDR data from crash-involved vehicles: 2020-21 summary report (CASR188). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2020	Elsegood, M. E., Doecke, S., & Ponte, G. (2020). Collection and analysis of EDR data from crash-involved vehicles: 2019-20 summary report (CASR170). Adelaide: Centre for Automotie Safety Research.
2020	Elsegood, M., Doecke, S., & Ponte, G. (2020). Pre-impact braking in crashes: insights from event data recorders (EDRs) (CASR171). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2019	Ponte, G., & Wundersitz, L. N. (2019). Exploring the prevalence of in-vehicle driver distraction in moving traffic: A pilot study (CASR161). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research, University of Adelaide.
2019	Mackenzie, J., Dutschke, J. K., & Ponte, G. (2019). An evaluation of bicycle passing distances in the ACT (CASR157). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2018	Mongiardini, M., Raftery, S., Ponte, G., & Woolley, J. (2018). Evaluation of the ACT Government's safer cycling reforms (CASR154). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2017	Doecke, S., & Ponte, G. (2017). The safety benefits of limiting ISA: a pilot study using real world crash situations (CASR141). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2016	Ponte, G., Baldock, M., & Thompson, J. (2016). Examination of the effectiveness and acceptability of mobile phone blocking technology among drivers of corporate fleet vehicles (CASR140). Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2015	Ponte, G., Searson, D., Royals, J., & Anderson, R. (2015). New motorcycle safety technology : an overview for South Australia (CASR127). Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2014	Searson, D., Ponte, G., Hutchinson, T. P., Anderson, R., & Lydon, M. (2014). Emerging vehicle safety technology (14/03). Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV).
2014	Ponte, G., Anderson, R., Kloeden, C., & Lydon, M. (2014). Dynamics of the South Australian registered passenger vehicle fleet (CASR110). Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2013	Anderson, R., Hutchinson, T. P., & Ponte, G. (2013). The impact of changes in the Australian light vehicle fleet on crashworthiness and crash outcomes (AP-R428-13).
2013	Ponte, G., Ryan, G. A., & Anderson, R. (2013). Automatic crash notification (CASR124). Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2012	Anderson, R., Doecke, S. D., Mackenzie, J., Ponte, G., Paine, D., & Paine, M. (2012). Potential benefits of forward collision avoidance technology (CASR106). Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland.
2012	Baldock, M. R. J., Kloeden, C., Lydon, M., Ponte, G., Raftery, S., & Grigo, J. (2012). Evaluation of the VicRoads community policing and education project: final report. Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2011	Anderson, R., Hutchinson, T. P., Linke, B., & Ponte, G. (2011). Analysis of crash data to estimate the benefits of emerging vehicle technology (CASR094). Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2011	Ponte, G., van den berg, A., & Anderson, R. (2011). Further analysis of the impact characteristics of the New Zealand Fisheries sea lion exclusion device stainless steel grid: final research report for Ministry of Fisheries (SRP2010-05). Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2010	Ponte, G., van den berg, A., & Anderson, R. (2010). Impact characteristics of the New Zealand Fisheries sea lion exclusion device stainless steel grid: final research report for Ministry of Fisheries (IPA2009-06). Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2003	Anderson, R., Streeter, L., Ponte, G., Sommariva, M., & McLean, A. (2003). Vehicle design and operation for pedestrian protection: accident simulations and reconstructions (VSSR 1). Canberra: Vehicle Safety Standards, Department of Transport and Regional Services.
2002	Ponte, G., Anderson, R., McLean, A., Streeter, L., Tiller, R., & Hill, S. (2002). Development and testing of production prototypes of a protective headband for car occupants (CR 210). Canberra, ACT: Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
2001	Kloeden, C., Ponte, G., & McLean, A. (2001). Travelling speed and the risk of crash involvement on rural roads (CR204). Canberra: Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
2001	Anderson, R., Ponte, G., McLean, A., Tiller, R., & Hill, S. (2001). Further development of a protective headband for car occupants (CR205). Canberra: Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
1997	Kloeden, C., McLean, J., Moore, V., & Ponte, G. (1997). Travelling speed and the risk of crash involvement. Federal Office of Road Safety, Transport and Communiations.

Memberships

Date Role Membership Country
2017 - ongoing Member Australasian College of Road Safety Australia

Date	Role	Membership	Country
2017 - ongoing	Member	Australasian College of Road Safety	Australia

Position: Research Engineer
Phone: 83133867
Email: giulio.ponte@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 82324995
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Engineering Annex, floor 1
Org Unit: Centre for Automotive Safety Research

Mr Giulio Ponte

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