Sam Doecke

Research Interests

Automotive Engineering Automotive Safety Engineering Autonomous Vehicles Database Management Road Safety

Mr Sam Doecke

Grant-Funded Research Fellow

Office of Engineering and Information Technology

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Mr Sam Doecke (B.E. [Automotive]) is a Research Fellow who has worked at the Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR) at the University of Adelaide since 2007. Sam manages CASR at-scene in-depth crash investigations and has been a key part of CASR’s research on emerging vehicle technologies including Intelligent Speed Assist, Autonomous Emergency Braking and Connected Vehicles. He is also concurrently undertaking a PhD looking at speed and risk of serious injury in crashes

Date Position Institution name
2007 - ongoing Research Fellow University of Adelaide, Adelaide

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2016 Award 2016 Intelligent Transport Systems Australia Research Award Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress - -
2011 Award Highly commended paper award Australasian College of Road Safety Conference - -
2011 Award Best Practitioners Paper Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference - -
2010 Award Peter Vulcan Awards for Best Research Paper (as lead author) Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference - -
2009 Award Peter Vulcan Awards for Best Research Paper (as co-author) Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference Australia -

Date Institution name Country Title
2003 - 2006 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Engineering (Automotive)

Year Citation
2021 Doecke, S. D., Dutschke, J. K., Baldock, M. R. J., & Kloeden, C. N. (2021). Travel speed and the risk of serious injury in vehicle crashes. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 161, 1-8.
DOI Scopus30 WoS25 Europe PMC7
2020 Doecke, S., Thompson, J., & Stokes, C. (2020). How do we prevent and mitigate crashes? Evidence from Australian at-scene in-depth crash investigations. Journal of Road Safety, 31(2), 35-43.
DOI Scopus9 WoS7
2020 Doecke, S. D., Baldock, M. R. J., Kloeden, C. N., & Dutschke, J. K. (2020). Impact speed and the risk of serious injury in vehicle crashes.. Accident; analysis and prevention, 144, 1-7.
DOI Scopus50 WoS39 Europe PMC22
2018 Doecke, S., Kloeden, C., Dutschke, J., & Baldock, M. (2018). Safe speed limits for a safe system: The relationship between speed limit and fatal crash rate for different crash types. Traffic injury prevention, 19(4), 404-408.
DOI Scopus53 WoS51 Europe PMC22
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 Scopus35 WoS33 Europe PMC5
2014 Doecke, S., & Kloeden, C. (2014). The accuracy of determining speeding directly from mass crash data and using the NSW Centre for Road Safety method. Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety, 25(1), 35-41.
WoS2
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 WoS6 Europe PMC3
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

Year Citation
2023 Doecke, S. D. (2023). Risk of serious injury relative to impact speed in two-vehicle crashes: deriving risk curves for crash types from impact type risk curves. In Conference proceedings International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury, IRCOBI (pp. 934-935).
2023 Doecke, S., Ponte, G., & Elsegood, M. (2023). Determining the prevalence and profile of speeding in vehicle crashes using Event Data Recorders (EDRs). In 27th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Yokohama, Japan.
2023 Doecke, S. (2023). Towards updated safe speeds using new speed-injury risk curves. In Proceedings of the 2023 Australasian Road Safety Conference. Cairns, Australia.
DOI
2016 Doecke, S., Baldock, M., & Woolley, J. (2016). In-depth crash investigation in South Australia and its use in roadside safety research. In Proceedings of the 2016 Expert Symposium on Accident Research (pp. 1-7). online: AMOS.
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.
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 Doecke, S., & Kloeden, C. (2013). The accuracy of determining speeding directly from mass crash data and using the NSW Centre for Road Safety method. In Proceedings of the 2013 ACRS Conference - A Safe System: The Road Safety Discussion (pp. 1-9). online: ACRS.
2013 Doecke, S. D., & Woolley, J. (2013). Post impact travel and secondary impacts following urban intersection collisions. In Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference (pp. 28-30). Brisbane, Qld.: Australasian College of Road Safety.
2013 Doecke, S. D., & Woolley, J. (2013). Some implications from the in-depth study and simulation modelling of road departure crashes on bends on rural roads. In Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference (pp. 1-2). Brisbane, Qld.: Australasian College of Road Safety.
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.
2011 Doecke, S., Woolley, J., & Mackenzie, J. (2011). Post impact trajectory of vehicles at rural intersections. In Proceedings of 2011 A Safe System: Making it Happen! (pp. 1-10). online: Australasian College of Road Safety.
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 Doecke, S., & Woolley, J. (2011). Further investigation into the effective use of clear zones and barriers in a safe system's context on rural roads. In Proceedings of The Australasian Road Safety Research Policing and Education Conference 2011 (pp. 1-11). Australia: Government of Western Australia.
2011 Creef, K., Wall, J., Boland, P., Vecovski, V., Prendergast, M., Stow, J., . . . Woolley, J. (2011). Road safety benefits of intelligent speed adaptation for Australia. In Proceedings of the 2011 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference (pp. 1-10). Perth, WA: Australasian College of Road Safety.
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 Doecke, S., & Woolley, J. (2010). Effective use of clear zones and barriers in a Safe System's context. In Proceedings of 2010 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference (pp. 1-10). www: RCAG.
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.
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.
- Koppel, S., & Johnson, M. (Eds.) (2024). Proceedings of the 2024 Australasian Road Safety Conference - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. In Proceedings of the Australasian Road Safety Conference (pp. 1-575). Australasian College of Road Safety.
DOI
- Bates, L., & Johnson, M. (Eds.) (2023). Proceedings of the 2023 Australasian Road Safety Conference - Cairns, Queensland, Australia. In Proceedings of the Australasian Road Safety Conference (pp. 1-570). Australasian College of Road Safety.
DOI

