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Don't just blame the driver – there's more than one cause of fatal truck crashes

  • Written by Sharon Newnam, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Monash University
There is evidence to suggest there is a ‘system’ of factors influencing truck crashes.AAP/Perry Duffin

Recent truck driver fatalities in New South Wales and a call for action by Toll managing director Michael Byrne have refocused attention on the safety of Australia’s road transport industry.

Truck crashes are often blamed on...

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