The Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) organised with great success the 8th International Symposium on Naturalistic Driving Research (NDRS 2019) which was held in Melbourne, Australia on August 13-14, 2019. The 8th International Naturalistic Driving Research Symposium provided with an overview of international naturalistic driving and riding studies and insight into the next generation of this type of studies, in addition to the opportunity to interact with panelists to discuss naturalistic driving in their respective countries.