Dr. David Crundall

I am currently a Associate Professor in Psychology. My research interests include how risk is perceived in potentially dangerous driving situations, and how driving experience can modulate these effects. Recent studies have looked at police drivers' visual responses to pursuit driving, risky driving conditions in a simulator, and the risks related to mobile telephone use during driving. Additionally I have interests in cross-cultural comparisons of risky driving behaviours and accident statistics in collaboration with Professor Abdulbari Bener from Hamad General Hospital, Qatar.

Aside from driving research I am currently investigating the effects of emotional facial stimuli on the capture and direction of visual attention using a variety of methodologies including the Posner cuing paradigm, and the attentional blink.

Selected References

Bener, A., & Crundall, D. (2005). Road traffic accidents in the United Arab Emirates compared to western countries. Advances in Transportation Studies, Section A, 6, 5-12.

Crundall, D., van Loon, E., & Underwood, G. (in press). Attraction and distraction of attention with outdoor media. Accident Analysis and Prevention.

Crundall, D., Bains, M., Chapman, P., & Underwood, G. (2005). Regulating conversation during driving: A problem for mobile telephones? Transportation Research Part F, 8, 3, 197-211

Crundall, D., Chapman, P., France, E., Underwood, G., & Phelps, N. (2005). What attracts attention during police pursuit driving. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 19, 409-420.

Crundall, D., Shenton, C., & Underwood, G. (2004). Eye movements during active car-following. Perception, 33, 575 – 586.

Crundall, D., Chapman, P., Phelps, N., and Underwood, G. (2003). Eye movements and hazard perception in police pursuit and emergency response driving. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 9, (3), 163-174.