CARRS-Q’s international conference on traffic and transport psychology

International experts will gather at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre to share the latest in road safety research, with the aim of reducing the global road toll.

The 2016 International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology (ICTTP2016) is being hosted by QUT’s Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q) in partnership with Griffith University’s Menzies Health Institute Queensland from August 2 to 5.

CARRS-Q director Professor Narelle Haworth says the conference theme is the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety: The Half-way Point.

“This year marks the half-way point of the UN Decade of Action, a global initiative that brings together more than 70 countries in a united effort to reduce traffic crashes and the global road toll,” Haworth says.

The conference will bring more than 300 traffic psychologists, researchers, and safety experts together to discuss and showcase the latest findings in international programmes, policy and development.

Key risk factors such as speeding, drink driving and motorcycle safety will be discussed, together with topical issues such as intelligent transport systems, sustainable transport initiatives, risky youth behavior and road safety in developing countries.

The conference programme is available HERE.