Mr Simon Raftery
Grant-Funded Researcher (A)
Centre for Automotive Safety Research
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Simon Raftery is Research Fellow at the Centre for Automotive Safety Research, where he has worked since 2010. Simon has a background in Psychology and is experienced in all aspects of research including design, data collection, and analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2014 - 2019 Acting Road Safety Advisor Motor Accident Commission 2010 - ongoing Research Fellow University of Adelaide 2009 - 2009 Sessional Tutor: Introduction to Forensic Psychology University of South Australia 2008 - 2008 Honours Thesis Supervisor University of South Australia 2007 - 2009 Research Assisstant University of South Australia 2006 - 2009 Sessional Tutor: Psychology 1a; Psychology 1b University of South Australia -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2002 - 2005 University of South Australia Australia Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2022 Wundersitz, L., & Raftery, S. (2022). System failures and extreme behaviour in fatal and injury crashes. In 2022 Australasian Road Safety Conference Proceedings. Christchurch, New Zealand. 2019 van den Berg, A., Ponte, G., Mackenzie, J., & Raftery, S. (2019). A future of zero injuries and deaths of pedestrians and cyclists. In Proceedings of the Australian Walking and Cycling Conference. Adelaide. 2018 Thompson, J., Wundersitz, L., & Raftery, S. (2018). Evaluation of the performance of Alcohol and Drug Awareness Courses currently provided in the ACT. In Proceedings of the 2018 Australasian Road Safety Conference (pp. 1-3). online: Australasiana College of Road Safety. 2018 Thompson, J., Wundersitz, L., & Raftery, S. (2018). Evaluation of the performance of Alcohol and Drug Awareness Courses currently provided in the ACT. In Proceedings of the 2018 Australasian Road Safety Conference (pp. 1-3). online: Australasiana College of Road Safety. 2016 Thompson, J., Baldock, M., Raftery, S., Mackenzie, J., Wall, J., & Iwanski, K. (2016). The Transport for New South Wales FleetCAT (Fleet Collision Avoidance Technology) Trial: Driver Attitudes to the Technology. In Proceedings of the 2016 Australasian Road Safety Conference (pp. 1 page). online: ACRS. 2016 Raftery, S., Wundersitz, L., Thompson, J., Woolley, J. E., & Oxley, J. (2016). The safety of child passengers of adult cyclists. In Proceedings of the 2016 Australasian Road Safety Conference. Canberra, Australia. 2015 Wundersitz, L., Bailey, T., Raftery, S., Baldock, M., & Smith, R. (2015). Are young adults’ choice of travel mode changing?. In Proceedings of the 2015 Australasian Road Safety Conference (pp. 1-6). Canberra: Australasian College of Road Safety. 2012 Raftery, S., & Grigo, J. (2012). A pilot study of cyclist conspicuity. In Proceedings of the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference 2012, ARSRPE 2012 (pp. 1-13). 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. 2011 Raftery, S., & Wundersitz, L. (2011). Road safety education: Directions for the future. In Proceedings of The Australasian Road Safety Research Policing and Education Conference 2011 (pp. 1-11). Australia: Government of Western Australia. 2011 Grigo, J. A. L., Baldock, M. R. J., & Raftery, S. J. (2011). The benefits and use of protective clothing for motorcyclists. In Unknown Conference (pp. 2--4 pages). 10th National Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Brisbane. 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. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2022 Wundersitz, L., Palamara, P., Brameld, K., Raftery, S., Thompson, J., Govorko, M., & Parry, M. (2022). How can we improve road safety in regional and remote areas?. Poster session presented at the meeting of Safety 2022 14th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion. Adelaide. 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. 2018 Stokes, C., Raftery, S., & Woolley, J. (2018). Road user perception of safety at Safe System intersections. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC, 2018). Sydney, Australia: Australasian College of Road Safety. 2014 Wundersitz, L., & Raftery, S. J. (2014). Quad bikes: An analysis of compensated injuries. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of Occupational Safety in Transport Conference. Surfers Paradise, Queensland. -
Report for External Bodies
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Internet Publications
Year Citation 2023 Raftery, S. (2023). Seeing a lot of mobile speed cameras on your summer road trips? Here’s how they work. The Conversation.
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