Human Factors and Safety Group & Virtuocity
@hfs-its-leeds.bsky.social
We investigate road users’ interactions with new and current transport systems and technologies to advance transport safety @Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds.
@ptw86.bsky.social and Hsuan Chao represented at the booth along with Samantha Jamson, showcasing our projects and connecting with attendees.
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
@ptw86.bsky.social and Hsuan Chao represented at the booth along with Samantha Jamson, showcasing our projects and connecting with attendees.
@ibrahimozturk.bsky.social talked about their work on in-vehicle technologies, "An investigation of how drivers’ knowledge and use of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) varies between countries", from the Hi-Drive project.
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
@ibrahimozturk.bsky.social talked about their work on in-vehicle technologies, "An investigation of how drivers’ knowledge and use of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) varies between countries", from the Hi-Drive project.
Ruth has presented findings (How to expect the unexpected: A driving simulator evaluation of hazard anticipation training for novice drivers) from the Road Safety Trust-funded project, Enhancing Novice Drivers' Safety: Innovative Training to Improve Hazard Anticipation Skills.
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Ruth has presented findings (How to expect the unexpected: A driving simulator evaluation of hazard anticipation training for novice drivers) from the Road Safety Trust-funded project, Enhancing Novice Drivers' Safety: Innovative Training to Improve Hazard Anticipation Skills.
Last week at the National Road Safety Conference by Road Safety GB. We had a fantastic time engaging with the road safety community!
A big thank you to everyone who visited us, asked questions, and engaged in meaningful discussions.
A big thank you to everyone who visited us, asked questions, and engaged in meaningful discussions.
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Last week at the National Road Safety Conference by Road Safety GB. We had a fantastic time engaging with the road safety community!
A big thank you to everyone who visited us, asked questions, and engaged in meaningful discussions.
A big thank you to everyone who visited us, asked questions, and engaged in meaningful discussions.
We are honoured to host Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maryam Zahabi (Director of the Human-System Interaction (HSI) Lab) from Texas A&M University, as part of her sabbatical visit to our group.
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
We are honoured to host Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maryam Zahabi (Director of the Human-System Interaction (HSI) Lab) from Texas A&M University, as part of her sabbatical visit to our group.
@ptw86.bsky.social and Hsuan Chao will be exhibiting with a desktop simulator set up to show some of our use cases to delegates, while @ibrahimozturk.bsky.social and Ruth Madigan will be presenting some of their latest work.
October 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
@ptw86.bsky.social and Hsuan Chao will be exhibiting with a desktop simulator set up to show some of our use cases to delegates, while @ibrahimozturk.bsky.social and Ruth Madigan will be presenting some of their latest work.
On the 4th and 5th November, we're going to be attending and exhibiting at The National Road Safety Conference, organised by Road Safety GB, at Wyboston Lakes, England.
October 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
On the 4th and 5th November, we're going to be attending and exhibiting at The National Road Safety Conference, organised by Road Safety GB, at Wyboston Lakes, England.
Here’s what we packed in:
🔑 Three keynotes
⭐ 6 special sessions
🧩 25 parallel sessions with 109 presentations
📌 24 posters
🕹️ Virtuocity tours
🍽️ A great conference dinner with joyful dancing! 💃🕺
@envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social
🔑 Three keynotes
⭐ 6 special sessions
🧩 25 parallel sessions with 109 presentations
📌 24 posters
🕹️ Virtuocity tours
🍽️ A great conference dinner with joyful dancing! 💃🕺
@envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Here’s what we packed in:
🔑 Three keynotes
⭐ 6 special sessions
🧩 25 parallel sessions with 109 presentations
📌 24 posters
🕹️ Virtuocity tours
🍽️ A great conference dinner with joyful dancing! 💃🕺
@envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social
🔑 Three keynotes
⭐ 6 special sessions
🧩 25 parallel sessions with 109 presentations
📌 24 posters
🕹️ Virtuocity tours
🍽️ A great conference dinner with joyful dancing! 💃🕺
@envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social
We’ve wrapped the pre- #RS5C conference Virtuocity tours and welcome reception 🎉 Huge thanks to everyone who attended today. Can’t wait to kick off the conference tomorrow! 🏵
September 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We’ve wrapped the pre- #RS5C conference Virtuocity tours and welcome reception 🎉 Huge thanks to everyone who attended today. Can’t wait to kick off the conference tomorrow! 🏵
🚦 Today, our team was proud to take part in the Vision Zero Conference organised by Leeds City Council at Millennium Square.
🎤 Yue Yang presented our The Road Safety Trust–funded project "Autistic Children Matter" (led by Yee Mun Lee)
@envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social
🎤 Yue Yang presented our The Road Safety Trust–funded project "Autistic Children Matter" (led by Yee Mun Lee)
@envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
🚦 Today, our team was proud to take part in the Vision Zero Conference organised by Leeds City Council at Millennium Square.
🎤 Yue Yang presented our The Road Safety Trust–funded project "Autistic Children Matter" (led by Yee Mun Lee)
@envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social
🎤 Yue Yang presented our The Road Safety Trust–funded project "Autistic Children Matter" (led by Yee Mun Lee)
@envleeds.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bsky.social
New publication 📢 "Testing the Validity of Multiparticipant Distributed Simulation for Understanding and Modeling Road User Interaction" led by Amir Hossein Kalantari together with Yi-Shin Lin, Ali Mohammadi, Natasha Merat OBE, and @markkula.bsky.social.
Access: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/111...
Access: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/111...
August 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
New publication 📢 "Testing the Validity of Multiparticipant Distributed Simulation for Understanding and Modeling Road User Interaction" led by Amir Hossein Kalantari together with Yi-Shin Lin, Ali Mohammadi, Natasha Merat OBE, and @markkula.bsky.social.
