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In-vehicle distraction has been shown to represent a specific risk for professional drivers, contributing to an estimated 10-30% of collisions.

Fatigue has physical, mental, and emotional attributes. Heavy vehicle drivers are at high risk of developing chronic fatigue due to hectic work schedules and sleep loss associated with long-haul driving. In 2020, 8% of all truck large loss crashes in Australia were caused by fatigue. When we are fatigued, our brains start looking for thoughts or activities to keep us awake — distractions. In-vehicle distraction has been shown to represent a specific risk for professional drivers, contributing to an estimated 10-30% of collisions.

This package contains:

  • A generic overview of Toolbox Talk Discussion and how it can be applied to work driving safety, including a step by step process to assist team leaders/managers and facilitators to lead a Toolbox Talk discussion.

  • Aid for the promotion of discussion

  • Topic background information and fact sheets

  • Discussion prompt sheet

  • Participant attendance record sheet

  • Participant self-assessment sheet

  • Discussion review sheet

  • Fatigue & Distraction posters

  • Supporting PowerPoint Slides

  • Fatigue & Distraction Video Link (access video here or contact NRSPP to download)

Author Acknowledgement

This Toolbox Talk has been developed in collaboration with Jerome Carslake (NRSPP), Jennifer Rivera-Gonzalez (MUARC), Grace Harries (NRSPP Swinburne Intern 2022/23), Manal Rizwan (NRSPP Swinburne Intern 2022/23),  Tim Roberts (FleetStrategy).

Toolbox Talks Branding, marketing and promotional videos were completed by the Swinburne Design Bureau: Dr Shivani Tyagi (Communication Design Lecturer Swinburne and Director of Design Bureau), Kai Djeng (videos and editing), Emelia Cox (videos and editing), Amanda Wang (videos and editing) Lachlan Tobin (marketing and communications), Lauren Gualano (branding and logo design).

Toolbox Talks Steering Group includes: James Zarb (Viva Energy), Craig Beikoff (BINGO Industries), Jim Sarkis (BINGO Industries), Mark Noble (Holcim), Daniel Brain (Toll Group), Adam Ritzinger (Toll Group), Peter Johansson (Zurich), Steve Power (Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia), Mike Mulligan (Qube).

References

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  2. National Transport Insurance (NTI), “Major Accident Investigation 2021 Report,” 2021.
  3. European Transport Safety Council, “How to Improve the Safety of Goods Vehicles in the EU?,” European Transport Safety Council, Brussels, 2020.
  4. National Road Safety Partnership Program (NRSPP), “NRSPP Quick Fact: The Problem With Driver Fatigue,” 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www. nrspp.org.au/resources/nrspp-quick-fact-the-problem-with-driver- fatigue/.
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