2022 Conference Awards

Best Extended Abstract/Paper by a New Practitioner
An Evidence-Based Approach to Reduce Speed in School Zones: Vietnam
By Jimmy Tang, Le Nguyen, Hong Bui, Quy Linh Nguyen, Mirjam Sidik
AIP Foundation
The winner of this award had also been a recipient of an LMIC scholarship.

Best Extended Abstract/Paper by a New Researcher 
Examining Euro NCAP distraction behaviours in a naturalistic driving dataset
By Megan Mulhall, Kyle Wilson, Shiyan Yang, Jonny Kuo, Tracey Sletten, Clare Anderson, Mark Howard, Shantha Rajaratnam, Michelle Magee, Allison Collins, and Mike Lenné
•    Seeing Machines Ltd
•    Cooperative Research Centre for Alertness, Safety and Productivity
•    School of Psychological Sciences and Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University
•    Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health

Best Extended Abstract/Paper with Implication for Improving Workplace Road Safety Award sponsored by NRSPP Presented by Prof. Judith Charlton
Health in Gear: Improving Health and Wellbeing for Truckies
by Emily Brown, Frank Arsego and Lesa O’Leary
OzHelp Foundation

Special mention: Acknowledgement for the paper “Collaborating for success – the Load Restraint Education Project”
Melanie Suitor from the Parkes, Forbes and Lachlan Shire Councils.

Policing Practitioner Award sponsored by Alcolizer 
A new level of intelligence to optimise enforcement
by Sarah Monoury, Kellie Templar, Ryan Irwin
Road Policing Command Victoria Police

Road Safety Practitioners Award
CREP Ease of Use Rating: Field Study Comparing Real-World Misuse 
Bianca Albanese, Tom Whyte, Lynne Bilstona, Sjaan Koppel, Judith L. Charlton, Jake Oliviere, Lisa Keay, Julie Brown
•    Neuroscience Research Australia
•    George Institute for Global Health
•    Monash University Accident Research Centre
•    Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales
•    School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales
•    School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales

Peter Vulcan Award for Best Research Paper
Normative influences on illegal smartphone use among young drivers
Cassandra Gauld, Andrew Bartlett, and Caitlin Reeves
•    The University of Newcastle

People’s Choice: Presentation that best met the conference theme
A Real-World Examination of Targeted and Randomised Roadside Drug Testing
Levi Anderson, Steven Love, James Freeman & Jeremy Davey
Road Safety Research Collaboration, University of the Sunshine Coast

People’s Choice: Best poster overall, presented by Prof. David Logan,  Sponsored by Monash University
A holistic approach to improving our tamariki travel to school
Ashley Beaton & Georgia Greene
Christchurch City Council

Best Monash Designed Poster
The title of the best poster designed by students in the Design Department at Monash University was
Slower speeds for healthy, liveable and inclusive neighbourhoods