Research interests

Autotriage in road traffic collisions
Multibody dynamics modelling

Contact

Dr Claire Baker

Schmidt AI for Science Research Fellow

Claire is a Schmidt AI for Science Research Fellow in HEAD Lab. Research interests include Autotriage in road traffic collisions, Multibody dynamics modelling.

Recent conferences

Sept 2026

Short Communication: MMDLNet: A Multimodal Deep Learning Network for Post-Collision Injury Prediction

IRCOBI 2026, Munich
Proceedings (PDF)
Sept 2026

Short Communication: Facial Impact Conditions for Assessing Motorcycle Helmets, Informed by Reconstruction of Real-World Collisions.

IRCOBI 2026, Munich
Proceedings (PDF)
Jul 2026

Claire Baker — Concussion/Brain Injury I (OA133)

World Congress of Biomechanics 2026, Vancouver
Sept 2025

RAIDS and Premier League TBI at the TBI-REPORTER General Assembly

Fitzpatrick Hall, Queens' College, University of Cambridge
Sept 2025

Short Communication: Reconstruction of 24 Real-World Motorcycle Collisions to Determine Facial Impact Conditions

IRCOBI 2025, Vilnius
Proceedings (PDF)
Sept 2025

Short Communication: Motorcyclist facial impact prevalence from novel analysis of Road Accident In-Depth Studies data

IRCOBI 2025, Vilnius
Proceedings (PDF)
Sept 2024

Short communication: Exploring smart device sensor potential to assess simulated vulnerable road user head injury risk

IRCOBI 2024, Stockholm
Proceedings (PDF)

Publications

Face the facts: a characterisation of 2013–2025 UK motorcycle collisions, head impact locations and injury outcomes supporting facial impact testing

Claire Baker, Zhuoxiaoyue Wang, Lucas Low, Emily Ashworth, Mark Wilson, David Sharp, Nils Lübbe, Shiyang Meng, Mazdak Ghajari

Traffic Safety Research, 2026

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Demographic and Causal Patterns in Child Cyclist Head Injuries: Informing Helmet Test Methods

preprint

William Dawber, Claire E. Baker, David J. Sharp, Shruti Agrawal, Mazdak Ghajari

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2026

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Demographic and causal patterns in child cyclist head Injuries: Informing helmet test methods

William Dawber, Claire Baker, David Sharp, S Agrawal, Mazdak Ghajari

Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2026

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Who wears a helmet and why? A quantitative analysis of helmet use, barriers, and purchase priorities in 1,938 cyclists

preprint

William Dawber, Claire Baker, Saian Patel, Mazdak Ghajari

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2026

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Sagittal plane head kinetics and kinematics predict base of skull fractures in motorcycle facial impact: computational reconstruction of 30 real-world collisions

preprint

Lucas Low, Claire Baker, Shiyang Meng, Mazdak Ghajari

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2026

DOI

Correction: Identifying research priorities for post-collision care in the United Kingdom: outcomes and methodological adaptations from the final prioritisation workshop

Tim Nutbeam, Laura Cottey, Kerry Dungay, Lauren R. Rodgers, Emily Foote, Caroline Leech, Claire Baker, Elizabeth Box, Louise Johnson, Brian Lee, Marilyn MacQueen, Rob Fenwick, Nigel Lang, Ianto Guy, Ian Marritt, Ian Dunbar, Ed Barnard, Mini -Review Authors

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2026

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Identifying research priorities for post-collision care in the United Kingdom: outcomes and methodological adaptations from the final prioritisation workshop

Tim Nutbeam, Laura Cottey, Kerry Dungay, Lauren R. Rodgers, Emily Foote, Caroline Leech, Claire E. Baker, Elizabeth Box, Louise Johnson, Brian Lee, Marilyn MacQueen, Rob Fenwick, Nigel Lang, Ianto Guy, Ian Marritt, Ian Dunbar, Ed B. G. Barnard, Mini -Review Authors, Nick Aveyard, Lily Eckersley-Jones, Cally Greiner-Cooper, Kershun Mathew, Nigel Lang, Celia Lugt, Kirsten Raphael, Gregory Smith, Luke Tester, Jennifer Todd, Rosanna Watts, George Russam

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2026

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How do demographic factors, non-standard and out-of-position seating affect vehicle occupant injury outcomes in road traffic collisions?

Claire Baker, Mazdak Ghajari

Safety Science, 2025

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Traumatic brain injury and mortality in older adults with and without pre-injury dementia

Helen Lai, Eyal Soreq, Niall Bourke, Claire Baker, Karl Zimmerman, Megan E Parkinson, Sarah Daniels, Edward W. Gregg, David Sharp, Lucia M. Li

Age and Ageing, 2025

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Identifying research priorities for post-collision care in the United Kingdom: protocol for a road injury priority setting partnership

Tim Nutbeam, Caroline Leech, Claire Baker, Elizabeth Box, Lauren R. Rodgers, Kerry Dungay, Louise Johnson, Brian Lee, Marilyn MacQueen, Rob Fenwick, Ian Marritt, Ian Dunbar, Ed B G Barnard

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2025

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How Well Do Popular Bicycle Helmets Protect from Different Types of Head Injury?

Claire Baker, Xu Yu, Brian C. Lovell, Ruth Tan, Srujal Patel, Mazdak Ghajari

Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2024

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Inherent uncertainty in pedestrian collision reconstruction: How evidence variability affects head kinematics and injury prediction

Claire Baker, Phil Martin, A Montemeglio, Rui Li, Mark H. Wilson, David Sharp, Mazdak Ghajari

Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2024

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and mortality in older adults with and without pre-injury dementia

preprint

Helen Lai, Eyal Soreq, Niall Bourke, Claire Baker, Karl Zimmerman, Megan E Parkinson, Sarah Daniels, Edward W. Gregg, David Sharp, Lucia M. Li

medRxiv, 2024

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A Review of Cyclist Head Injury, Impact Characteristics and the Implications for Helmet Assessment Methods

Claire Baker, Xiancheng Yu, Saian Patel, Mazdak Ghajari

Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2023

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An Instrumented Mouthguard for Real-Time Measurement of Head Kinematics under a Large Range of Sport Specific Accelerations

Chris M. Jones, Kieran Austin, Simon Augustus, Kieran Jai Nicholas, Xiancheng Yu, Claire Baker, Emily Yik Kwan Chan, Mike Loosemore, Mazdak Ghajari

Sensors, 2023

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