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Heavy Vehicle Compliance Snapshot

Transport for NSW | June 2020

Heavy Vehicle Compliance Snapshot, Quarter 2 2020 Page 1

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Introduction

Transport for NSW aims to improve road safety

for the heavy vehicle industry and the broader

community through effective regulatory programs

and high-quality compliance, enforcement and

adjudication programs and systems.

This update summaries key statistics and trends

of the heavy vehicle compliance programs based

on intercepts and notices issued by TfNSW

compliance officers as part of enforcement

programs.

The 2020 data included in this update is for

Quarter 2 - April 2020 to June 2020.


Key Findings – Quarter 2, 2020 This quarter experienced a higher number of vehicle units inspected over the last three quarters (80,279) with 87.8

per cent compliance rate, excluding inspections and notices issued through the Heavy Vehicle Inspection Scheme.

Vehicle units inspected

80,279

Notices to vehicle units

9,799

Compliance rate

87.8%

Note: These figures exclude inspections and notices issued through the Heavy Vehicle Inspection Scheme (HVIS). Quarter 2 (Q2) data includes from April 2020 to June 2020

This report summaries key statistics and trends of heavy vehicle compliance programs based on intercepts and

notices issued by TfNSW enforcement officers as part of enforcement programs.

44,782 vehicle combinations were intercepted through Special Operations (11,927), On Road Enforcement

(7,423) and Heavy Vehicle Safety Stations (25,432).

80,279 vehicle units inspected issuing a total of 12,094 notices to 9,799 vehicle units, excluding inspections

and notices issued through the Heavy Vehicle Inspection Scheme (HVIS).

7,909 defect notices issued during enforcement programs including Heavy Vehicle Safety Stations, On-Road

Enforcement and Special Operations:

o 5,092 (64.4%) minor defect

o 1,973 (24.9%) Self clearing defect

o 24 (0.3%) formal warning defect

o 794 (10.0%) major defect

o 26 (0.3%) major grounded defect

11,521 defect notices were issued through the Heavy Vehicle Inspection Scheme:

o 8,487 (73.7%) minor defect

o 1,947 (16.9%) Self clearing defect

o 144 (1.2%) formal warning defect

o 935 (8.1%) major defect

o 8 (0.1%) major grounded defect


Intercepts Transport for NSW Enforcement Operations inspectors perform random and targeted, intercepts and

inspections as part of on-road enforcement action, Heavy Vehicle Safety Station (HVSS) inspections,

targeted special operations.

The vehicle combinations intercepted by enforcement program.

Note: intercepts are unscheduled inspections of a vehicle at Heavy Vehicle Safety Station, On-Road Enforcement or Special Operation.

Compliance performance The percentage of vehicles issued one or more notices (defects, breaches, directions, warnings and

penalty infringement notices) across the enforcement programs is an indicator of overall compliance

performance. This excludes notices issued under the Heavy Vehicle Inspection Scheme as part of the

registration process.

Heavy vehicle compliance (excluding HVIS) has been relatively steady over the past five quarters.

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Vehicle units Inspected 88,445 82,086 72,168 68,320 80,279

Notice to vehicle units 10,143 9,689 9,145 8,364 9,799

Total notices 12,757 12,251 11,574 10,344 12,094

Compliance Rate 88.5% 88.2% 87.3% 87.8% 87.8%

Q1: January to March, Q2: April to June, Q3: July to September, Q4: October to December

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Special Operation 14,746 12,746 14,042 11,513 11,927

On Road Enforcement 6,378 5,083 4,882 4,281 7,423

Heavy Vehicle Safety Station 25,847 26,672 20,458 21,955 25,432

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88.5% 88.2% 87.3% 87.8% 87.8%

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85%

90%

95%

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2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Heavy Vehicle compliance rate


Compliance by enforcement program Enforcement Operations provide several frontline services delivered by Enforcement Operations

Inspectors:

Heavy vehicle inspection scheme (HVIS):

Detailed inspections of heavy vehicles for roadworthiness and vehicle standards for registration

renewal.

Enforcement Programs (excluding HVIS):

Monitoring fatigue management.

Checking for valid registration and driver licences, outstanding defects, permit compliance and

overloading of vehicles.

Checking to ensure relevant load restraint guidelines have been followed.

Performing detailed mechanical, steering and suspension inspections.

The compliance rate of vehicles inspected at Heavy Vehicle Inspection Scheme (HVIS) is lower compared

to other enforcement programs because the vehicle inspection for roadworthiness and registration is more

comprehensive than inspection at a Heavy Vehicle Safety Station. This quarter (2020 Q2) experienced the

lowest compliance rate (54.6%) in the last five quarters, with 24,472 vehicles inspected.

