ISSN1831-9351AreviewofaccidentsandinjuriestoroadtransportdriversTE--WE-10-004-EN-NAuthorsEuropeanAgencyforSafetyandHealthatWork(EU-OSHA)SarahCopsey(projectmanager)MembersofEU-OSHATopicCentre–WorkingEnvironmentNicolaChristie,RCPH,UKLindaDrupsteen,TNO,TheNetherlandsJakkovanKampen,TNO,TheNetherlandsLottieKuijt-Evers,TNO,TheNetherlandsEllenSchmitz-Felten,KOOP,GermanyMartheVerjans,Prevent,BelgiumEuropeDirectisaservicetohelpyoufindanswerstoyourquestionsabouttheEuropeanUnionFreephonenumber(*):0080067891011(*)Certainmobiletelephoneoperatorsdonotallowaccessto00800numbers,orthesecallsmaybebilled.MoreinformationontheEuropeanUnionisavailableontheInternet(http://europa.eu).Cataloguingdatacanbefoundonthecoverofthispublication.Luxembourg:PublicationsOfficeoftheEuropeanUnion,2010ISBN-13:978-92-9191-355-8doi:10.2802/39714©EuropeanAgencyforSafetyandHealthatWork,2010Reproductionisauthorisedprovidedthesourceisacknowledged.AREVIEWOFACCIDENTSANDINJURIESTOROADTRANSPORTDRIVERSAreviewofaccidentsandinjuriestoroadtransportdriversEU-OSHA–EuropeanAgencyforSafetyandHealthatWork2Tableofcontents1.Introduction....................................................................................................................................31.1.Objectiveofthisreport............................................................................................................31.2.Methodology...........................................................................................................................31.3Methodologicalproblemsencountered...................................................................................32.Introductiontotheoveralltopic.....................................................................................................53.Occupationaltransportaccidentsontheroad...............................................................................73.1.Unsafedriving.........................................................................................................................83.2Overloadandothercargoproblems.......................................................................................93.3Roadconditions/weatherconditions....................................................................................123.4Vehiclecondition...................................................................................................................143.5Lossofcontrol.......................................................................................................................164.Accidentsincargoandvehiclehandling(Occupationaltransportaccidentsonsite).................194.1.Couplinganduncoupling,unsafeparking............................................................................194.2Loadingandunloading.........................................................................................................224.3Vehiclemaintenance............................................................................................................305.Occupationaltransportaccidentsandpsychologicalfactors......................................................335.1Stressandworkload.............................................................................................................335.2Fatigue.................................................................................