A 30-year career improving safety for road users has earned UNSW Professor Raphael Grzebieta a prestigious award.
Global road safety expert UNSW Sydney Professor Raphael Grzebieta has been awarded the 2019 Kenneth A Stonex award in recognition of his lifetime contribution to reducing run-off-road injuries and transport deaths worldwide.
The annual award, presented by the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Transportation Research Board’s (TRB’s) Roadside Safety Design Committee AFB20, is given to engineers and road safety experts who have dedicated their career to advancing transportation infrastructure and making roads safer.
Professor Grzebieta was recognised by the TRB’s AFB20 Committee for identifying the leading causes of roadside fatalities and injuries and developing mitigation techniques using full-scale crash testing and computer simulation.
As Emeritus Professor at UNSW Science’s School of Aviation and a Road Safety leader at the Transport and Road Safety (TARS) Research Centre at UNSW, Professor Grzebieta has spent 30 years conducting research into identifying the leading causes of accidents in almost all types of vehicles, conducted pedestrian safety reviews, cycling helmet safety and legislation, speed limit effects and impacts of roadside barrier safety.
“I am truly humbled by this award from the world’s leading authority on road infrastructure safety made up of the top professionals, experts and researchers in this field. Many people die and are seriously injured on our roads, not only in Australia but around the world. This award recognises the ongoing effort needed to move towards an error tolerant road transport system in Australia,” said Professor Grzebieta.
