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MR ADAM GIBSON

NTI

300 George Street NTI Brisbane Office Queensland 4000 Australia

adamgibson@nti.com.au

www.nti.com.au

DR JASMINE PROUD

Monash University Accident
Research Centre

21 Alliance Lane Wellington Road
Monash University Clayton Campus
Victoria 3800 Australia

jasmine.proud@monash.edu

www.monash.edu.au/muarc

MR JEROME CARSLAKE

National Road Safety
Partnership Program

21 Alliance Lane Wellington Road
Monash University Clayton Campus
Victoria 3800 Australia

jerome.carslake@monash.edu

www.nrspp.org.au

Key Finding

1

Human factor incidents alone accounted for a greater rate than all other cause categories combined in 2024. This reinforces NTARC’s continued focus on addressing human factors through targeted hazard management programs and safety initiatives.

1,767

Major loss claims above $50k in 2024, up from 1634 in 2023

Key Finding

2

Together, the top three sub-causes – Inattention/Distraction, Inadequate Following Distance, and Inappropriate Speed – comprised 60.9% of all human factor crashes.

59%

Major loss claims above $50k in 2024

Key Finding

3

Inattention/Distraction remains the single largest contributor to incident rates within the dataset, representing 17.9% of all crashes in 2024.

67%

Inattention/distraction incidents were single vehicle in 2024

Key Finding

4

Inadequate Following Distance accounted for 9.2% of all major incidents and remains a growing concern; the rate of increase may be stabilising, offering an opportunity for targeted interventions to curb further growth.

96%

Inadequate following distance incidents were ‘vehicles from same direction’ in 2023

Key Finding

5

Inappropriate Speed – related incidents have remained stable in rate, while their proportion of all major incidents declined to 8.6% in 2024, indicating this crash type has not increased in line with overall incident growth.

85%

Inappropriate speed incidents were ‘off path on curve’ in 2023.

Further Information

MR ADAM GIBSON

NTI

300 George Street NTI Brisbane Office Queensland 4000 Australia

adamgibson@nti.com.au

www.nti.com.au

DR JASMINE PROUD

Monash University Accident
Research Centre

21 Alliance Lane Wellington Road
Monash University Clayton Campus
Victoria 3800 Australia

jasmine.proud@monash.edu

www.monash.edu.au/muarc

MR JEROME CARSLAKE

National Road Safety
Partnership Program

21 Alliance Lane Wellington Road
Monash University Clayton Campus
Victoria 3800 Australia

jerome.carslake@monash.edu

www.nrspp.org.au

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