Robert Anderson

Centre for Automotive Safety Research

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Robert Anderson holds the title of Adjunct Associate Professor. He commenced his research career in 1993 at the University's Road Accident Research Unit (RARU), investigating crashes for a study on airbag effectiveness. In 1999 he completed his PhD on the biomechanics of impact-induced diffuse axonal injury (one of the most common and debilitating forms of brain injury), which earned him the Elizabeth Penfold Simpson Prize for Brain Injury Research.

Robert was appointed Deputy Director at RARU in 1999 and then at the Centre for Automotive Safety Research that replaced it. During that time he conducted research on nearly all aspects of road safety. Over the last 15 years he oversaw the development of a test facility for testing vehicles for pedestrian safety for the Australasian New Car Assessment Program, developed expertise in pedestrian kinematics and pedestrian injury biomechanics and chaired an international committee on computer simulation of pedestrian crash mechanics.

He is now a director and principal of Anderson Hall Pty Ltd, providing expert technical services to the legal and insurance industries.

Career
Publications
Supervision
Contact

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2018 - ongoing	Director and Principal	Anderson Hall Pty Ltd
2016 - ongoing	Adjunct Associate Professor	University of Adelaide
2014 - 2018	Consultant	Hall technical
2009 - 2015	Associate Professor	University of Adelaide

Education

Date Institution name Country Title

1987 - 1990 University of Adelaide Australia BE (Hons)

University of Adelaide Australia PhD

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
1987 - 1990	University of Adelaide	Australia	BE (Hons)
	University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD

