Ali Zayerzadeh
Advisory Board Member
Adress: No.7, Adib 32.1, Mashhad, Iran
Phone: +98 935 239 5195
https://www.linkedin.com/in/az110
Email: alizayerzadeh@yahoo.com
Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1979
National ID No: 0942441907
Place of Birth: Mashhad – Iran
Birth Cert. No: 1282
Summary
I’m Road Safety Specialist at Khorasan Razavi Transportation & Terminals Organization with responsibility for data analysis including crashes, traffic count and speed cameras data as well as team management and action planning and evaluation. Since 2005 I’ve worked as Project Supervisor, Drivers’ Trainer, Lecturer and Researcher at several institutes and companies, including Mashhad Transportation & Traffic Organization, Municipality University and Ferdowsi University Accident Research Center.
I received my Master in Transportation from University of Tehran in 2005 and my professional interests focus on Road Safety Issues especially vulnerable road user behavior, drivers’ behavior change and effect of ITS on traffic accidents. In addition, I serve as director of Road Safety Pioneers NGO, and I’m a member of Transportation Ministry Road Safety Think Tank. I’ve written more than 50 papers about road safety related issues and have attended different road safety related conferences, workshops and courses in Iran, Georgia, Sweden, Brazil, the Netherlands, Malaysia, India, Greece, etc.
Education
Sep. 2003- Nov. 2005, University of Tehran, Iran, G.P.A: 16.19/20
(Dissertation: “Safety Evaluation of Accident Black-spots in Khorasan Province”, Grade: 20/20)
Sep. 1998-Feb. 2003, Azad University of Mashhad
Language Skills
Work Experiences
Computer & IT Skills
Professional Skills
Research Experiences
Honors
Courses and Workshops
Memberships
Lectures
Published Papers
- Zayerzadeh, A., “Accident Black Spots Investigation and Treatment in Khorasan-e-Razavi Province of Iran”, 8th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, International Convention Centre, Durban South Africa 2 – 5 April 2006.
- Zayerzadeh, A., “The effects of road accident black-spot treatment on reducing road tolls in Khorasan Province of Iran”, European Transport Conference, Palais de la Musique et des Congrès, Strasbourg, France,18-20 September 2006.
- Zayerzadeh, A., “Novice Drivers & Road Accidents; Contributing Factor or Victims”, 3rd International Road Safety Conference, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth, 29-30 November 2007.
- Zayerzadeh, A., “Converting an Intersection to a Roundabout and its Effects on Accident Types”, International Safer Roads Conference, Cheltenham, England, 11-14 May 2008.
- Zayerzadeh, A., “The Challenges of Road Safety in Iran”, European Transport Conference (ETC 2008), Netherlands, 6-8 October 2008.
- Zayerzadeh, A., “Factors affecting application of U-turns in urban highways and their performance”, Traffic Engineering Journal, Autumn Volume, November 2005.
- Mazari, M. and Zayerzadeh, A., “Developing a Method for Route Finding with Graph Analysis”, 8thTraffic &Transportation Conference of Iran, Tehran, 13-15 May 2008.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Mazari, M., “In-Vehicle information systems: Driver assistant or Distracting Factor”, 16thInternational Conference on Safe Communities, 9-11 June 2007, Tehran, Iran.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Mehrazin, H, “Road Accident Causes Investigation in Khorasan Province”, Roadway Magazine, Vol. 55, 3-9 pp. November 2006.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Ahadi, M.R, “Driver Fatigue, Parameters Affect Road Accidents”, 1st International Conference on Traffic Accidents” Tehran, Iran, 21-22 Dec 2005.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Kavussi, A, “Application and Design Methods of Micro-surfacing Pavement”, 3rd Conference on Bitumen & Asphalt, Tehran, Iran, autumn 2006.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Kavussi, A, “Application of Different Types of Preservative Pavement in Iranian Rural Roads”, 3rd Conference on Bitumen & Asphalt, Tehran,Iran, Autumn 2006.
