Truck driver fatalities on Australian roads have tragically increased by over 50% since 2017.
The contributing factors to this are single-vehicle accidents and driver fatigue.
Sadly, single vehicle accidents have increased by 76% since 2018 which equates to 65% of all fatal accidents.
Driver error, no doubt, contributes significantly to accidents on our roads.
Driver error losses have increased sharply in 2019 to 39%, which is an increase of 10% from 2017.
Inattention and distraction accidents have increased by 15% since 2017 and is the leading cause of driver error accidents on Australian roads.
In 2019, 34% of fatal accidents can be related back to driver fatigue.
In positive news, the number of fatigue related accidents per year is at an historic low of 9.6%.
Despite the fact that fatigue related accidents are at an historic low, 34% of these accidents are fatal.
80% of fatal accidents, involving both cars and trucks, saw that the car was at fault. In non-fatal crashes cars were at fault 39% of the time.
In 2017, it was reported that 83% of fatal accidents involving cars and trucks, saw that the car driver was at fault.
In 2019, accidents involving both a truck and a car resulting in at least one fatality, has reduced to 80%.
Where there was no fatality involved, car drivers were found to be at fault 39% of the time.
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