Dr Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios is a Strategic Research Fellow at Queensland University of technology (QUT) with expertise in human factors engineering, injury prevention, intelligent transport systems, and transport safety and security. He specialises in the safety and security of 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 level of government (federal, state, and local) as well as private industry.

Dr Oviedo-Trespalacios regularly publish in major international journals like Accident Analysis and Prevention and Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology, 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.