- Nadernejad, M and Zayerzadeh, A., “Technical and Traffic Safety Considerations in Urban Highways Landscaping”,7th Traffic &Transportation Conference of Iran, Tehran, 18-19 Feb 2007.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Behnia, K, “Developing a Step by Step Method for Identification of Road Accident Black-spots”, 7th Traffic &Transportation Conference of Iran, Tehran, 18-19 Feb 2007.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Kheirabadi, M.R “Possible Low-Cost Countermeasures to Reduce Fatigue Related Crashes”, 1st Conference on Urban Planning and Management, Mashhad, Iran, 13-14 Feb 2007.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Ahadi, M.R “Rumble Strips and Run-Off-the-Road (ROR) Collisions: a Close Look”, 16th International Conference on Safe Communities, 9-11 June 2007, Tehran, Iran.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Taleghani, S.A, “Applications of Nanotechnology in Transportation: a Vision to Future”16th International Conference on Safe Communities, 9-11 June 2007, Tehran, Iran.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Ahadi, M.R, “Developing a Modern and Reliable Traffic Accidents Database: a Major Breakthrough to Decrease Crash Rates in Iran”, 4thNational Congress of Civil Engineering, Tehran, Iran, 6-7 May 2008.
- Zayerzadeh, A. “Comparative Study of Road Traffic Rules and Corresponding Enforcement Actions among Iran and the E.U. Members”, 8th Traffic &Transportation Conference of Iran, Tehran, 13-15 May 2008.
- Mazari, M. and Zayerzadeh, A., “Improving Road Safety at Bridges by Measuring Bridge Safety Index (BSI): What Should We Do to Have Safer Bridges?” (A case study in Khorasan Province of Iran), 3rd International Bridge Conference, Tehran, Iran, 27 – 29May, 2008.
- Zayerzadeh, A. “Pre-Running Economic Evaluation of Congestion Tax Payment in Mashhad CBD”, 1st“Mashhad, Traffic and the Future “Conference, Mashhad, Iran, 3 July 2008. (Appreciated as 2nd Top Paper)
- Zayerzadeh, A. “Safety Effects of Enforcing Daytime Running Lights (DRL) Among Motorcyclists”, 8th Traffic &Transportation Conference of Iran, Tehran, 13-15 May 2008.
- Zayerzadeh, A. “Cell-phone Use While Driving as a Contributing factor to Road Accidents”, 1stTehran Safe Community Conference, Tehran, Iran, 8-9 Oct 2008.
- Zayerzadeh, A. “Effective Parameters in Evaluation of Hazardous Material Routing”, 1stTehran Safe Community Conference, Tehran, Iran, 8-9 Oct 2008.
- Zayerzadeh, A. “Emergency Response Team Management in Hazardous Material Transportation Disasters”, 1stNational Conference on Hazardous Material Transportation and its Environmental Consequences, Tehran, Iran, 18-19 Nov 2008.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Farzaneh, O. “Economic Evaluation of Subgrade Stabilization by Geosynthetics”, 4th Conference on Bitumen & Asphalt, Tehran, 11-12 Nov 2008.
- Baradaran, N. and Zayerzadeh, A. “A Method for Calculation of Property Damages and Their Costs in Railroad Incidents”, 10th National Conference on Railroad Transportation, Tehran, Iran, 17-18 Nov 2008.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Mazari, M., “Performance Related Parameters of Porous Asphalt and its Effects on Traffic Safety”, 1st Conference on Asphalt Mixture, Tehran, Iran, 8-9 Oct 2008.
- Amini, V. and Zayerzadeh, A. “A RFID Based Maintenance System for Railroad Transportation Fleet”, 5th International Conference on Maintenance, Tehran, Iran, 29-30 Oct 2008.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Ahadi, M.R, “Novice Drivers & Road Safety”, 2nd International Traffic Accident Conference, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 24-26 Nov 2009.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Ahadi, M.R, “Risk Factors for New Year Holidays Motor Vehicle Crashes in Iran”, Safety 2010: The World Conference on Injury Prevention& Safety Promotion, London, UK, 21st-24th September 2010.
