Professor Kerry Armstrong is the Director of the MAIC/UniSC Road Safety Research Collaboration, based at the University of the Sunshine Coast and has over 20 years’ experience in road safety research and evaluations.
Kerry has received national and international recognition for the quality and impact of the research and scholarship she has undertaken in road safety and injury prevention. Over the course of her career, she has led or been involved in delivering major local, national, and international projects examining drink driving, drug driving, fatigue, traffic law enforcement and associated penalties, and unlicensed driving.
Kerry possesses an in-depth knowledge of concepts, strategies, and issues associated with improving road safety in Queensland with proven expertise in encouraging the mutual exchange of ideas, data, and information, engaging partners as active contributors in program design, and bringing people together to build new solutions through testing and refinement. She has mentored and led over 80+ research teams since 2004 and has considerable experience managing teams to deliver complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
Kerry is excited to lead the RSRC with the vision of becoming the leading road safety research centre focusing on impaired driving, not only in Queensland, but Australia, within the next decade.
Awards
QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship 2016-2018
Professional Memberships
Registered Psychologist - Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS)
Member of the Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS)
Research areas
- Road Safety & Injury Prevention
- Impaired Driving
- Fatigue & Sleepiness
- Women's Health & Road Safety/Injury Prevention
Recent Publications
- Choden, P., Armstrong, K., & Sendall, M. C. (2022). Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Bhutan: Understanding Women’s Responses to IPV Using the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(19–20), NP18238–NP18265. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211035878
- Choden, P., Sendall, M. C., & Armstrong, K. (2021). Barriers to Help-Seeking From Intimate Partner Violence Among Bhutanese Women. Partner Abuse, 12(4), 474–488. https://doi.org/10.1891/PA-2020-0034
- Freeman, J. E., Parkes, A. G., Armstrong, K. A., & Davey, J. D. (2021). Characteristics of Fatal Road Traffic Crashes Associated with Alcohol and Illicit Substances in Queensland (2011-2015). Journal of Road Safety, 32(3), 4–14. https://doi.org/10.33492/JRS-D-20-00146
- Armstrong, K. A., Davey, J. D., Freeman, J. E., & Young, S. J. (2020). A qualitative exploration of apprehended women’s experience of drink driving events. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 69, 49–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2020.01.011
- Freeman, J. E., Parkes, A., Lewis, N., Davey, J. D., Armstrong, K. A., & Truelove, V. (2020). Past behaviours and future intentions: An examination of perceptual deterrence and alcohol consumption upon a range of drink driving events. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2019.105428
Kerry has received national and international recognition for the quality and impact of the research and scholarship she has undertaken in road safety and injury prevention. Over the course of her career, she has led or been involved in delivering major local, national, and international projects examining drink driving, drug driving, fatigue, traffic law enforcement and associated penalties, and unlicensed driving.