Journals

Year	Citation
2017	Dutschke, J., Finnie, J., Manavis, J., & Anderson, R. (2017). Semiquantitation of Axonal Injury in Traumatically Damaged Brains Using Color Deconvolution. Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology, 25(4), 277-281. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
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	Whyte, T., Gibson, T., Anderson, R., Eager, D., & Milthorpe, B. (2016). Mechanisms of Head and Neck Injuries Sustained by Helmeted Motorcyclists in Fatal Real-World Crashes: Analysis of 47 In-Depth Cases. Journal of Neurotrauma, 33(19), 1802-1807. DOI Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC1
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 Scopus18 WoS16 Europe PMC2
2016	Hamdane, H., Serre, T., Masson, C., & Anderson, R. (2016). Relevant factors for active pedestrian safety based on 100 real accident reconstructions. International Journal of Crashworthiness, 21(1), 51-62. DOI Scopus13 WoS11
2015	Doecke, S., Grant, A., & Anderson, R. (2015). The Real-World Safety Potential of Connected Vehicle Technology. Traffic Injury Prevention, 16(sup1), 31-35. DOI Scopus31 WoS30 Europe PMC1
2015	Hamdane, H., Serre, T., Masson, C., & Anderson, R. (2015). Issues and challenges for pedestrian active safety systems based on real world accidents. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 82, 53-60. DOI Scopus59 WoS41 Europe PMC2
2015	Anderson, R., & Searson, D. (2015). Use of age-period-cohort models to estimate effects of vehicle age, year of crash and year of vehicle manufacture on driver injury and fatality rates in single vehicle crashes in New South Wales, 2003-2010. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 75, 202-210. DOI Scopus12 WoS12 Europe PMC2
2014	Anderson, R. W. G., Sandoz, B., Dutschke, J. K., Finnie, J. W., Turner, R. J., Blumbergs, P. C., . . . Vink, R. (2014). Biomechanical studies in an ovine model of non-accidental head injury. Journal of Biomechanics, 47(11), 2578-2583. DOI Scopus18 WoS13 Europe PMC12
2014	Searson, D., Anderson, R., & Hutchinson, T. (2014). Integrated assessment of pedestrian head impact protection in testing secondary safety and autonomous emergency braking. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 63, 1-8. DOI Scopus17 WoS9 Europe PMC4
2012	Sandoz, B., Dutschke, J., Liu, Q., Manavis, J., Finnie, J., Vink, R., & Anderson, R. (2012). In vivo biomechanical response of ovine heads to shaken baby syndrome events. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 15(sup1), 293-294. DOI Scopus8 Europe PMC5
2012	Searson, D., Hutchinson, T., & Anderson, R. (2012). From crash test speed to performance in real world conditions: A conceptual model and its application to underhood clearance in pedestrian head tests. Stapp Car Crash Journal, 56, 485-496. DOI Scopus3 Europe PMC2
2012	Anderson, R., & Hutchinson, T. (2012). Age-based selection of child restraints. Australasian College of Road Safety Journal, 23(2), 53-58.
2012	Searson, D., Anderson, R., & Hutchinson, T. (2012). The effect of impact speed on the HIC obtained in pedestrian headform tests. International Journal of Crashworthiness, 2012(5), 1-9. DOI Scopus9 WoS5
2012	Hutchinson, T., Anderson, R., & Searson, D. (2012). Pedestrian headform testing: inferring performance at impact speeds and for headform masses not tested, and estimating average performance in a range of real-world conditions. Traffic Injury Prevention, 13(4), 402-411. DOI Scopus16 WoS10 Europe PMC4
2012	Finnie, J., Blumbergs, P., Manavis, J., Turner, R., Helps, S., Vink, R., . . . Anderson, R. (2012). Neuropathological changes in a lamb model of non-accidental head injury (the shaken baby syndrome). Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 19(8), 1159-1164. DOI Scopus66 WoS51 Europe PMC36
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. WoS1
2011	Anderson, R., & Hutchinson, T. P. (2011). Child safety restraints: Advice to parents. Irish Medical Journal, 104(10), 1.
2011	Anderson, R., & Doecke, S. (2011). An analysis of head impact severity in simulations of collisions between pedestrians and SUVs/work utility vehicles, and sedans. Traffic Injury Prevention, 12(4), 388-397. DOI Scopus4 WoS5 Europe PMC3
2010	Coulongeat, F., Anderson, R., Long, A., & Serre, T. (2010). Windscreen material characterization based on experimental data. Journal of Biological Physics and Chemistry, 9(4), 203-209. DOI
2010	Hutchinson, T., & Anderson, R. (2010). Vehicle mass as a determinant of fuel consumption and secondary safety performance: A comment. Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment, 15(2), 123-125. DOI Scopus4 WoS2
2010	Anderson, R. W. G., & Doecke, S. (2010). The Relative Age Related Crashworthiness of the Registered South Australian Passenger Vehicle Fleet. JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF ROAD SAFETY, 21(1), 36-46. WoS3
2009	Anderson, R. W. (2009). David C. Sabiston, Jr. <i>Farewell and Thanks to a Friend and Mentor</i> IN MEMORIAM. ANNALS OF SURGERY, 249(5), 704-705. DOI
2009	Anderson, R., Long, A., & Serre, T. (2009). Phenomenological continuous contact-impact modelling for multi-body simulations of pedestrian-vehicle contact interactions based on experimental data. Nonlinear Dynamics, 58(1-2), 199-208. DOI Scopus30 WoS23
2009	Ashar, A., James, H., Higgins, D., Kaidonis, J., & Anderson, R. (2009). The effect of motor vehicle airbag deployment on tooth surfaces. The Journal of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology, 27(2), 50-55.
2009	Anderson, R., & Hutchinson, T. (2009). Optimising product advice based on age when design criteria are based on weight: child restraints in vehicles. Ergonomics, 2008(3), 1-20. DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC2
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.
2008	Kloeden, C., Anderson, R., & Hutchinson, T. (2008). Differences between groups of drivers: offences contrasted with crashes. Flinders Journal of Law Reform, 10, 815-830.
2008	Ponte, G., Anderson, R., & Searson, D. (2008). A Comparison of the Pedestrian Passive Safety Performance of the New Vehicle Fleet in Australia, France and the United Kingdom. JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF ROAD SAFETY, 19(3), 25-31.
2007	Gibson, T., Thai, K., & Anderson, R. (2007). Motorcycle helmet protection and basilar skull fracture. Journal of Biomechanics, 40(S2), S92. DOI
2007	Anderson, R. (2007). Rate-dependent multibody impact modelling for pedestrian crash simulation. Journal of Biomechanics, 40(S2), S91. DOI
2007	Anderson, R. (2007). A method for intra-experimental validation of head impact acceleration measurements. Journal of Biomechanics, 40(S2), S89. DOI
2006	Anderson, R., Kloeden, C., Hutchinson, P., & McLean, J. (2006). Choices of licensing method and crashes of young drivers. Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety, 17(3), 28-33.
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., Brown, C., Blumbergs, P., McLean, A., & Jones, N. (2003). Impact mechanics and axonal injury in a sheep model. Journal of Neurotrauma, 20(10), 961-974. DOI Scopus76 WoS64 Europe PMC37
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
1997	Anderson, R., McLean, J., Farmer, M., Lee, B., & Brooks, C. (1997). Vehicle travel speeds and the incidence of fatal pedestrian crashes. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 29(5), 667-674. DOI Scopus147 Europe PMC38
1996	McLean, J., Anderson, R., & Farmer, M. (1996). Pedestrian accidents on arterial roads. Highway Engineering in Australia, 28(1), 10-13.