- Zayerzadeh, Ali and Zayerzadeh, Azadeh, “Evaluation of Commonly Used Drugs Effect on Driving Behaviour”, 2nd Transportation Safety Conference, Zanjan, Iran, 1-2 Nov 2011.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Baradaran, N., “Motorcyclist Fatal Accidents in Khorasan Razavi Province, Measures to Cut the Ascending Rate”, 10th Traffic &Transportation Conference of Iran, Tehran, 13-15 Feb 2011.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Samiee, A., “ITS in Urban Traffic Project Management: CBD Congestion Pricing Best Practices”, 1st Urban Project Management Conference, Mashhad, Iran, 15-16 Feb 2012.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Shafabakhsh, Gh., “Road Blackspot Prioritizing Using Artificial Neural Network”, Engineering Modeling Journal, Vol. 2, 21-24 pp. May 2012.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Shahamat, J., “Do Really Signs Affect Driver Behavior and Road Safety?”, 3rd International Traffic Accident Conference, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 16-17 May 2012.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Rezaeefar, H., “Urban Motorcycle Accidents Analysis Using GIS”, Traffic Engineering Journal. Vol. 49, 12-14 pp. April 2012.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Baradaran, N., “Effectiveness of Road Safety Actions in Khorasan-e-Razavi Province”,2nd Razavi International Road Safety Congress, Mashhad, 13-14 Feb 2013.
- Baradaran, N. and Zayerzadeh, A. “Risk Assessment of Rural Road Primary School Students Accidents”, 12th Traffic &Transportation Conference of Iran, Tehran, 13-15 Feb 2013.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Baradaran, N., “Interurban Public Bus Drivers’ Behavior Modeling in Iran”, 13th Traffic &Transportation Conference of Iran, Tehran, 26-27 Feb 2014.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Baradaran, N., “Operational Plan for HazMat Accidents Managementin Khorasan-e-Razavi Province”, 3rd National Conference on Road, Air and Rail Accidents, Zanjan, 21 May 2014.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Ziaee, M., “Cost-Benefit Evaluation of Mashhad Integrated Bicycle System”, 6th National Conference on Urban Planning and Management,Mashhad, 12-13 Nov 2014.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Murusidze, K., Kvashilava, G., “Major Road Safety Challenges in Middle Income Countries Cross-Cultural Comparison of Iran-Georgia Driving Behavior Problems”,4th Road Safety Congress – Tehran – Iran, Feb 2015.
- Zayerzadeh, A. Nassir Baradaran Rahmanian; Jafar Shahamat. Children safety risk factors in Khorasan Razavi province, Journal of Local and Global Health Science 2015:3 http://doi.org/10.5339/jlghs.2015.itma.3
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Samiee, A., Jamshidi, E., “Effectiveness of Variable Message Signs as Intelligent Assistants”, 1stNational Road ITS Congress, Tehran, Iran, 20-21Jan 2015.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Vahdati, J., “Intelligent Transportation Systems and Sustainable Development”, 1stNational Road ITS Congress, Tehran, Iran, 20-21 Jan 2015.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Eftekharzadeh, H., Mojaradi, M., “Developing A Comprehensive System for Controlling Heavy Vehicles Violations; A Choice or an Obligation?”, 1stNational Road ITS Congress, Tehran, Iran, 20-21 Jan 2015.
- Zayerzadeh, A. and Hajihashemi, Sh., Baradaran, N., “Rural v.s Country Low Volume Roads’ Fatal Accidents Specifications”, 1stNational Rural Transportation Conference, Tehran, Iran, 6 Oct 2015.
- Abdous, H, Zayerzadeh, A, “Female pedestrians’ vulnerability due to different crash locations, A case-study for IRAN”, Australasian Road Safety Conference 2016, Canberra, Australia, 6 Sep. 2016.
- Zayerzadeh, A., “Prioritizing Major Risk Factors Contributing to Pedestrian Crashes in Middle-Income Countries”, 8th Asian and 1st Regional Safe Community Conference, Mashhad, Iran, 6-8 March 2017.
- Zayerzadeh, A., “Rural v.s Country Low Volume Roads’ Fatal Accidents Specifications”, 8th Asian and 1st Regional Safe Community Conference, Mashhad, Iran, 6-8 March 2017.
- Zayerzadeh, A., Baradaran, N., “Modeling the Severity of Pedestrian Crashes in Khorasan Razavi”, 16th International Conference on Traffic and Transportation, Tehran, Iran, 28 Feb 2017.