Compliance and enforcement program inspections by year

Program 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Enforcement Programs (excluding HVIS)

Intercepts 47,138 44,633 39,539 37,834 44,893



Total notices 12,757 12,251 11,574 10,344 12,094

Compliance Rate 88.5% 88.2% 87.3% 87.8% 87.8%

Heavy Vehicle Inspection Scheme (HVIS)

Intercepts 24,388 30,601 23,250 25,816 24,472



Total notices 11,420 13,811 10,705 10,742 11,576

Compliance Rate 55.1% 56.8% 55.7% 60.0% 54.6%

87.8%

54.6%

0%

25%

50%

75%

100%

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

HVIS vs Other programs

Enforcement Programs (excluding HVIS)Heavy Vehicle Inspection Scheme (HVIS)


Compliance by the state registration

(Heavy Vehicle Safety Station - HVSS)

The heavy vehicle compliance by the state of registration for five quarters. The compliance rate for Heavy

Vehicle Safety Station is consistent over the past five quarters from April 2019 to June 2020.

NSW registered vehicles compliance rate (90.6%) has improved by 1.0 per cent in 2020 Q2 compared to

the previous quarter (89.6%).

Compliance by State Registration - HVSS

State 2019 Q2

2019 Q3

2019 Q4

2020 Q1

2020 Q2

NSW



Major & Major Grounded Defects Notice 275 310 235 232 248

Vehicle Compliance rate (Major & Major Grounded Defects) 99.1% 99.1% 99.0% 99.2% 99.2%

Compliance Rate 90.3% 90.3% 89.8% 89.6% 90.6%

VIC


Notice to vehicle units 840 1,023 778 850 988



Compliance Rate 88.3% 85.9% 86.6% 85.9% 85.9%

QLD


Notice to vehicle units 644 683 554 430 552



Compliance Rate 91.0% 90.0% 89.3% 91.2% 90.7%

Other


Notice to vehicle units 201 195 110 136 151



Compliance Rate 87.6% 88.5% 91.8% 89.6% 90.4%

All States





Compliance Rate 90.0% 89.6% 89.3% 89.2% 89.9%

Other State includes - ACT, NT, SA, WA, TAS & Commonwealth plates.


Roadworthiness

Heavy Vehicle Inspection Scheme (HVIS):

Transport for NSW routinely inspect certain heavy vehicles as part of the NSW registration process. Over

99 per cent of the notices fall under notice category ‘defects’.

HVIS Major Grounded Major Formal Warning & Self Clearing

Minor

2020 Q2 8 935 2,091 8,487

5 quarter avg. 20 900 2,004 8,672

Enforcement programs (HVSS, ORE, Ops):

Unscheduled intercepts are conducted as part of enforcement programs consisting of Heavy Vehicle Safety

Stations (HVSS), On Road Enforcement (ORE) and Special Operations (Ops). Over 66 per cent of the

notices fall under notice category ‘defects’ in 2020 quarter 2.

HVSS, ORE, Ops Major Grounded Major Formal Warning & Self Clearing

Minor

2020 Q2 26 794 1,997 5,092

5 quarter avg. 39 818 1,700 4,848

Five quarter average: from April 2019 to June 2020 2020 Q2: from April 2020 to June 2020 Adding percentage or average results may give a rounding error of ±0.1% or ±1 on the total Formal warning defect includes formal warning and self clearing defects.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

Major Grounded

Major

Formal Warning & Self Clearing

Minor

Major Grounded MajorFormal Warning& Self Clearing

Minor

2020 Q2 0.1% 8.1% 18.1% 73.7%

5 quarter avg. 0.2% 7.8% 17.3% 74.8%

Defect Notices by Notice Type - HVIS

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

Major Grounded

Formal Warning & Self Clearing

MajorGrounded

MajorFormal

Warning & SelfClearing

Minor

2020 Q2 0.3% 10.0% 25.2% 64.4%

5 quarter avg. 0.5% 11.1% 23.0% 65.5%

Defect Notices by Notice Type - HVSS, ORE, Ops

Heavy Vehicle Inspection

Scheme:

In the year 2020 Quarter 2, total

defect notices through HVIS are

0.6 per cent (74) less than the

previous five quarter average.

The proportion of defect notices

have reduced by 1.1 per cent for

minor defects in 2020 quarter 2

compared to the previous five

quarter average.

The proportion of defects that are

formal warning & self clearing is

0.9 per cent greater.

Notices by Defect notice

types:

In 2020 Quarter 2, the total defect

notices from enforcement

programs are 6.8 per cent (503)

more than the previous five quarter

average

The proportion of defect notices

have increased by 2.3 per cent for

formal warning & self clearing

defects in 2020 quarter 2 compare

to the previous five quarter

average

The proportion of defects that are

minor defects is 1.1 per cent lower.


Industry load type During intercepts and when a notice is issued, the heavy vehicle load is recorded. Load type is an indicator

for the industry the heavy vehicle is engaged with.

Notice issued by load type includes enforcement programs Heavy Vehicle Safety Stations (HVSS), On

Road Enforcement (ORE) and Special Operations (Ops).

Based on load type recorded during intercepts in 2020 Q2, heavy vehicles carrying aggregate/soil are

attracting the most notices in terms of load, closely followed by Building materials/supplies, Machinery and

Primary Produce.

