TRUCK INVOLVEMENT IN URBAN ROAD ACCIDENTS IN AUSTRALIA

An overview of the truck accident is presented in terms of accident types, casual factors and accident rates. Detailed analysis of truck accidents in urban areas is presented, using fatal accident data for Australia and reported accident data for Victoria. In urban areas, accidents involving trucks represented around 13 percent of fatal accidents. Urban truck accidents mostly involved rigid trucks, with articulated trucks being not so important. However, when expressed in terms of exposure measured in terms of vehicle km of travel, articulated trucks had a comparable fatal accident rate to rigid trucks in urban areas, and a worse injury rate. Urban truck accidents mostly involved more than one vehicle, and tended to be associated with intersections or rear end collisions. Rear end truck collisions in urban areas involved both collisions with parked vehicles, and collisions in the traffic stream. The only significant single vehicle urban truck accidents were those involving pedestrians. Countermeasures aimed at truck design and use, drivers (including car drivers), and road design and geometric standards are suggested. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Monash University

  Department of Civil Engineering
  Clayton, Victoria  Australia  3800
• Authors:
  • Ogden, K W
  • Tan, H W
• Publication Date: 1988-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 30 p.
• Serial:
  • CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKING PAPER
  • Issue Number: 88/1
  • Publisher: Monash University
  • ISSN: 0156-2126

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Crash analysis; Crash causes; Crash rates; Crash types; Crashes; Drivers; Fatalities; Geometric design; Highway design; Injuries; Intersections; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Rear end crashes; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety education; Truck drivers; Trucks; Urban areas; Vehicle design
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1612: Accident rate; 1225: Articulated vehicle; 8006: Australia; 9003: Cause; 8614: Database; 1772: Driver; 1602: Fatality; 2755: Highway; 1236: Lorry; 5925: Properties; 1665: Safety; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Design; Education and Training; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00475685
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 31 1988 12:00AM