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Traffic Held Up After Truck Explosion on Brisbane’s M1

Brisbane’s M1 was the site of a truck explosion at Loganholme recently, resulting in the southbound lanes of the Pacific Motorway being closed. According to reports, the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services worked to get the blaze under control after the truck which was transporting hydrochloric acid exploded. Queensland Ambulance Services were on the scene […]

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Livestock Put Down After Truck Crash

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Parts of Great Northern Highway near Derby in WA’s Kimberley was closed by police after a truck rollover involving a heavy vehicle carrying cattle. The incident happened at 2:20pm in Willare, south of Derby. The truck driver was not injured but around 8o cattle were injured in the crash. The cattle had to be put

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Truck Crashes on South Eastern Freeway

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A truck driver was injured after he deliberately crashed his truck on Adelaide’s South Eastern freeway. The truck lost control, it is believed after the brakes failed, causing the driver to deliberately crash the truck into the side of the road. The truck driver was unable to pull into one of the arrester beds on

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One Killed and Two Injured by Out of Control Truck in Merrylands

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A grandfather who was doing gardening in his brother-in-law’s yard has been killed after a tipper truck lost control and crashed through a fence. Following the incident during which the Hino truck mowed into the garden of a Merrylands home killing the man who was shoveling soil into a wheelbarrow at the time, a grieving

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Police Operation Finds Almost Half of All Trucks Defective

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The New South Wales authorities recently conducted the 4th installment of Operation Catapult, a blitz on trucks in south-west and western Sydney. The Operations are being conducted by a Joint Taskforce consisting of NSW Police Traffic & Highway Patrol Command officers, Roads and Maritime (RMS) Inspectors, and NSW Environment Protection Authority. During the blitz officers

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Truck and Car Collide, Killing One

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A young woman has been killed in a crash involving a car and a truck in the west of Brisbane. The crash at Willowbank was investigated by Forensic Crash Unit officers who speculated that a 4WD turned into the path of the truck, heading south on the Cunningham Highway. There was one fatality, a woman

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WA Truck Driver Licensing Training Organisation Investigated

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Around 326 truck drivers have had their licenses suspended in Western Australia and the state’s Department of Transport is investigating one of its appointed training organisations for issuing licenses without the proper assessment. Truck and road train drivers who have had their licenses cancelled have an opportunity to reapply for them. Evidence in the investigation

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Hefty Fines Issued Following Tanker Rollover

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A rollover that happened last year on the Golden Highway, west of Jerry Plains led to an investigation by the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA). The investigation led to a transporter and consignor being penalised over the use of the wrong type of tanker trailers. Multiple fines to the value of $48,000 were

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Worker Fatally Injured in Unloading Accident

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A tragic workplace accident has taken place at a transport yard in Chinchilla earlier this week, claiming the life of a man in his thirties. Police said the death was still under investigation by workplace health and safety officers but it is believed the man was unloading a large pipe using a forklift when the

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Road Safety Goes Beyond Trucks, Volvo Report Says

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Volvo Trucks released a report earlier in the year having collected data from over 1700 crashes involving trucks in Europe. The researchers examined approximately 26,000 road fatalities within the EU annually since 1969. The research revealed that 15 per cent of fatal road crashes involve a heavy vehicle and the fatalities are mostly pedestrians, motorcyclists

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Autonomous Braking Technology Could Save Lives

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According to Australia’s peak road safety body, The Australasian College of Road Safety, Autonomous Braking Technology should be installed in all new vehicles and trucks to save lives and prevent incidents like the ones that occurred in Nice and Berlin where trucks ploughed into crowds of people. They are calling on the government to mandate

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Industry Discusses COR changes

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A recent conference was held in Melbourne, following 2 others in Sydney and Brisbane, highlighting the impact of the changes to the Chain of Responsibility laws and what is required to be compliant. The Melbourne seminar, organised by Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA) in association with the Freight and Trade Alliance (FTA), Australian Peak Shippers

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