Books

Year Citation

2000 Anderson, R., White, K., & McLean, A. (2000). The development of a protective headband for car occupants. Canberra, Australia: Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

Year	Citation
2000	Anderson, R., White, K., & McLean, A. (2000). The development of a protective headband for car occupants. Canberra, Australia: Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2005	Anderson, R., & McLean, A. (2005). Biomechanics of closed head injury. In P. Reilly, & R. Bullock (Eds.), Head injury: pathophysiology and management (2 ed., pp. 26-40). London: Hodder Education.
1997	McLean, J., & Anderson, R. (1997). Biomechanics of closed head injury. In Head injury: pathophysiology and management of severe closed injury (pp. 25-37). Chapman & Hall.

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2017	Gockowiak, K. L. K., Anderson, R. W. G., & Hutchinson, T. P. (2017). Analysis of a causal model of crash test pulses. In Proceedings of the 2017 Australasian Road Safety Conference (pp. 1-13). Pearce, ACT, Australia: Australian College of Road Safety.
2016	Dutschke, J., Anderson, R., Sandoz, B., Finnie, J., Manavis, J., Nishimoto, T., . . . Vink, R. (2016). A Biomechanical Model of Traumatic Contusional Injury Produced by Controlled Cerebrocortical Indentation in Sheep. In 2016 IRCOBI Conference Proceedings (pp. 354-368). Online: IRCOBI. Scopus6
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	Gockowiak, K., Anderson, R., & Searson, D. (2014). A model for determining injury risk on the basis of impact speed, using vehicle data from variable-speed impact tests. In Proceedings - International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury (pp. 18-28). Berlin, Germany: International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury. Scopus2
2014	Doecke, S., & Anderson, R. (2014). The safety potential of connected vehicles. In Proceedings of the 2014 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference (pp. 1-12). Melbourne, Vic.: Australasian College of Road Safety.
2014	Doecke, S., & Anderson, R. (2014). The safety potential of connected vehicles. In Proceedings of the 2014 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference (pp. 1-12). Melbourne, Vic.: Australasian College of Road Safety.
2014	Hamdane, H., Serre, T., Anderson, R., Masson, C., & Yerpez, J. (2014). Description of pedestrian crashes in accordance with characteristics of Active Safety Systems. In Proceedings - International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury (pp. 746-758). Berlin, Germany: International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury. Scopus5
2014	Gockowiak, K., Anderson, R., & Searson, D. (2014). A model for determining injury risk on the basis of impact speed. In 2014 IRCOBI Conference Proceedings (pp. 10-1-10-11). Berlin, Germany: IRCOBI.
2014	Hamdane, H., Serre, T., Anderson, R., & Yerpez, J. (2014). Accident simulation and reconstruction for enhancing pedestrian safety: issues and challenges. In Proceedings of Expert Symposium on Accident Research (ESAR). Hannover, Germany.
2013	Hutchinson, T. P., Anderson, R. W. G., & Searson, D. J. (2013). Modelling of links from a laboratory test result to real-world performance: The case of pedestrian collisions. In J. Piantadosi, R. S. Anderssen, & J. Boland (Eds.), Proceedings - 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2013 (pp. 1952-1958). Adelaide, AUSTRALIA: MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC.
2013	Hutchinson, T. P., Anderson, R., & Searson, D. (2013). An equation for generalising from impact test performance to real-world crashes. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV) (pp. 13-0355-1-13-0355-5). Seoul, Korea: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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.
2013	Searson, D., & Anderson, R. (2013). Potential effectiveness of seat belt interlocks. In Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policy & Education Conference (pp. 1-11). 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	Hutchinson, T., Anderson, R., & Searson, D. (2012). Testing in order to measure the protection against impact of people, manufactured items, and agricultural produce: How to consider all severities of shock. In Proceedings of the 7th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, ACAM 7 (pp. 925-932). CDROM / DVDROM: Engineers Australia. Scopus1
