We’ve been hearing about too many deadly crashes involving trucks recently and in New South Wales in particular people have been scrambling to find ways to address this road safety issue. Although fatal truck crashes have declined over the past decade, the recent spike is alarming which is why combining information from everyone involved would […]
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The trucking industry wants a cash injection of $12million from the government for road safety. The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) is calling for a National Road Safety Commission and wants the Australian Transport Safety Bureau to assume responsibility for investigating truck crashes. The ATA says the government should spend another $8 million over the next
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NSW road authorities made up of Joint Traffic Taskforce police officers and RMS inspectors have raided the company whose truck was involved in a fiery fatal crash on the M1. The crash led to a large explosion and subsequent fire. The male driver of the truck died on the scene, he was 50 years old.
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The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has called on policy makers and all the participants in the road supply chain to work together to improve road safety. The ALC and its MD Michael Kilgariff said the transport sector, governments and regulators need to work together to address safety in the industry, rather than each stakeholder blaming
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The horrific crash involving a B-Double on the Newell Highway north of Dubbo in NSW which claimed the lives of a 19 year old passenger and her boyfriend when a truck slammed into six vehicles stopped at roadworks, has led to some controversial suggestions by Roads Minister Melinda Pavey. Minister Pavey suggested truck drivers be
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A truck driver was killed when a fuel tanker and 2 other trucks collided on the M1 Pacific Motorway. The vehicles became engulfed in flames which started a bushfire in the Lake Macquarie region. According to reports the incident occurred when one truck traveling south along the highway clipped the rear end of a truck
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A union representing heavy vehicle safety inspectors warned that the increase in heavy vehicle crashes in NSW was directly related to the reduction in safety inspectors in the state. The Public Service Association, warned the state’s Roads Minister Melinda Pavey that the decision by the government not to fill positions has had a significant impact
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According to reports, we have experienced a surge in crashes involving heavy vehicles on our roads. Recently a man was killed in a crash on Bruce Highway north of Bowen when the truck he was driving rolled. The 47 year old driver was near Big Jack Creek when the crash occurred. He died on the
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According to figures released by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE), the number of truck deaths in NSW has increased by more than 86 per cent in the last 12 months. A police report indicated that the increase in fatalities may be linked to heavy vehicle traffic connected to major infrastructure and
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A collision involving a truck and car in regional Victoria has claimed the life one man and landed another in hospital. A man in his thirties, who was the driver of the car died after the 2 vehicles collided at the intersection in Newbury, in Victoria’s northwest. The truck driver was taken to hospital for
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