Professor Oliver Carsten
Director of the Institute of Transport Safety, and Professor of Transport Safety University of Leeds
Professor Carsten graduated from Oxford University and obtained his PhD from the University of Michigan. He worked at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) for 10 years and joined the Institute for Transport Studies in 1987. He has coordinated several European projects, including HOPES, examining the safety impacts of various field trials; VRUTOO, applying new technologies to improve the safety and mobility of pedestrians; HINT, examining the human implications of new technologies; and HASTE, which studied the effect on driving performance and safety of using invehicle information systems. He led the development of the advanced driving simulator at Leeds and directed projects to examine techniques for reducing unsafe driving on rural arterial roads and for investigating the benefits of intelligent speed adaptation (ISA). Work on ISA includes leading the UK External Vehicle Speed Control project and the current ISAUK project. He has been chair of the DRIVE I safety and behavioural group, was a member of the DRIVE Safety Task Force, is chair of the Road User Behaviour Working Party of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, has been is a member of several expert groups of the European Transport Safety Council, and is a member of the Programme Management Panel of the UK Foresight Vehicle Programme. He is the author of numerous reports and articles on traffic safety.

Estimating the effects of ADAS introduction on safety: effects of scenario and system
This presentation looks at the interplay between system effectiveness and scenarios for system introduction affecting predicted accident savings. Examples of systems such as eCall and SpeedAlert/ISA (Intelligent Speed Adaptation) will be used. A major issue in determining the safety potential of such systems is whether the market can be relied on to deliver high penetration rates or whether there is a need for additional encouragement to fit and use the systems.