
Dr Oscar Oviedo Trespalacios
Faculty of Health,School - Psychology and Counselling,
Research - CARRSQ
Personal details
- Name
- Dr Oscar Oviedo Trespalacios
- Position(s)
- Strategic Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Health,
School - Psychology and Counselling,
Research - CARRSQ - IHBI Membership
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Health Projects,
IHBI Psych and Counc - IPTM - Discipline *
- Public Health and Health Services, Information Systems, Psychology
- Phone
- +61 7 3138 4967
- Fax
- +61 7 3138 7532
- oscar.oviedotrespalacios@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Identifiers and profiles
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- Qualifications
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PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
- Keywords
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Human Factors, Safety Science, Cognitive Engineering, Transport, Injury Prevention, Industrial and Organisational Psychology
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.
Publications
- Oviedo-Trespalacios O, Truelove V, King M, (2020) 'It is frustrating to not have control even though I know it's not legal!': A mixed-methods investigation on applications to prevent mobile phone use while driving, Accident Analysis and Prevention p1-11
- Oviedo-Trespalacios O, Vaezipour A, Truelove V, Kaye S, King M, (2020) 'They would call me, and I would need to know because it is like life and death': A qualitative examination of the acceptability of smartphone applications designed to reduce mobile phone use while driving, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour p499-513
- Oviedo-Trespalacios O, Afghari A, Haque S, (2020) A hierarchical Bayesian multivariate ordered model of distracted drivers’ decision to initiate risk-compensating behaviour, Analytic Methods in Accident Research p1-19
- Oviedo Trespalacios O, Truelove V, Watson B, Hinton J, (2019) The impact of road advertising signs on driver behaviour and implications for road safety: A critical systematic review, Transportation Research, Part A: Policy and Practice p85-98
- Orozco-Fontalvo M, Soto J, Arevalo A, Oviedo Trespalacios O, (2019) Women's perceived risk of sexual harassment in a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system: The case of Barranquilla, Colombia, Journal of Transport and Health p1-10
- Oviedo Trespalacios O, Haque M, King M, Demmel S, (2018) Driving behaviour while self-regulating mobile phone interactions: A human-machine system approach, Accident Analysis and Prevention p253-262
- Oviedo Trespalacios O, (2018) Getting away with texting: Behavioural adaptation of drivers engaging in visual-manual tasks while driving, Transportation Research, Part A: Policy and Practice p112-121
- Lennon A, Oviedo Trespalacios O, Matthews S, (2017) Pedestrian self-reported use of smart phones: Positive attitudes and high exposure influence intentions to cross the road while distracted, Accident Analysis and Prevention p338-347
- Scott-Parker B, Oviedo Trespalacios O, (2017) Young driver risky behaviour and predictors of crash risk in Australia, New Zealand and Colombia: Same but different?, Accident Analysis and Prevention p30-38
- Oviedo Trespalacios O, Haque M, King M, Washington S, (2016) Understanding the impacts of mobile phone distraction on driving performance: A systematic review, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies p360-380
For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
Research projects
Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)
- 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
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Identifying mobile phone use while driving hotspots based on roadway and contextual characteristics
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Mark King - What are the mechanisms by which roadside advertising impacts on driver inattention and
distraction?
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Barry Watson - Using smartphone apps to reduce mobile phone use while walking
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Mark King - A Human Factors Approach to Modelling Group Cycling Safety
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Mark King - The Effect of Interrelationship among Built Environment, Safety and Security on Pedestrian Route Choice Behaviour
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Shimul (Md. Mazharul) Haque, Dr Md Kamruzzaman, Dr Mark King - Improving deterrence strategies for drug driving
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Barry Watson, Professor Narelle Haworth - The impact of the road environment and mobile phone distraction on driving behaviour
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Mark King - The epidemiological and psychological risk of older pedestrian trauma and its association with elderly travel patterns and walking intentions
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Mark King