Dr Oscar Oviedo Trespalacios
Faculty of Health,
School of Psychology & Counselling
Biography
Dr Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios is a Strategic Senior Research Fellow at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) with expertise in human factors engineering, injury prevention, intelligent transport systems, and transportation safety and security. He specialises in the safety and security of all road users (drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians) and the human factors of technological change in the transport system. Dr Oviedo-Trespalacios has extensive experience researching driver behaviour safety issues such as risky driving behaviour in international research projects in more than 25 countries. His clients and partnerships include all levels of government (federal, state, and local), as well as private industry. Dr Oviedo-Trespalacios regularly publishes in major international journals like Accident Analysis and Prevention and Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology, and his research is widely reported in Australian and international media, including the ABC, the New York Times, the Independent, the Men’s Health Magazine, and the Washington Post. In 2019, Dr Oviedo-Trespalacios received the Australasian College of Road Safety’s Inaugural Young Leaders Oration Award in recognition of his inspiring work and growing reputation in distracted driving research. He has served as an expert witness in road safety cases in Australia courts.Personal details
Positions
- Strategic Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Health,
School of Psychology & Counselling- Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Health Projects - Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Keywords
Human Factors, Safety Science, Cognitive Engineering, Transport, Injury Prevention, Industrial and Organisational Psychology
Discipline
Public Health and Health Services, Information Systems, Psychology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
Selected publications
- Hinton J, Watson B, Oviedo-Trespalacios O, (2022) A novel conceptual framework investigating the relationship between roadside advertising and road safety: The driver behaviour and roadside advertising conceptual framework, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 85, pp. 221-235.
- Hasan R, Watson B, Haworth N, Oviedo-Trespalacios O, (2022) A systematic review of factors associated with illegal drug driving, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 168.
- Li X, Useche S, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Oviedo-Trespalacios O, Haworth N, (2022) Comparing the cycling behaviours of Australian, Chinese and Colombian cyclists using a behavioural questionnaire paradigm, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 164.
- Nguyen-Phuoc D, Su D, Nguyen M, Vo N, Oviedo-Trespalacios O, (2022) Factors influencing intention to use on-demand shared ride-hailing services in Vietnam: risk, cost or sustainability?, Journal of Transport Geography, 99.
- Kaye S, Li X, Oviedo-Trespalacios O, Afghari A, (2022) Getting in the path of the robot: Pedestrians’ acceptance of crossing roads near fully automated vehicles, Travel Behaviour and Society, 26, pp. 1-8.
- Quy Nguyen-Phuoc D, Nguyen T, Ngoc Su D, Thi Le P, Oviedo-Trespalacios O, (2022) How do social cues from other passengers affect word-of-mouth and intention to continue using bus services? A second-order SEM approach, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 158, pp. 302-320.
- Vaezipour A, Oviedo-Trespalacios O, Horswill M, Rod J, Andrews N, Johnston V, Delhomme P, (2022) Impact of chronic pain on driving behaviour: a systematic review, Pain, 163 (3).
- Haghani M, Behnood A, Dixit V, Oviedo-Trespalacios O, (2022) Road safety research in the context of low- and middle-income countries: Macro-scale literature analyses, trends, knowledge gaps and challenges, Safety Science, 146.
- Newton J, Demant D, Phillips J, Struckman-Johnson C, Oviedo-Trespalacios O, (2022) Sexual behaviours among dyadic vehicle occupants, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 85, pp. 119-132.
- Oviedo-Trespalacios O, Newton J, Demant D, Phillips J, Struckman-Johnson C, (2022) Understanding sexual activity while driving as a form of distracted driving, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 169.
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Oscar, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- I am a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention (DDI) [tenured]. This is a recognition of my leadership and expertise in the area.
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- I have been appointed to the Editorial Board of the scientific Journal Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Recipient of the 2019 Young Leaders Oration Award by the Australasian College of Road Safety. This is the peak membership association for road safety professionals, advocates, and members of the public who are focused on improving road safety and achieving a vision of zero road fatalities.
Selected research projects
- Title
- A Novel Real-Time Risk Assessment System for Vulnerable Road Users at Signalised Intersections Using Artificial Intelligence-Based Video Analytics
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- RSIF2-32
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Title
- Examining Barriers Associated with the Uptake and Acceptability of Advanced Rider Assistance Systems
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- RSIF2-34
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Title
- Safe Distractions? Taking the Danger out of Competing Activities
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DE200101079
- Start year
- 2020
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Pedestrian Route Choice Behaviour: Influences of Built Environment on Route Preference, Safety, and Security
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Shimul (Md. Mazharul) Haque, Dr Md Kamruzzaman, Associate Professor Mark King - Contextual determinants of mobile phone distraction while driving
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Mark King, Dr Xiaomeng Li - Improving deterrence strategies for drug driving
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Barry Watson, Professor Narelle Haworth - What are the mechanisms and attentional pathways by which roadside advertising impacts on driver attention, inattention and distraction?
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Barry Watson - Factors influencing acceptance of artificial intelligent technology
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Sherrie-Anne Kaye - Designing equitable interactions between Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) andCooperative and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) |
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Andry Rakotonirainy, Associate Professor Deanna Grant-Smith - BREAKING THE CYCLE OF PROBLEMATIC PHONE USE AND DISTRACTION ON THE ROAD: THE ROLE OF THE HUMAN-MACHINE-INTERFACE (HMI)
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Mark King, Associate Professor Amina Tariq - The Epidemiological and Psychological Risk of Older Pedestrian Trauma
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Mark King - A Human Factors Approach to Modelling Group Cycling Safety
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Mark King