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TRUCKS ACCIDENTS * Sweden
* Report blames fatigue and inattentiveness for truck accidents
Stockholm,Sweden -Irish Trucker -5 February 2013: -- Nine out of ten accidents involving trucks are a result of the human factor. This was revealed in a fresh report on traffic safety and road accidents in Europe produced by Volvo Trucks... The report was produced by the Accident Research Team at Volvo Trucks and is based on its own investigations of accidents as well as data obtained from various national and European authorities. It describes why accidents with trucks occur, their sequence and what can be done to reduce the risk of accidents and their consequences... The report also reveals that drinking and driving is not one of the major causes of road accidents involving truck drivers. Only 0.5 per cent of truck drivers involved in serious accidents were under the influence of alcohol. The corresponding figure for accidents involving passenger cars varies between 15 and 20 per cent... Heavy trucks are involved in 17 per cent of all fatal accidents and seven per cent of accidents resulting in personal injuries... More than half of all serious accidents with trucks consist of collisions between cars and trucks... Thanks to safer vehicles, improved infrastructure and safer behaviour on the road, the number of fatal accidents on European roads has dropped continuously since the early 1990s. But far more lives would be able to be saved if more people used their seat belts, something that not even half of the truck drivers on European roads do. Around ninety-five per cent of the truck drivers who died in road accidents were not wearing seat belts...
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posted by Unknown @ 11:09 AM
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James Bradley said: "When we get involve on truck accident. We don't know what to do. It's very traumatic for a victim. We cannot solve the problem alone ... Safety is for everyone concern. Our safety on the road is the main concern"
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