2012	Searson, D., Anderson, R., & Hutchinson, T. (2012). Use of a damped Hertz contact model to represent head impact safety tests. In Proceedings of the 7th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, ACAM 7 (pp. 230-235). CDROM / DVDROM: Engineers Australia. Scopus1
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.
2012	Mackenzie, J., Anderson, R., & Searson, D. (2012). An investigation of light vehicle fleet safety in South Australia. In Proceedings of Occupational Safety in Transport Conference OSIT (pp. 1-10). online: OSIT.
2012	Anderson, R., Searson, D., & Hutchinson, T. (2012). Integrating the assessment of pedestrian safety in vehicles with collision detection and mitigation systems. In Proceedings of 2012 IRCOBI Conference (pp. 1-10). online: IRCOBI. Scopus3
2012	Searson, D. J., Hutchinson, T. P., & Anderson, R. W. G. (2012). From Crash Test Speed to Performance in Real World Conditions: A Conceptual Model and Its Application to Underhood Clearance in Pedestrian Head Tests. In SAE Technical Papers Vol. 2012-October. SAE International. DOI
2011	Sandoz, B., Anderson, R., Liu, Q., Helps, S., Finnie, J., Blumbergs, P., & Vink, R. (2011). Biomechanical responses in an ovine model of non-accidental head injury (shaken baby syndrome). In Proceedings of the XXIII ISB Congress 2011 (pp. 1-2). online: International Society of Biomechanics.
2011	Sandoz, B., Anderson, R., Finnie, J., Wells, A., Turner, R., & Vink, R. (2011). Reproducible brain injuries produced in a sheep model by direct impact. In Proceedings of The XXIII ISB Congress 2011 (pp. 0 pages). Brussels, Belgium.
2011	Anderson, R. (2011). The utility of historical trends to project future numbers of crashes in South Australia. In Proceedings of 2011 A Safe System: Making it Happen! (pp. 1-12). online: Australasian College of Road Safety.
2011	Hutchinson, T., & Anderson, R. (2011). Newer cars: Much safer. In Proceedings of ATRF 2011 (pp. 1-8). online: UniSA and SA Dept for Transport, Energy & Infrastructure. Scopus1
2011	Hutchinson, T., & Anderson, R. (2011). Smaller cars: not to be feared. In Proceedings of ATRF 2011 (pp. 1-8). online: UniSA and SA Dept for Transport, Energy & Infrastructure.
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.
2011	Anderson, R. (2011). Safety related attributes of registered vehicles and of vehicles that crash in South Australia. In Proceedings of The Australasian Road Safety Research Policing and Education Conference 2011 (pp. 1-10). Australia: Government of Western Australia.
2011	Doecke, S., Anderson, R., Woolley, J., & Truong, J. (2011). Advisory intelligent speed adaptation in government fleet vehicles. In Proceedings of The Australasian Road Safety Research Policing and Education Conference 2011 (pp. 1-10). Australia: Government of Western Australia.
2011	Searson, D., & Anderson, R. (2011). The global technical regulation on pedestrian safety: likely effects on vehicle design. In Proceedings of The Australasian Road Safety Research Policing and Education Conference 2011 (pp. 1-11). Australia: Government of Western Australia.
2010	Doecke, S., Woolley, J., & Anderson, R. (2010). Cost benefit analysis of intelligent speed adaptation. In Proceedings of 2010 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference (pp. 1-10). www: RCAG.
2010	Anderson, R., & Hutchinson, T. (2010). In Australia, is injury less in recent cars than in earlier cars? Evidence from comparing the injury severities of two drivers in the same collision. In Proceedings of the 2010 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference (pp. 1-8). www.rsconference.com: Australian Transport Council.
2009	Munsch, M., Anderson, R., Deck, C., Ludes, B., & Willinger, R. (2009). Influence of head boundry conditions in pedestrian real world head trauma simulations. In Proceedings of the 2009 IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of injury (pp. 1-13). Switzerland: IRCOBI.
2009	Mackenzie, J., & Anderson, R. (2009). The potential effects of Electronic Stability Control interventions on rural road crashes in Australia: Simulation of real world crashes. In Proceedings of the 2009 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing & Education Conference (pp. 1-16). USB: RTA New South Wales.
2009	Searson, D., & Anderson, R. (2009). Predicting vehicle performance under the Global Technical Regulation on Pedestrian Protection using ANCAP test results. In Proceedings of the 2009 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing & Education Conference (pp. 1-10). USB: RTA New South Wales.
