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Poor vehicle maintenance practices result in higher operational costs and increased risk of road incidents.

The time between inspections is associated to road crashes as a contributing factor. Reducing the length of the interval between inspections from 12 to 6 months was found to decrease vehicle defects by 13.5% in inspections, representing a modest crash rate reduction. The National Roadworthiness Baseline Survey revealed the systems with the highest incidences for vehicles aged 10 years and over were 1) brakes, 2) steering and suspension, 3) lights and reflectors, and 4) engine, driveline and exhaust.

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

  • Maintenance posters

  • Supporting PowerPoint Slides

  • Maintenance 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

  1. B. Assemi and M. Hickman, “Relationship between heavy vehicle periodic inspections, crash contributing factors and crash severity,” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, vol. 113, pp. 441-459, 2018.
  2. M. C. Camden, J. S. Hickman, R. J. Hanowski and M. Walker, “Critical Issues for Large Truck Safety,” Transport Safety and Security, 2021.
  3. National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), “National Roadworthiness Survey,” 2021.
  4. J. Hudec, B. Šarkan and R. Cződörová, “Examination of the results of the vehicles technical inspections in relation to the averge age of vehicles in selected EU states,” Transport Research Procedia, vol. 55, pp. 2-9, 2021.
  5. National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), “Maintenance Management Accreditation Guide,” 2021.
  6. National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), “National Roadworthiness Baseline Survey,” 2017.
  7. M. D. Keall and N. Stuart, “An evaluation of costs and benefits of a vehicle periodic inspection scheme with six-monthly inspections compared to annual inspections,” Accident Analysis and Prevention, vol. 58, pp. 81-87, 2013.
  8. T. D. Ionită, N. Ispas, A. Chiru and D. L. Motoc, “The connection between the quality of the periodic technical certification of lorries and the road traffic safety and other ecological and commercial aspects,” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 1220, p. 012048, 2022.
  9. C. P. Yanez Ayala, G. S. Macias, M. V. Clavijo Mesa, C. E. Patiño Rodriguez and F. J. Guevara Carazas, “Excellence model for the maintenance are in heavy-duty truck company,” IFAC, pp. 163-168, 2022.
  10. National Heavy Vehicle Regulator, “National Heavy Vehicle Inspection Manual,” 2021.
  11. European Union, “Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 A pril 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC,” Official Journal of the European Union, 2014.
  12. National Road Safety Partnership Program (NRSPP), “Southerland Shire Council – Heavy Fleet Operations: Shifting to a Proactive State of Safety,” 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www. nrspp.org.au/resources/sutherland-shire-council-heavy-fleet- operations-shifting-to-a-proactive-state-of-safety/. [Accessed 2022].

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