Year Citation
2016 Doecke, S., & Baldock, M. R. (2016). In-depth crash investigations in South Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 2016 Australasian Road Safety Conference. Canberra, Australia.

Year Citation
2025 Doecke, S., Elsegood, M., & Ponte, G. (2025). Event Data Recorders (EDRs) in Australia (CASR257). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2024 Doecke, S., Kloeden, C., & Woolley, J. (2024). NSW intelligent speed adaptation (ISA) trial: Modelling the effects of advisory ISA on the Australian driving population (CASR235). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2024 Doecke, S., Elsegood, M., Thompson, J., Ponte, G., Edwards, S., & O'Donovan, S. (2024). Preventing and mitigating truck crashes: results from 100 in-depth no-blame truck crash investigations (CASR216). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
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.
2023 Elsegood, M., Doecke, S., & Ponte, G. (2023). Collection and analysis of EDR data from crash-involved vehicles: 2021 summary report (CASR194). 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.
2021 Doecke, S., Raftery, S., Elsegood, M., & Mackenzie, J. (2021). Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA): benefit analysis using EDR data from real world crashes (CASR176). Adelaide, Australia: 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.
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 Wundersitz, L. N., Doecke, S., Raftery, S., & Harrison, J. (2016). Quad bikes in South Australia: an investigation of their use, crash characteristics and associated injury risks (CASR134). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2014 Roberts, P., Woolley, J., & Doecke, S. (2014). Providing for road user error in the Safe System (AP-R460-14).
2014 Doecke, S. D., & Anderson, R. W. G. (2014). Vehicle frontal protection system geometry and pedestrian impacts: the effect of AS 4876.1-2002 geometric criteria (CASR112). Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2013 Doecke, S. D., & Anderson, R. (2013). Crash reduction potential of connected vehicles in South Australia (CASR126). Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2013 Doecke, S. D., & Woolley, J. (2013). Adequacy of barrier and median separation on rural roads (CASR087). Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2013 Doecke, S. D., Mackenzie, J., & Woolley, J. (2013). Post impact trajectory of vehicles at rural intersections (CASR086). Adelaide: 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 Doecke, S. D., & Woolley, J. (2012). Post impact trajectory of vehicles at metropolitan intersections (CASR060). Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2012 Doecke, S. D., & Grigo, J. A. L. (2012). Annual performance indicators of enforced driver behaviours in South Australia, 2010 (CASR104). 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 Doecke, S. D., & Grigo, J. A. L. (2011). Annual performance indicators of enforced driver behaviours in South Australia, 2009 (CASR084).
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., Kloeden, C., & McLean, A. (2011). Casualty crash reductions from reducing various levels of speeding (CASR076). Centre for Automotive Safety Research.
2010 Wundersitz, L., Doecke, S., & Baldock, M. R. J. (2010). Annual performance indicators of enforced driver behaviours in South Australia, 2008 (CASR073). Centre for Automotive Safety Research.

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