Sean Kane is a researcher and advocates with 30 years of experience raising the profile of safety hazards and advancing solutions. He combined his interest in automobiles with social justice in 1991, when he began his work at the Center for Auto Safety, an advocacy organization established by Ralph Nader in Washington D.C. Kane is the founder and president of Safety Research & Strategies, Inc. He is also the founder and board member of The Safety Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that has a particular interest in injury prevention and emerging technologies.

Kane’s investigations and analyses have prompted numerous federal safety probes and led to recalls of tens of millions of vehicles, tires and consumer products. He has testified before Congress and regularly provides information and data to lawmakers and federal and state agencies, including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National Transportation Safety Board, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Kane has advised all fifty states’ Attorneys General, the National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. Government Accounting Office, and the U.S. DOT Office of Inspector General. He is a frequent source and commentator for the broadcast and print media on product safety matters and is the editor of The Safety Record, a publication and blog covering the inside baseball of motor vehicle and product safety.

Kane manages and directs hundreds of projects each year on a wide range of issues. Working with Safety Research & Strategies team members and consultants, he specializes in finding and assimilating many pixels of information and data necessary to assemble a cogent and clear picture. Kane is continually motivated to support efforts aimed at researching and understanding the root causes of harm and how to apply that understanding to mitigation and prevention.