2009	Anderson, R., & Doecke, S. (2009). The relative age related crashworthiness of the registered South Australian passenger vehicle fleet. In Proceedings of the 2009 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing & Education Conference (pp. 1-15). USB: RTA New South Wales.
2009	Wundersitz, L., & Anderson, R. (2009). Results from an observational survey of restraint and child restraint use, 2009. In Proceedings of the 2009 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing & Education Conference (pp. 1-8). USB: RTA New South Wales.
2009	Hutchinson, T., Wundersitz, L., Anderson, R., & Kloeden, C. (2009). Exposure to risk on the roads. In Proceedings of the 2009 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing & Education Conference (pp. 190-200). USB: RTA New South Wales.
2009	Munsch, M., Anderson, R., Deck, C., Ludes, B., & Willinger, R. (2009). Influence of head boundary conditions in pedestrian real world head trauma simulations. In International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury - 2009 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Injury, Proceedings (pp. 287-299). Scopus8
2008	Searson, D., & Anderson, R. (2008). Pedestrian impact testing: Modelling the effect of head-form mass and speed. In R. Anderson (Ed.), Proceedings of Road Safety 2008 (pp. 23-32). CD: University of Adelaide.
2008	McLean, A., & Anderson, R. (2008). Metrication of the urban speed limit and pedestrian fatalities. In R. Anderson (Ed.), Proceedings of Road Safety 2008 (pp. 52-58). CD: University of Adelaide.
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	Anderson, R., Hutchinson, T., & Edwards, S. (2007). Using child age or weight in selecting type of in-vehicle restraint: Implications for promotion and design. In Proceedings of the 51st Annual Proceedings of the AAAM Vol. 51 (pp. 180-195). USA: AAAM. Scopus2
2007	Anderson, R., & Hutchinson, P. (2007). Many children progress from one type of restraint to the next at too small a size: should advice to parents be simple and based on child age, with variation in child size accommodated by overlaps in restraint specifications?. In Australasian College of Road Safety on Infants, Children and Young People and Road Safety Vol. 2007. Sydney, Australia.
2007	Long, A., Ponte, G., & Anderson, R. (2007). The CASR pedestrian crash analysis: at-scene investigation, computer simulation and sub-system reconstruction. In Journal of Biomechanics Vol. 40.
2007	Anderson, R., & Hutchinson, P. (2007). The feasibility of age-based criteria for child restraint selection. In Proceedings 20th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles Vol. 20th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Lyon, France, 18-21 June 2007. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
2007	Anderson, R., McLean, J., Ponte, G., & Streeter, L. (2007). Pedestrian reconstruction using multibody MADYMO simulation and the Polar-II dummy: a comparison of head kinematics. In Proceedings of the 20th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles Vol. International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (pp. Lyon, France)). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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	Anderson, R., Thomas, H., & Somers, R. (2006). South Australian primary schools bicycle helmet usage survey. In Peter Sugg (Ed.), Proceedings of ARSRPE06 (pp. CDROM1-CDROM8). CDROM: Queensland Government.
2006	Anderson, R., Edwards, S., & Hutchinson, T. (2006). Results and implications of a survey of child restraint use in South Australia. In Peter Sugg (Ed.), Proceedings of ARSRPE06 (pp. CDROM1-CDROM10). CDROM: Queensland Government.
2005	Anderson, R., & McLean, A. (2005). Determining accurate contact definitions in multi-body simulations for DOE-type reconstruction of head impacts in pedestrian accidents. In Proceedings of 19th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced safety of vehicles, Washington DC, 6-9 June, 2005. Washington DC, United States.
2005	Anderson, R., Kloeden, C., Hutchinson, T., & McLean, A. (2005). Choice of licensing method and crashes of young drivers. In G. Strachan (Ed.), Proceedings of the Australasian Road Safety Research Policing Education Conference (pp. 236-241). Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand: The Australasian Road Safety Research Policing Education Conference.
