News / Trucking firms need to invest more in 'the human element' to cut road accidents

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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has called for greater investment into the “human element” of road transport to reduce accidents – an astonishing 3,500 people die on the world’s roads every day.

Its recently released report on road safety investment reveals that, while commercial vehicles – including buses – are involved in less than 3% of road accidents globally,  85% of these are caused by human error: a quarter attributed to professional drivers and the remaining 75% to other road ...