Curriculum Vitae Fred Wegman
Naam: Fred Wegman
Geboren: Amsterdam, 16 juni 1948
Education: TU Delft (MSc Civil Engineering, Traffic Engineering)
1974 – 1977: Traffic Engineer at the Municipality of Amsterdam
1977 – Present: SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research
- 1977 – 1989: Researcher and Research Manager;
- 1989 - April 1999: Research Director;
- Since April 1999: Managing Director.
- Professor of Traffic Safety at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Delft University of Technology;
- Advisor to the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management;
- Advisor to the Dutch Parliament;
- Member of the National Advisory Board on Road Transport in the Netherlands;
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Dutch Traffic Safety Association;
- Lecturer of road safety at Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering;
- Associate editor of the scientific journal Safety Science;
- Member of the Board of the Forum of European Road Safety Research Institutes (FERSI);
- Chairman of the Jury of the Intertraffic Innovation Award 2008;
- Member of the Steering Committee of the Joint Transport Research Centre (OECD/ITF);
- Member of the Institute for Transportation Engineering (ITE);
- Member of the TRB Committee on Transportation Safety Management;
- Member of the TRB Task Force on Highway Safety Workforce Development;
- Member of the High Level Policy Advisory Group to the Road Safety Authority in Ireland;
- Member of the Steering Committee of the Road Safety Performance Index (European Transport Safety Council);
- Advisor on road safety programmes and projects in Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Poland, Russian Federation, South Africa.
(Co-)author of several books and hundreds of reports/articles/contributions; regular contributor at conferences (see publication list at www.swov.nl).
Knowledge base
- Sustainable Safety
vision, implementation... - Road safety developments
mobility, risk, casualties... - Road safety policy
targets, costs, benefits... - Road safety costs
crash costs, road deaths...
- Modes of transport
pedestrians, bicyclist, cars... - High-risk behaviour
alcohol, drugs, telephone, fatigue... - High-risk groups
children, youngsters, elderly... - Measures
education, enforcement, technology... - Data and analysis
sources, analyzing...