Bevan has considerable experience working in the field of road safety, in both academic and industry environments (including Federal, State and private industry sectors). His research history and interest has been in the injury prevention domain, including issues associated with road safety management, work-related road safety, drug driving, driver fatigue, and distraction. His focus has been on utilising research to inform and develop practical and proactive interventions and strategies for road safety improvements.
Bevan has coordinated heavy vehicle fatigue-related research projects for the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator developing an evidence base for informing law reform and future safety interventions. Additional professional experience included roles as Fleet Safety Manager (light vehicle fleets) and Safety and Compliance Manager (heavy vehicle fleet).
Bevan has recently facilitated research into contemporary drug use and driving patterns, as well as exploring road safety issues associated with medicinal cannabis. He has a personal interest in regional road safety and has maintained regular contact and provided support for road safety stakeholders across Queensland. Currently, he is facilitating a program of communication and collaboration with road safety stakeholders across Queensland regional communities, developing a profile of regional issues and potential areas for road safety improvement and research.
Membership
- Australasian College of Road Safety
Awards/Fellowships
- Commendation from the Registrar (QUT) for audit of QUT fleet safety, Queensland University of Technology, 2015
- Highly Commended (Print) at the 2010 International Safety Media Awards, International Safety and Injury Prevention Conference, London, 2010
- Best Paper Award at the High-Risk Road Users Conference, Queensland, Australia, 2008
Research areas
- Driver Fatigue
- Drug Driving
- Medicinal Cannabis and Driving
- Injury Prevention
- Road Safety Management and Culture
Recent Publications
- Love, S., Kannis-Dymand, L., Larue, G. S., & Rowland, B. (2024). Development and validation of the beliefs about driver anger questionnaire: A scale to predict anger propensity on the road. Transportation Research. Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 102, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2024.02.002
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Love, S., Larue, G. S., & Rowland, B. (2024). Development and validation of the Driver Attention Regulation Scale: A measure of the perceived ability to regulation attention on the road. Transportation Research. Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 102, 199–212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2024.02.015
- Love, S., Larue, G., Rowland, B., & Davey, J. (2024). What influences intentions to offend? A systematic review and meta-analysis on the factors associated with the deterrence of drink-driving. Transportation Research. Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 100, 154–168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2023.11.015
- Love, S., Rowland, B., Stefanidis, K., & Davey, J. (2024). Are Current Drug Driving Enforcement Strategies Achieving the Desired Effect? Drug Users’ Perceptions of Drug Driving Legislation and Enforcement in Queensland. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 39, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-022-09542-6
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Love, S., Truelove, V., Rowland, B., Kannis-Dymand, L., Ross, D., Sullman, M., & Davey, J. (2023). The antecedents, regulation and maintenance of anger on the road: A qualitative investigation on the factors influencing driver anger and aggression. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 93, 118–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2023.01.002
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Dr Bevan Rowland's specialist area of expertise is transforming research into practice. Bevan's major areas of knowledge include human factors, psychosocial issues, and organisational safety systems research across a range of safety critical domains including, road safety, workplace safety and heavy vehicle safety.