Reducing cyclist fatalities on the road
With cycling deaths on the rise in Australia, a visiting expert from Sweden will discuss how the latest technology can help prevent bicycle accidents.
With cycling deaths on the rise in Australia, a visiting expert from Sweden will discuss how the latest technology can help prevent bicycle accidents.
Cycling deaths in Australia increased 10% between 2001 and 2011, and in New South Wales the number of bike riders killed doubled to 14 over the past year*.
Assistant Professor Marco Dozza from Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology is pioneering world-leading research on bicycle safety, and will be discussing what can be done to keep bike riders safe next Wednesday in a seminar at UNSW.
Assistant Professor Dozza is a Visiting Fellow with UNSW’s Transport and Road Safety research group. His work in Europe focuses on using the latest technology to monitor cyclists during their daily routine.
He will be discussing:
Assistant Professor Dozza will be available for interviews before the seminar.
Lecture details: Wednesday, 29 January 2014 4.00 – 5.15pm University of New South Wales, Kensington Campus Robert Webster Blg, Room 256
Media contact
Fiona MacDonald, UNSW Media Office, 02 9385 1933 or 0403 664 438, fionajmacdonald@gmail.com
*Statistics from the latest OECD report and NSW Police data