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.
2004	Anderson, R. (2004). Finite element modelling of impact-induced axonal injury in sheep. In 7th International Neurotrauma Symposium, Adelaide, 12-16 September, 2004 (pp. 1-7). Bologna, Italy: Medimond International Proceedings.
2003	McLean, A., & Anderson, R. (2003). The large animal model and the human in head injury research. In Proceedings of International Conference on Closed Head Trauma: Traumatic Brain Injury, Mechanisms and Design Criteria for Effective Protection Strategies. San Juan, Puerto Rico: US Army Medical Research and Material Command.
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	Anderson, R., & McLean, A. (2001). Vehicle design and speed and pedestrian injury: Australia's involvement in the International Harmonised Research Activities Pedestrian Safety Expert Group. In Jeff Potter (Ed.), Proceedings of The Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference (pp. 1-7). PO BOX 70 CLAYTON AUSTRALIA 3800: CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT OFFICE MONASH UNIVERSITY.
2001	Anderson, R. (2001). Vehicle travelling speeds and fatal pedestrian crashes in Adelaide. In National Speed and Road Safety. Adelaide, Australia.
2000	Brown, J., Gorrie, C., Waite, P., Gibson, T., Anderson, R., & Griffiths, M. (2000). A study of head injury in fatally injured child pedestrians. In Proceedings of Impact Biomechanics Australia Conference: Neck Injury 2000 (pp. 25-36). Sydney, Australia: Institution of Engineers.
2000	Gibson, T., Benetatos, E., Anderson, R., Brown, J., Deflou, J., Waite, P., & Gorrie, C. (2000). The use of simulation to assess human tolerance to injury. In Proceedings of Simtech 2000 (pp. 29-33). Sydney, Australia: Simulation Industry Association of Australia Ltd.
2000	Anderson, R. (2000). The biomechanics of axonal injury in a sheep model of brain injury. In R. Anderson, & L. Witter (Eds.), Proceedings of Impact Biomechanics Australia Conference: Neck Injury 2000 (pp. 1-14). Sydney, Australia: Institution of Engineers.
2000	Anderson, R., Streeter, L., & McLean, A. (2000). Estimation of impact severity in pedestrian accidents using accident investigation, computer simulation & physical reconstruction. In T. Kursius (Ed.), Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference Proceedings (pp. 285-290). Brisbane, Australia: Carrs-Q.
2000	Spencer, S., Anderson, R., Streeter, L., & McLean, A. (2000). Pedestrian subsystem testing in Australia. In R. Anderson, & L. Witter (Eds.), Proceedings of Impact Biometrics Australia Conference: Neck Injury 2000 (pp. 153-164). Sydney, Australia: Institution of Engineers.
1999	Anderson, R., Brown, C., Scott, G., Blumbergs, P., Finnie, J., Jones, N., & McLean, J. (1999). Mechanisms of axonal injury: an experimental and numerical study of sheep model of head impact. In International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. Sitges, Spain.
1999	McLean, J., Kloeden, C., & Anderson, R. (1999). Speed kills: setting and enforcing speed limits. In 6th ITE International Conference on Road Safety and Traffic Enforceme (pp. Beyond 2000, 6-7 September, 1999). Melbourne, Australia.
1998	Anderson, R., & McLean, J. (1998). Crashworthiness research at the NHMRC Road Accident Research Unit. In StaySafe 44: Developing Safer Motor Vehicles for Australia: seminar held at Parliament House (pp. 99-108). Sydney, Australia.
1997	Anderson, R., Brown, C., Blumbergs, P., Finnie, J., McLean, J., & Jones, N. (1997). Biomechanics of a sheep model of axonal injury. In Proceeding (pp. IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impacts, Hannover, Germany, 1997.). Hannover, Germany.
1996	McLean, J., Kloeden, C., Anderson, R., Baird, R., & Farmer, M. (1996). Data collection and analysis of vehicle factors in relation to pedestrian brain injury. In International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (pp. 1408-1411). Melbourne, Australia.
1996	Willinger, R., Guimberteau, T., McLean, J., Anderson, R., & Farmer, M. (1996). Experimental and theoretical modelling of head impact: influence of head modelling. In International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impacts (pp. 21-34). Dublin, Ireland.
1995	Anderson, R., McLean, J., Farmer, M., Lee, B., & Brooks, C. (1995). Vehicle travel speeds and the incidence of fatal pedestrian crashes. In Proceedings of the 1995 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impacts Vol. 1995 (pp. pp.107-pp.117). Brunnen, Switzerland.

