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Rachel Talbot
Research Assistant
Tel +44 (0)1509 226954
Email r.k.talbot@lboro.ac.uk
Location LDS 1.21
Personal profile
Rachel graduated with a BA(Hons) in Education with British Psychology Society Graduate Basis for Registration. She joined the Transport Safety Research Centre in 2004 as a Data Collection Assistant for the Cooperative Crash Injury Study (CCIS) and in 2007 became a Research Assistant.
Rachel has contributed to a range of European Commission supported and Department for Transport sponsored projects. She has assisted in the development of recommendations for transparent and independent road investigations in the European Union and the analysis of the causes of road traffic crashes as part of the SafetyNet project.
Rachel has also assisted with the development of questionnaires and subsequent analysis to assess the impact of the Mobility Centres (Driving assessment) in the UK.
Rachel is currently involved with a variety of research activities relating to naturalistic driving; road safety policy making processes in Europe and the journey to work for the older workforce.
Rachel is also a graduate member of the British Psychological Society.
Research
Research Group: Transport Safety Research Centre.
Research Interests
Driver cognition and behaviour; Naturalistic Driving; Driver mobility; UK and European road safety policy.
Current Projects
Featured publications
- Talbot, R., Fagerlind, H., Exploring Inattention and Distraction in the SafetyNet Accident Causation Database. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention, 28-29 September 2009, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Elliman, R. K., Jähi, H., Persia, L., Jänsch, M., Otte, D., Giustiniani, G., Usami, D., Fagerlind, H., Parkkari, K., Rackliff, L. K., Morris, A. P., Vallet, G. Recommendations for establishing Pan European Transparent and Independent Road Accident Investigations. Proceedings of Expert Symposium on Accident Research (ESAR) 3rd International Conference, 5-6th Sept 08, Hannover, Germany.
- Elliman, R. K., Rackliff, L. K., Reed, S., Morris, A. P., Jähi, H., Cant, L., Vallet, G., Jänsch, M., Otte, D., Giustiniani, G., Usami, D., Fagerlind, H., Parkkari, K. Proposing a Framework for Pan-European Transparent and Independent Road Accident Investigation.
- Proceedings of the European Transport Conference 17-19 Oct 2007, Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands.