2015 MAJOR ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT OWEN DRISCOLL National Director Accident Research

AUSTRALIAN CRASH REPORT EDITIONS

RESEARCH 2015 PROGRAM SNAPSHOT Average per accident (increase) Losses (increase) Fleet numbers (static) $ 71.7 m 549 $ k 16 % 171 k

MAJOR CRASH INCIDENT RATIO Major crash incident rate ‘000 7% off all losses Increase ($50,000)major crash incidents increase in average overall cost 2.4%16%13 %

GROWTH IN TASK VS CRASH INCIDENTS Australian road freight task grown from 150 to billion tonne kilometres 209 growth in the freight task 30 % decline in serious crashes 35 %

BUSINESS CATEGORY VS LARGE LOSSES

ACCIDENT LOCATION MAPPING WHERE

CRASH 2015 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS inappropriate speed for the conditions fatigue related truck crashes. Worst result since 2007 non impact fire losses. Remain a concern of the time the heavy vehicle was at fault in a multi-vehicle collisions of major crash fatalities found the lighter vehicle to be at fault 27 % 12.8 % 10.7 % 59 % 84 %

ACCIDENT SPECIFICS SPEED

ACCIDENT SPECIFICS SPEED Inappropriate Speed for the conditions is a training, driver management and operational issue

ACCIDENT SPECIFICS FATIGUE 11.9%

FATIGUE GEOPHYSICAL Fatigue was responsible for 12.8% of all major losses

ACCIDENT SPECIFICS LOSSES BY FIRE

ACCIDENT SPECIFICS LOSSES BY FIRE

FIRE major claim incidents were due to non-impact truck and trailer fires of losses were caused by fire igniting in the cabin/ engine bay region was the most common outcome caused by electrical failure 1 in 1060 % Fire More than

CRASH 2015 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS Worst months March, July & October Serious truck crashes on Highway 1 1 in 4 of losses, common finding over the series of studies 56 % Monday to Wednesday account for the worst time of day 1000 to 1500 Worst state QLD Best state VIC Hume Highway VIC Worst NSW Best highway of freight share (incl. rigids) 40 % B Doubles are the safer alternative with of major losses 24 % AND

ACCIDENT SPECIFICS ACCIDENT LOCATION; STATE / FREIGHT TASK Overrepresented in large incidents QLD & WA Marginal increase in losses NSW & SA Represents 24% of the freight task and 13.5% of large losses VIC best performing ( )

ACCIDENT SPECIFICS DIRECTION OF TRAVEL NTI insured heavy vehicleDirection of travel analysis of incidents occur on outbound leg 67.6 % 40 % of these losses occur on either a Monday or Tuesday of non-fatal cases were found liable 59.4 % 84 % of fatal cases were found not liable

ACCIDENT SPECIFICS INCIDENT SCENE ON THE ROAD NETWORK of all losses were accounted by Highway 1 of all highway losses were accounted by NSW Hume 23 % 7.7 %

ACCIDENT SPECIFICS DRIVER’S AGE There has been an increase in major incidents involving drivers over 51 years of age of drivers were over 40 years of age are over 55 years old 70 % 1 in 3

ACCIDENT SPECIFICS DRIVER’S AVERAGE AGE

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