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ACCIDENTS * Europe - Truck drivers to blame in one in four truck related ones
Brusels,Belgium -HGV (Dublin,Ireland) -15 Mar 2008: -- One in four accidents involving HGVs across Europe are caused by truck driver error, a new study has found. Only limited statistics are available regarding accidents involving trucks and even less is known about the cause of these accidents. To fill in this lack of knowledge, the European Commission (EC) and the International Road Transport Union (IRU) have undertaken a uniquescientific study, the European Truck Accident Causation (ETAC) study... Knowing that there are many factors, which contribute to an accident and knowing that those factors are interlinked, the aim of the study was to identify the main causes of accidents involving trucks.The study shows that human error is the main cause of 85.2% of the studied cases. However, out of those 85.2%, 75% were caused by other road users and only 25% by the truck driver... In-depth analysis shows that when the human being caused the accident, non-adapted speed, failure to observe intersection rules and improper manoeuvering when changing lanes were the main cause. Truck load and fatigue play only a minor role. One of the concluding recommendations is that improving driver training and upgrading driving school programmes are key to improve road safety...
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