- Zayerzadeh, A., Samiei, A., “Effective Target Groups Safety Education Factors. Case Study: Motorcyclists”, 7th International conference on Reducing Burden of Traffic Accidents, Shiraz, Iran, 16 Feb 2017.
- Zayerzadeh, A., Samiei, A., “WIM and Overloading Infringement Reduction”, 2nd Iran ITS Congress, Tehran, Iran, 7 Feb 2017.
- Zayerzadeh, A., Baradaran, N., “Intercity Public Bus Drivers’ Behavior Modeling in Iran”, Injury Prevention Journal; Vol 24: p. A80. 2018
- Zayerzadeh, A., “Investigating Elderly Road Traffic Fatalities in Khorasan Razavi Province”. Injury Prevention Journal; Vol 24: p. A79-80. 2018
- Zayerzadeh, A., Fallah, M., “School Zone Road Safety Assessment Using the iRAP Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) Methodology in Khorasan Razavi Province”. 24th International Conference on Safe Community, Tabriz, August 22-25, 2019.
- Zayerzadeh, A., Marouf, H., “Prioritizing Major Risk Factors Contributing to Pedestrian Crashes in Middle-Income Countries”, The Australasian Road Safety Conference, Adelaide, Sep 2019.
- Zayerzadeh, A., Fallah, M., “School Zone Road Safety Assessment Using the iRAP Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) Methodology in Khorasan Razavi Province”. Journal of Injury and Violence Research, Vol 11, No.4, https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1358 , 15 Oct 2019.
Recommendations (From LinkedIn)
Fred Wegman – Professor Traffic Safety at TU Delft
I know Ali from 2015 when he was attending the Delft Road Safety Course where I was the course leader. During the course he was an active participant, both in terms of discussing the topics and sharing his experiences with others. Since 2010 he’s been working at Khorasan Razavi RMTO as road safety expert with main responsibility for crash data analysis. He works well in teams and easily making connection with people. He is very active on social media and effectively uses his photography and video making abilities in road safety related activities like public awareness campaigning.
Dipan Bose, Ph.D. – Senior Transport Specialist at World Bank Group
I met Ali during an international road safety conference held in Tehran and got to learn more about his research in the field of road safety. He has been very active in the professional networks to address road safety issues using data-driven and evidence-based approaches. Wish him all the best with his work.
Barbara Król – Consultant at UNICEF
Ali brings attention to detail to every project, demonstrates excellent research approach and intellectual curiosity. His communication and people skills are excellent, and he has some very innovative ideas and constantly refers to interesting road safety studies to encourage int’l experts’ community for implementation of most effective interventions based on int’l best practice. In the time I’ve known him, Ali has consistently been rising his competence in all aspects of road safety — completing high level courses and participating in research projects executed to the fullest. I hope to work with Ali again.
Emma MacLennan – Director General at Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport
Shane O’Connor – CSR & Road Safety Strategist at FedEx
Nima Arbabi, MSc., P.Eng. – Transportation Engineer
Gela Kvashilava -The UNECE Lead Consultant, Founder/Chairman of Partnership for Road Safety
Ali is a hardworking, knowledgeable and target oriented person in road safety field. He always looking for out of the box solutions based on the best international and local experience.
Pedro Montenegro -Project Manager – Reducing road risk
Ali Zayerzadeh is one of the people I know with more activity and commitment in the field of Road Safety. We are still very few at World-wide level, believing it is possible to do much more, to end this tragedy of more than 1.3 million deaths by year on the road, also in 2018 … In order to be able to develop actions and the Plans to reduce Road Casualties we need to raise awareness of society and all those who take on this challenge are important! Success for your work Ali!
Julio Urzua -Director for Latin America and the Caribbean in iRAP
I have had the pleasure of interacting with Ali and seeing his work. Ali´s expertise and passion will make him an asset to any team. Ali earns my recommendation.
Arif Uddin -Manager , Road Safety at BRAC
I know Mr, Ali Zayerzadeh from 2015. It’s amazing to see his reach and expertise in all pillar of road safety, Apart from road safety engineering, his sound knowledge in education, enforcement, advocacy and even in post-trauma care is praiseworthy. Moreover, his passionate and active involvement in social media is a great help for road safety world. I wish him best for upcoming days and hope he will be continuing his noble job in saving many lives on the road around the world.
