About Dr. Kevin Rider

Kevin A. Rider (PhD, PE, CPE) is a human factors expert and owner of Forensic Human Factors, LLC, which provides expert investigations, reports and testimony for personal injury cases – plaintiff or defense. Dr. Rider is an expert in investigating how people interact with other people, products and environments in predictable ways, and applying this understanding to the design of effective, efficient and safe products, services and systems. He has been retained as an expert in over 40 states (+ Puerto Rico).

Human factors in vehicle collisions include all factors related to drivers and other road users that may contribute to a collision. Examples include driver behavior, attention and distraction, visual and auditory acuity, decision-making ability, perception and reaction.

Dr. Rider’s expertise includes:

- Motor vehicle and pedestrian collisions, including trucks, trains and motor/bicycles
- Illumination, nighttime visibility, and pedestrian conspicuity
- DUI/DWI/OWI, where driver actions may also be the result of poorly designed/maintained roads and signs
- The design and foreseeable use of products, and the adequacy of their warnings and instructions
- The design and maintenance of safe civil and occupational environments
- Premises liability, and slips, trips and falls
- Workplace and construction safety

Dr. Rider is a Professional Engineer (PE), a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), and has served as a human factors consultant since 1999, including five years as a professor at West Virginia University. He has presented his peer-reviewed work at professional conferences, nationally and abroad, and is active in several professional organizations.

Dr. Rider attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, which conferred his Bachelor and Master degrees in Industrial Engineering. He then received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Dr. Rider’s research includes human performance under stress, driver behavior and distraction, the performance of in-vehicle tasks, pedestrian behaviors, and manual material handling tasks. He has demonstrated abilities to explain complex scenarios in easily understood ways, both in the classroom and the courtroom.

“There’s a Human Factor in every case.”