Industry news / 28 December 2018, 11:00am / Kgopi Mabotja   (IOL online) The lack of solid central barriers on many of South Africa's national routes increases the fatal collision risk exponentially. File picture: Karen Sandison / African News Agency (ANA). Johannesburg - While most of the carnage on South Africa’s roads is due to drunk driving and general human error, … [Read more...]

For the first time in history of the FleetWatch Brake & Tyre Watch project, the team travelled cross border to Namibia followed an invitation from the Namibian Roads Authority for us to visit their country and empower their local traffic officials with knowledge on spotting signs of unroadworthy trucks. And what a success the two-day exercise proved to be with some 80 or so … [Read more...]

From 1996 to 2019. That's the 53-year period FleetWatch technical correspondent and industry trainer Dave Scott has travelled in the trucking industry. I's a life time of experience and knowledge that he has under his belt and in this article, Dave looks back at how it was then and how it is now. It's a fascinating drive down memory lane while also reminding us of just how far … [Read more...]

38th South African Transport Conference (SATC) July 2019 – CSIR Convention Centre: Attending at the South African Transport Conference on Wednesday the 11th July 2019, both Prof. Riaan Stopforth and I had the opportunity to present the two papers completed, Documenting a high speed, rear end, partial overlap crash test of a large sedan & stationary commercial trailer; and … [Read more...]

Accident Specialist can now confirm that we have finalised and confirmed the training dates for the 28th, 29th and 30th August 2019 for our three day course! The training will be held at the Hillcrest Supa Quick training facilities (Upper level – entrance trough the main Supa Quick front doors) in Hillcrest on Old Main Road (GPS co-ordinates 29°47'16.96"S/ … [Read more...]

THE 2019 AA KINSEY REPORT The 29th year of the Kinsey Report has been given a facelift and is now officially called the AA KINSEY REPORT and as such will appear on the AASA official website. It has been over 18 months since the research was done for the 2017 Report and it is astounding how prices have escalated in this time. Parts basket prices have soared – an entry level … [Read more...]

Advanced analysis of driver`s response Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators United Kingdom   Training and Continuous Professional Education can be a difficulty issue in respect of finding time and on occasion sufficient or appropriate sessions to attend for practitioners.  On occasion, an opportunity arises that is extremely relevant, great timing and … [Read more...]

Field work experience as part of Accident Specialist Continuous Professional Development/Education (CPD/E): In daily practice, it is often required that in consideration of cases, necessary analysis is given in respect of proven scientific or mathematical principal and theory applied to provide answers. Perhaps such a simply analysis as relating a specific damage to a … [Read more...]