Report for External Bodies

Year	Citation
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	Ponte, G., Anderson, R., Kloeden, C., & Lydon, M. (2014). Dynamics of the South Australian registered passenger vehicle fleet (CASR110). 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).
2013	Anderson, R., Raftery, S., Grigo, J., & Hutchinson, T. P. (2013). Access to safer vehicle technologies by young drivers: factors affecting motor vehicle choice and effects on crashes (CASR118). 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	Doecke, S. D., & Anderson, R. (2013). Crash reduction potential of connected vehicles in South Australia (CASR126). Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2013	Mackenzie, J. R. R., Searson, D., & Anderson, R. (2013). Work-related road safety in South Australia (CASR116). Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2013	Ponte, G., Ryan, G. A., & Anderson, R. (2013). Automatic crash notification (CASR124). Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2012	Raftery, S. J., & Anderson, R. (2012). Factors associated with old car crashes (CASR096). 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.
2011	Doecke, S. D., Anderson, R., & Woolley, J. (2011). Advisory Intelligent Speed Adaptation for government fleets (CASR099). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2011	Doecke, S. D., & Woolley, J. (2011). Cost benefit analysis of Intelligent Speed Adaptation (CASR093). 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.
2009	Searson, D., Anderson, R., Ponte, G., & van den Berg, A. (2009). Headform impact test performance of vehicles under the GTR on pedestrian safety. Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2009	Wundersitz, L., & Anderson, R. (2009). On-road observational survey of restraint and child restraint use, 2009. Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2009	Anderson, R., Doecke, S., van den Berg, A., Searson, D., & Ponte, G. (2009). The effect of bull bars on head impact kinematics in pedestrian crashes. Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2009	Anderson, R., Doecke, S., & Searson, D. (2009). Vehicle age-related crashworthiness of the South Australian passenger fleet. Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2009	Edwards, S. A., Anderson, R., & Wundersitz, L. (2009). Impediments to the use of child restraints. Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2008	Anderson, R., & Baldock, M. (2008). Vehicle improvements to reduce the number and severity of rear end crashes (CASR052). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2008	Anderson, R., Ponte, G., & Searson, D. (2008). Benefits for Australia of the introduction of an ADR on pedestrian protection. Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2008	Anderson, R., Ponte, G., & Doecke, S. (2008). A survey of bullbar prevalence at pedestrian crash sites in Adelaide, South Australia. Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2008	Anderson, R. (2008). Pedestrian collisions in South Australia. 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	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	McLean, J., Fildes, B., Kloeden, C., Digges, K., Anderson, R., Moore, V., & Simpson, D. (1997). Prevention of head injuries to car occupants: an investigation of interior padding options. Federal Office of Road Safety, Transport and Communiations.
1994	McLean, J., Anderson, R., Farmer, M., Lee, B., & Brooks, C. (1994). Vehicle travel speeds and the incidence of fatal pedestrian collisions. Federal Office of Road Safety, Transport and Communiations. DOI

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2013 - 2016	Principal Supervisor	Improvement of Pedestrian Safety: Response of Detection Systems to Real Accident Scenarios	Doctor of Philosophy under a Jointly-awarded Degree Agreement with	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Hedi Hamdane
2013 - 2022	Principal Supervisor	Vehicle Crash Pulses: Theory and Application to Modern Vehicle Crash Test Data	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Kieran Lars Kerr Gockowiak
2008 - 2012	Principal Supervisor	The Influence of Test Conditions on the Results of Pedestrian Headform Impact Tests	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Dr Daniel Searson
2006 - 2012	Principal Supervisor	Alternative Injury Response Functions for Evaluating Head Accelerations, with Application to Pedestrian Headform Testing	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Jeffrey Dutschke
2006 - 2015	Principal Supervisor	Crash avoidance by Electronic Stability Control on Australian high speed rural roads: an analysis of braking interventions	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Dr Jamie Mackenzie

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