Ehsan Jamshidi – Traffic Planner at Via Trafik Consulting A/S
After a long time of cooperation with Ali, I would call him an engineer with multi-tasking potential. An innovative person who always comes with a new suggestion. A patient member of a team, that makes joint work much easy and finally a professional in making connection with people, regardless their age, knowledge, nationality and etc.
Hamid Safi – Senior Transport Modeller
I had the pleasure of working with Ali for three years during my employment at the Ministry of Road and Transport. We had collaboration on several project teams, mainly related to road safety management and engineering. Ali had valuable contribution in several major projects, such as the development of National Road Safety Action Plan of Iran. I was impressed by Ali’s technical and research skills and his ability in managing and delivery of difficult projects. Ali has achieved these skills relying his several years of experience working on different disciplines and traffic and transport engineering. I strongly recommend Ali and believe that he would be an asset to any company.
Ali is an interesting road safety professional with national and global experience. Since we met, I have known him to be a highly enlightened, passionate, dedicated, responsible and reliable expert whose contagious zeal represent virtues other experts need to end avoidable deaths and injuries on the world’s roads.
Marwan Mahmud – President, Malaysia Driving Instructors Association (MyDIA)
I’ve met Ali for the first time at the Global Meeting for Road Safety NGOs last year in 2017 in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Very passionate and has a good knowledge in road safety! I believe he has vast experience to improve road safety not just in his country but may help others as well. Keep up the great work in road safety Ali! Help us to make our roads safer
Saeed Kerayehchian, PE – Traffic/Transportation Engineer at VX Studio
Ali is extremely skilled in Road Safety. He is one of the most energetic and passionate Road Safety Specialist I have met in RMTO. He will be a valuable member on any Highway Safety Team.
Anne-Sophie Corret – Consultant in Marketing and Communication
I have known Ali since 2015 as part of the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. Ali is among the most committed road safety advocates in the world. He is very active in the domain: as a great team player he always supports the international road safety community by participating to the most prominent events in the field around the world. Always present at renown events, he is also very active onto the social media networks where he constantly shares with all his road safety research work. Ali has strong communication skills, he is a very good speaker and has great human skills. He is a very valuable asset to the cause of road safety awareness and to any team in general.
Simon Kalolo – Programme Manager at Amend.org
A passionate and honest road safety advocate. Ali’s professionalism is excellent!
Ali puts a lot of dedication to its work. He is detail-oriented and has great organisational capabilities. He has gained a lot of expertise in the field of road safety throughout the years.
Lars Akkermans – Senior Consultant mobility and road safety at IMEC, Belgium
Ali is a highly motivated road safety expert who combines very sound methodological knowledge with practical skills. Ali already has an impressive track record, and is very much up to speed with different groups of road safety measures (engineering, enforcement, education).
Ghazwan Al-Haji – Associate Professor at Linköping University
Ali is a Road safety expert! He is active in research and public campaigning areas of road safety include accident data analysis and scientific based. I enjoy always his seminars, presentations, selection of slides, good practices, recent data and knowledge from different countries which demonstrate good and wide understanding of Traffic Safety subject nationally, regionally and internationally. All the best and keep the good work as you do.
Ali Zayerzadeh is highly committed with road safety. He runs success public awareness campaigns on social media. He has a scientific approach to projects based on data analysis. He is the Co-Founder and Director of a road safety NGO, Road Safety Pioneers, I met him in different international conferences of the Global Alliance of NGO’s for Road Safety in which he contributed with his knowledge and experience.
Joop Goos, MSc – Technical Project Director at Road Safety-Vision Zero for Turkey at Egis
Ali has analytical skills and is focused on results. He understands that working evidenced-based is the best way to achieve sustainable results in the field of road safety and the development goals. He has a lot of knowledge and is always open to increase it and to keep it up to date. He likes to share his experiences and know-how with others through conferences, Facebook and Webinars. He acts as a trainer and advocate. He is an advocate of the Global Alliance for Road Safety NGOs. He has also empathic skills and combined with his strong commitment to the good cause of saving lives on our roads, he knows how to bring people together and to build strong teams.A