ECG — 2024-11-06
News from ECG
The Health & Safety Working Group (H&S WG) established incident reporting website in 2018 to gather information on severe accidents and near-misses happening in finished vehicle logistics (FVL) during loading and unloading operations on trucks. The aim is to create database of accidents which can be analysed and used to share insightful information contributing to a safer industry.
Thanks to the continuous support, every year ECG is publishing yearly reports ‘Making the industry safer – Reducing accidents in FVL’ that contain useful recommendations on how to prevent severe accidents and improve drivers’ safety. The yearly reports 2019-2023 are published on our website. The report on 2024 incidents will be published in March/April 2025.
We invite all truck operators to report on their 2024 incidents and support us in stepping up safety in finished vehicle logistics. Only by sharing, players in this sector can learn together as an industry and improve drivers’ safety. The incident reporting website can be accessed here.
Some highlights from 2023 report
The report analysing 2023 incidents includes an overview and breakdown of high-risk incidents such as Slips & Trips, Roll offs, Drive offs, Falls from height and accidents happening during transport and delivery at retailers, as well as key recommendations for the industry. As in the 2019-2022 reporting period, Slip & Trips are the most common category of incidents observed in 2023. Compared to 2021 and 2022 the percentage of Fall from Height incidents increased. Less roll off incidents have been uploaded to the database in 2023. Close to 80% of all incidents reported resulted in some form of injury where most of the incidents are less than serious.
In the report, ECG highlights once more the importance of drivers’ training and adoption of the ECG Guidelines – Safe loading process: a booklet illustrating step-by-step how to safely load and unload vehicles on a car transporter. The key recommendations are based on the safety fundamentals highlighted in the ECG Guidelines to prevent some incidents such as Slips & Trips, Roll offs and Falls from height.
Disclaimer: All data reported on the incident reporting website is treated strictly confidential and only ECG has access to it.