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Jan 19, 2017

TRUCKERS´ HEALTH & CRASH RISK * USA: University Study

* Utah - New study reports link between truck driver’s poor health and crash risk

--- Commercial truck drivers with three or more medical conditions double to quadruple their chance for being in a crash than healthier drivers, reports a new study led by investigators at the University of Utah School of Medicine... The findings suggest that a trucker's poor health could be a detriment not only to himself but also to others around him... Now, examination of medical records from 49,464 commercial truck drivers finds evidence that their relatively poor health may put them at risk in more ways than one. 34 percent have signs of at least one of several medical conditions that had previously been linked to poor driving performance, from heart disease, to low back pain, to diabetes... The new findings could mean that one health condition, say diabetes, is manageable but diabetes in combination with high blood pressure and anxiety could substantially increase a driver's risk... 
(Photo: Many truckers plagued by fatigue, and poor health)  --  Salt Lake City, UT, USA - News Medical Life Sciences - January 17, 2017

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Apr 21, 2016

TRUCK CRASHES * USA: Decreases in 2014

* DC - Fatal truck crashes decrease 5 percent in 2014


-- While the number of large trucks involved in fatal crashes is on the decline, big rig mishaps are injuring more people and damaging more property, the federal government said... Traffic fatalities involving large trucks dipped 5 percent to 3,921 in 2014 compared to the prior year, according to the latest data from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration... The rate in which large trucks were part of a fatal crash declined 6 percent per 100 million miles to 1.43 from 1.34 during the same period, the government said... But the number of large trucks involved in injury crashes increased by 21 percent to 88,000. Crashes only involving property damage rose by an even faster 31 percent to 346,000 during the same period... 
 (Photo: Adobe/sezer66 - Semi Truck Crash Flipped on Road) -- Washington, DC, USA - Trucks, by CARINA OCKEDAH - April 19, 2016

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Mar 8, 2013

TRUCK CRASHES * Australia

* ACT - Unprecedented fall in major truck crashes

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Canberra,ACT,USA -ATA Friday Facts/NTI -8 March 2013: -- The number of major crashes per 1000 trucks and trailers fell almost 43 per cent between 2003 and 2011, according to a new report... The National Transport Insurance (NTI) report looked at 461 truck accidents in 2011 that involved insurance claims of more than $50,000. NTI has published accident reports every two years since 2003... The report showed that the crash rate per 1000 units fell 42.7 per cent between 2003 and 2011, once the threshold used in 2003 is adjusted for inflation... The report found that the drivers of light vehicles or third parties were at fault in every fatal accident between a light vehicle and an NTI insured truck in 2011... Overall, inappropriate speed accounted for 25.4 per cent of the crashes in 2011, compared to 31.8 per cent in 2009. Driver fatigue caused 11.9 per cent of the crashes, marginally higher than in 2009 but still much lower than the 2007 figure, 20.7 per cent... The report said that non-impact fires were responsible for 12.1 per cent of the 461 losses...

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Jul 3, 2012

TRUCK CRASHES * USA

* Kansas - Researchers sift through crash statistics

Topeka,KS,USA -Fleet Owner, by Deborah Whistler -Jul. 2, 2012: -- Study finds that noon to 3 p.m. is most likely time for incidents while majority of crashes occur during daylight without any weather-related factors...   More truck crashes occur during the day and nearly three-quarters involve the driver failing to give the proper time and attention to the task at hand. That is the conclusion of the first phase of a research project by two Kansas State University civil engineers studying five year’s worth of crash statistics in Kansas. The researchers are looking at crashes involving commercial trucks in hopes of making highways safer by reducing the number and severity of vehicular crashes that involve large, cargo-carrying trucks...  Other causes contributing to truck crashes included: 
- Environmental-related, such as animals or rain – 13%
- Road-related, such as ice or wet asphalt — 7.8%
- Vehicle-related, such as falling cargo or defective brakes — 6.1%
Additionally, researchers found: 
* Nearly 78% of truck-crashes happened during daylight and with no adverse weather conditions like rain or snow. 
 * A majority of the truck crashes happened between noon and 3 p.m. 
 * More truck crashes happened in locations with a high speed limit.

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