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Bhagwant Persaud

ResearcherCivil EngineeringToronto Metropolitan University

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Bhagwant Persaud

Researcher

Civil Engineering

Engineering

Toronto Metropolitan University

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 12 research grants (12 NSERC), most recently in 2023.

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Research

road safety connected and automated vehicles crash data analysis road design road infrastructure surrogate measures systemic safety vision zero

Latest papers

Which approach better samples extreme traffic conflicts? Conventional- vs. machine learning-based sampling methods.
Accident; analysis and prevention · 2026
Investigating the influence of socioeconomic factors on the relationships between road characteristics and traffic crash frequency and severity-- A hybrid structural equation modelling - artificial neural networks approach.
Accident; analysis and prevention · 2025 · senior author
Application of a novel hybrid multigroup statistical approach to investigate the factors affecting crash severity.
Accident; analysis and prevention · 2025 · senior author

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Using surrogate safety measures to make roads safer for pedestrians and cyclists
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Advancing innovation in developing and applying methodologies for science-based road safety management
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$84,000
Optimal Deployment of Vision Zero Road Safety Strategies
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$60,000

All 14 grants and awards

15 publications.

Which approach better samples extreme traffic conflicts? Conventional- vs. machine learning-based sampling methods.

Hasanpour M, Chen Z, D'Agostino C, Persaud B, Milligan C

Accident; analysis and prevention2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2026.108423 PMID: 41633088

Investigating the influence of socioeconomic factors on the relationships between road characteristics and traffic crash frequency and severity-- A hybrid structural equation modelling - artificial neural networks approach.

Jafari M, Persaud B

Accident; analysis and prevention2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2025.108076 PMID: 40328006

Application of a novel hybrid multigroup statistical approach to investigate the factors affecting crash severity.

Jafari M, Persaud B

Accident; analysis and prevention2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2025.107985 PMID: 40036922

Investigation of a surrogate measure-based safety index for predicting injury crashes at signalized intersections.

Hasanpour M, Persaud B, Mansell R, Milligan C

Traffic injury prevention2025

DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2024.2397652 PMID: 39325686

Improving functional form in cross-sectional regression studies to capture the non-linear safety effects of roadway attributes-Freeway median width case study.

Jafari Anarkooli A, Persaud B, Lyon C

Accident; analysis and prevention2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2021.106130 PMID: 33887605

Comparison of univariate and two-stage approaches for estimating crash frequency by severity-Case study for horizontal curves on two-lane rural roads.

Anarkooli AJ, Persaud B, Hosseinpour M, Saleem T

Accident; analysis and prevention2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2018.08.015 PMID: 30180934

Another look at the safety effects of horizontal curvature on rural two-lane highways.

Saleem T, Persaud B

Accident; analysis and prevention2017Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2017.04.001 PMID: 28618353

Investigating the influence on safety of retrofitting Italian motorways with barriers meeting a new EU standard.

Cafiso S, D'Agostino C, Persaud B

Traffic injury prevention2017Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2016.1203424 PMID: 27327173

Using micro-simulation to investigate the safety impacts of transit design alternatives at signalized intersections.

Li L, Persaud B, Shalaby A

Accident; analysis and prevention2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.12.019 PMID: 28130982

Integrated traffic conflict model for estimating crash modification factors.

Shahdah U, Saccomanno F, Persaud B

Accident; analysis and prevention2014Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.05.019 PMID: 24950130

Using surrogate safety measures to make roads safer for pedestrians and cyclists

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Persaud, Bhagwant BN

Keywords: bicycle simulators; crash data modelling; cyclist safety; machine learning; pedestrian safety; road safety; structural equation modelling; surrogate safety measures; video analytics

$25,000

Advancing innovation in developing and applying methodologies for science-based road safety management

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Persaud, Bhagwant

Keywords: road safety; road design; crash data analysis; surrogate measures; connected and automated vehicles; road infrastructure; vision zero; systemic safety

$84,000

Optimal Deployment of Vision Zero Road Safety Strategies

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Persaud, Bhagwant N

$60,000

Advancing the science of road safety management through innovation in crash and non-crash based analysis

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Persaud, Bhagwant

$246,000

Development of new methods for estimating/ improving pedestrian safety based on video analytics

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Engage Plus Grants Program

Principal investigators: Persaud, Bhagwant

$7,500

Development of crash prediction models based on surrogate safety measures extracted from video data

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Persaud, Bhagwant

$25,000

Automobile of the 21st Century/L'automobile du XXIe siècle

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Frise, Peter

$13,487,000

""DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS, MODELS AND KNOWLEDGE FOR ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF SAFETY ESTIMATION""

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Persaud, Bhagwant

$140,000

Automobile of the 21st Century/L'automobile du XXIe siècle

Co-investigatorNSERC2008Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Frise, Peter

$17,400,000

Methods for estimating crash modification functions for road safety interventions

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Persaud, Bhagwant

$135,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Bhagwant Persaud

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Which approach better samples extreme traffic conflicts? Conventional- vs. machine learning-based sampling methods.

Investigating the influence of socioeconomic factors on the relationships between road characteristics and traffic crash frequency and severity-- A hybrid structural equation modelling - artificial neural networks approach.

Application of a novel hybrid multigroup statistical approach to investigate the factors affecting crash severity.

Investigation of a surrogate measure-based safety index for predicting injury crashes at signalized intersections.

Improving functional form in cross-sectional regression studies to capture the non-linear safety effects of roadway attributes-Freeway median width case study.

Comparison of univariate and two-stage approaches for estimating crash frequency by severity-Case study for horizontal curves on two-lane rural roads.

Another look at the safety effects of horizontal curvature on rural two-lane highways.

Investigating the influence on safety of retrofitting Italian motorways with barriers meeting a new EU standard.

Using micro-simulation to investigate the safety impacts of transit design alternatives at signalized intersections.

Integrated traffic conflict model for estimating crash modification factors.

Using surrogate safety measures to make roads safer for pedestrians and cyclists

Advancing innovation in developing and applying methodologies for science-based road safety management

Optimal Deployment of Vision Zero Road Safety Strategies

Advancing the science of road safety management through innovation in crash and non-crash based analysis

Development of new methods for estimating/ improving pedestrian safety based on video analytics

Development of crash prediction models based on surrogate safety measures extracted from video data

Automobile of the 21st Century/L'automobile du XXIe siècle

""DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS, MODELS AND KNOWLEDGE FOR ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF SAFETY ESTIMATION""

Automobile of the 21st Century/L'automobile du XXIe siècle

Methods for estimating crash modification functions for road safety interventions

Frequent collaborators

Amer Shalaby