26 Apr 2019

Trucking industry focuses on road crash investigations

From Nine To Noon, 9:15 am on 26 April 2019
Emergency services were called around 2.30am after a car and a heavy truck crashed on State Highway 1 north of Atiamuri.

Photo: RNZ / Andew McRae

The trucking industry is calling for police to be better resourced to investigate truck crashes as the Ministry of Transport works on its new strategy to bring down the road toll. The review includes laws around vehicles as workplaces. Lynn Freeman talks to The Road Transport Forum's Nick Leggett and First Union's Jared Abbott.