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William J. Horrey, Ph.D.
Group Leader, Traffic Research Group
Biography
Dr. William J. Horrey joined the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety in August 2017 as the traffic research group leader. An experienced human factors professional, Dr. Horrey has led or contributed to many research projects in the areas of driver behavior and safety, human-automation interaction, attention and risk perception. He is the current chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Vehicle User Characteristics Committee and the chair of the Publications Division of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. He is also an associate editor of the Human Factors Journal and has served on many national and international committees and working groups. He received his Ph.D. in engineering psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Publications
Assessing Fatality Rates in Crash Involvement for Motorists and Non-Motorists in Teen Driver Crashes by Risk Factor
October 2018 // Research Brief
Potential Reduction in Crashes, Injuries and Deaths from Large-Scale Deployment of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
September 2018 // Research Brief
Hit-and-Run Crashes: Prevalence, Contributing Factors and Countermeasures
April 2018 // Research Brief
External Publication
Distraction and task engagement: how interesting and boring information impact driving performance and subjective and physiological responses
2018 // Applied Ergonomics
External Publication
Automated driving: Safety blind spots
2017 // Safety Science