H-01 · SAFETY

Fatigue-related crashes

Drivers of heavy vehicles working beyond safe hours, causing crashes that kill and injure road users.

ACTIVE

Baseline

3.4

per 100M km

Current

2.9

Fatigue-attributed serious crashes per 100M km

Target

1.7

per 100M km

Trend

Q1 2024 to Q4 2025

Schemes addressing this harm

The intervention mix and its legislative authority

S-01 Fatigue management scheme

ACTIVE

Reduce fatigue-attributed serious crashes by half by 2028 through telemetry-based monitoring, targeted roadside checks and chain-of-responsibility enforcement.

Mix: Telemetry monitoring · Risk-based roadside checks · Accreditation conditions · Chain-of-responsibility enforcement · Driver education

Authority: HVSA 2024 s 12, HVS Reg 2025 r 26, HVSA 2024 s 55, HVSA 2024 s 60, HVSA 2024 s 72

9 products on the ladder. See the catalogue

Risk-control problems on this harm

CodeProblemStageMeasureBaseline → current
RC-01Overnight inland-corridor fatigue clusterIMPLEMENTINGFatigue-attributed serious crashes on the corridor, 01:00 to 05:00, rolling 12 months149

Matters and signals

RefTypeEntitySummaryStatus
SG-2026-0917WHISTLEBLOWERSouthern Bulk HaulageFormer scheduler alleges OP-3377 instructs drivers to falsify work diariesRECEIVED
SG-2026-0913COMPLAINTSouthern Bulk HaulagePublic report: truck swerving on the coastal highway, registration matched to OP-3377RECEIVED
SG-2026-0912TELEMETRYNorthbridge Freight Pty LtdElectronic work diary shows OP-1042 driver 14 h 40 m work in 24 h on 4 SepRECEIVED