Access: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/111...
Access: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/111...
New publication 📢 "Effects of adopting voice assistants countermeasures on alerting drowsy drivers across age" led by Wei Zhang from Tsinghua University, together with Oliver Carsten, and Courtney Goodridge.
Full text: doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
Full text: doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
August 8, 2025 at 8:16 AM
New publication 📢 "Effects of adopting voice assistants countermeasures on alerting drowsy drivers across age" led by Wei Zhang from Tsinghua University, together with Oliver Carsten, and Courtney Goodridge.
Full text: doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
Full text: doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
We’re delighted to see Associate Prof. Dr. Yee Mun Lee and the Autistic Children Matter project featured in Highways Magazine! Funded by The Road Safety Trust, this pioneering research explores road crossing challenges faced by autistic children using the HIKER.
July 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We’re delighted to see Associate Prof. Dr. Yee Mun Lee and the Autistic Children Matter project featured in Highways Magazine! Funded by The Road Safety Trust, this pioneering research explores road crossing challenges faced by autistic children using the HIKER.
• eHMIs significantly influence drivers’ PIT when AV’s behaviour is ambiguous.
June 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
• eHMIs significantly influence drivers’ PIT when AV’s behaviour is ambiguous.
📢 New publication <> by @azarmi.bsky.social, Mahdi Rezaei, and He Wang. Early access link: doi.org/10.1109/TITS...
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
📢 New publication <> by @azarmi.bsky.social, Mahdi Rezaei, and He Wang. Early access link: doi.org/10.1109/TITS...
Today, group members (Courtney Goodridge, Yee Thung Lee, and Yuwei Wang) showcased our work at Roundhay School for the Y12 Social Sciences Showcase. A huge thank you for their warm welcome, and to all the curious and engaged students we met.🧠
@envleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social
@envleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Today, group members (Courtney Goodridge, Yee Thung Lee, and Yuwei Wang) showcased our work at Roundhay School for the Y12 Social Sciences Showcase. A huge thank you for their warm welcome, and to all the curious and engaged students we met.🧠
@envleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social
@envleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social
New publication "Which unsafe riding behaviours are associated with traffic offences and crashes? A study of young Indonesian motorcyclists" by yeni sagala, Samantha Jamson, and Ruth Madigan.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cs...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cs...
April 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New publication "Which unsafe riding behaviours are associated with traffic offences and crashes? A study of young Indonesian motorcyclists" by yeni sagala, Samantha Jamson, and Ruth Madigan.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cs...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cs...
Spring is here 🌸, and with it a new season of research and collaboration. As the days get brighter and longer, we're looking forward to welcoming new projects and launching our new driving simulator!
April 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Spring is here 🌸, and with it a new season of research and collaboration. As the days get brighter and longer, we're looking forward to welcoming new projects and launching our new driving simulator!
Excited to share new publication, “Cyclists’ interactions with professional and non-professional drivers: Observations and game theoretic models”, led by Ali mohammadi, with co-authors Amir Hossein Kalantari, our own @markkula.bsky.social, and Marco Dozza.
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
April 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Excited to share new publication, “Cyclists’ interactions with professional and non-professional drivers: Observations and game theoretic models”, led by Ali mohammadi, with co-authors Amir Hossein Kalantari, our own @markkula.bsky.social, and Marco Dozza.
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
We’re happy to share a new article <> co-authored by our team members Rafael C. Gonçalves and Natasha Merat.
Read the full study here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Read the full study here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
March 31, 2025 at 8:04 AM
We’re happy to share a new article <> co-authored by our team members Rafael C. Gonçalves and Natasha Merat.
Read the full study here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Read the full study here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We're delighted to welcome our Hi-Drive colleagues to Leeds! We're diving into key research questions, progress and new challenges in automation and user research. The day kicked off with a warm welcome from our research group leader and users subproject leader, Natasha Merat.
March 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We're delighted to welcome our Hi-Drive colleagues to Leeds! We're diving into key research questions, progress and new challenges in automation and user research. The day kicked off with a warm welcome from our research group leader and users subproject leader, Natasha Merat.
• eHMIs could promote perceived safety and trust in AVs, but they may also be unnecessary given the conservative driving style and apparently safe behavior of AVs.
Check out the full text here: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
Check out the full text here: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
March 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
• eHMIs could promote perceived safety and trust in AVs, but they may also be unnecessary given the conservative driving style and apparently safe behavior of AVs.
Check out the full text here: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
Check out the full text here: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
Huge congratulations to Yue Yang on successfully defending her thesis “Automated Vehicle-Pedestrian Interaction: The effects of communication strategies and repeated exposures".
February 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Huge congratulations to Yue Yang on successfully defending her thesis “Automated Vehicle-Pedestrian Interaction: The effects of communication strategies and repeated exposures".
• The utility-based model generalizes well, making it promising for transport safety and vehicle automation.
• A significant CPP amplitude buildup was observed, peaking at the crossing onset time.
• A significant CPP amplitude buildup was observed, peaking at the crossing onset time.
February 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
• The utility-based model generalizes well, making it promising for transport safety and vehicle automation.
• A significant CPP amplitude buildup was observed, peaking at the crossing onset time.
• A significant CPP amplitude buildup was observed, peaking at the crossing onset time.
• Human benchmark models should consider situational urgency.
• Validation of human benchmark models should include application on near crashes.
• Validation of human benchmark models should include application on near crashes.
February 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
• Human benchmark models should consider situational urgency.
• Validation of human benchmark models should include application on near crashes.
• Validation of human benchmark models should include application on near crashes.