Staff Profile

Dr. Shahana Avathkattil is a Lecturer in Transport within the Future Mobility Group at Newcastle University, UK, specializing in real-time traffic safety through computer vision, big data analytics, and mathematical modelling. With a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, her research advances proactive micro-level traffic safety for assessing signalized intersections in disordered traffic. Her research interests are Traffic Safety, Modeling Pedestrian Behavior, Driver Behaviour Modelling, Traffic Flow Modeling and Simulation. Dr Avathkattil’s ambition is to further advance knowledge and skills in transport engineering and data analysis to discover innovative solutions to make our transportation systems safer and sustainable.

• Articles

  • Avathkattil Shahana, Perumal Vedagiri. Developing rear-end and side-swipe conflict prediction models for urban signalized intersections under disordered traffic conditions. IATSS Research 2024, 48(1), 1-13.
  • Avathkattil S, Vedagiri P. Spatiotemporal Variation of Traffic Conflict at Signalized Intersections under Non-Lane-Based Traffic Condition. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2023, 2677(1), 326-340.
  • Avathkattil S, Vedagiri P. Rear-End Conflict Variation at Signalized Intersections Under Non-lane-Based Traffic Condition. Transportation in Developing Economies 2022, 8, 32.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Avathkattil S, Perumal V. Safety Modelling for Signalized Intersection at Approach-level Using Mixed Traffic Trajectory Data. In: 102nd Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board. 2023, Washington DC, United States: Transportation Research Board.
  • Fukui C, Avathkattil S, SMP S, Perumal V. Impact of Implementing Exclusive Motorized Two Wheeler Lanes at a Signalized Intersection in an Urban Area Using Microscopic Simulation. In: 2023 IEEE 12th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE). 2023, Nara, Japan: IEEE.
  • Avathkattil S, Vedagiri P. Proactive Traffic Safety Evaluation of Signalized Intersections In Heterogeneous Disordered Traffic Conditions. In: 14th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (Safety 2022). 2022, Adelaide, Australia: BMJ Publishing Group.
  • Raj Pooja, Avathkattil Shahana, Asaithambi Gowri, Shankar AURavi. An Approach for Estimation of Passenger Car Unit Values of Vehicles Based on Influence of Neighboring Vehicles. 2018.