5

25

97

119

130

159

181

206

266

272

337

524

528

577

694

800

1,157

1,727

4,169

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500

Passengers

Mining

Livestock

Other-Load type

Fertilisers

Dangerous/Hazardous goods

Liquid (Non-dangerous/Hazardous goods)

Timber

Freight Container

Car carrier

Garbage/Waste

Groceries

Steel/Metal

Primary Produce

Machinery

Building materials/Supplies

Aggregate/Soil

Unladen

General

Notices issued by load type

Heavy Vehicle Safety Station On Road Enforcement Special Operation


Defect fault types and compliance Analysis of defect fault types identified during inspections and intercepts indicates that brakes continue to

be the most common defect type. Brakes are the largest category of defects comprising 19.7 per cent minor

defect and 3.6 per cent major defect notices.

The compliance rate for Major and Minor defects is consistent over the past five quarters from April 2019 to

June 2020.

Note: Major defect includes Major and Major grounded defect compliance

Minor defect includes Minor, formal warning and self clearing defect compliance.

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

Exhaust & Noise

Other

Steering

Tow Couplings

Oil & Fuel Leaks

Wheels & Tyres

Suspension

Body & Chassis

Ancillary Equipment

Brakes

Exhaust& Noise

Other SteeringTow

Couplings

Oil &Fuel

Leaks

Wheels& Tyres

Suspension

Body &Chassis

AncillaryEquipme

ntBrakes

Minor defects (Minor & Formal Warning) 1.3% 2.0% 2.6% 3.2% 7.4% 7.9% 10.3% 15.0% 19.1% 19.7%

Major defects (Major & Major Grounded) 0.2% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.9% 1.0% 1.4% 1.3% 1.8% 3.6%

Defect Fault Types - Apr 2020 to Jun 2020

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Major defect 98.2% 98.3% 98.2% 98.4% 98.3%

Minor defect 85.0% 83.4% 83.4% 83.8% 83.6%

25%

50%

75%

100%

Major and Minor defects compliance per quarter


Notices by offence category The below three notice category types account for an average of over 17.5 per cent of all notices issued

over the last five quarters from April 2019 to June 2020 excluding Heavy Vehicle Inspection Scheme

(HVIS).

182 notices were issued for a load restraint breach, constituting 1.5 per cent of the total 12,131 offence/defect notices issued in 2020 quarter 2. The number of load restraint offence notices has slightly increased by 0.2 per cent in the current quarter 2020 Q2 compared to the previous quarter.

1,171 notices were issued for weight breaches, constituting 9.7 per cent of the total 12,131 offence/defect notices issued in 2020 quarter 2. The number of weight breach offence notices has reduced by 0.5 per cent in the current quarter of 2020 Q2 compared to the previous quarter. 598 notices were issued for Fatigue/Work Diary breaches, constituting 4.9 per cent of the total 12,131 offence/defect notices issued in 2020 quarter 2. The number of fatigue/work diary offence notices has reduced by 2.4 per cent in the current quarter 2020 Q2 compared to the previous quarter.

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Load Restraint 1.3% 1.4% 1.3% 1.3% 1.5%

Load Restraint # 160 178 156 132 182

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Weight Breach 9.2% 9.9% 8.1% 10.2% 9.7%

Weight Breach # 1,174 1,216 941 1,060 1,171

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Fatigue/Work Diary 6.9% 7.7% 7.9% 7.3% 4.9%

Fatigue/Work Diary # 880 941 914 762 598

Note: One notice can be issued with multiple offence categories (e.g. breach, load restraint and fatigue) meaning that the notices by offence/defect

category (12,131) exceeds total notices issued (12,094) in 2020 quarter 2.

2020 Q2: data includes from April 2020 to June 2020.

1.5%0%

3%

6%

9%

12%

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Load Restraint

9.7%

0%

3%

6%

9%

12%

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Weight Breach

4.9%

0%

3%

6%

9%

12%

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Fatigue/Work Diary


Offence category by severity Total weight breach and load restraint offence notices have increased respectively by 94 (8%) and 50

(38%) in 2020 quarter two compared to the previous quarter.

Fatigue offence notices for critical severity have reduced by 47 (33%) in the current quarter compared to

the previous quarter.

Severity 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Critical 152 179 155 144 97

Severe 58 40 35 43 30

Substantial 95 100 122 91 70

Minor 245 244 211 189 139

Undefined 360 402 420 321 276

Severity 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Severe 51 54 54 36 57

Substantial 455 464 414 438 499

Minor 762 797 612 716 720

Undefined 68 70 28 23 31

Severity 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Severe 6 5 3 1 3

Substantial 14 17 27 24 19

Minor 80 95 81 72 108

Undefined 60 61 45 35 52

*Note: an offence category can be issued with more than one severity, e.g. critical, severe or minor.

‘Undefined’ includes offences where the severity is uncategorised

2020 Q2: data includes from April 2020 to June 2020.

97

30

70

0

75

150

225

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Fatigue/Work Diary

Critical Severe Substantial

57

499

0

250

500

750

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Weight Breach

Severe Substantial

3

19

0

15

30

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Load Restraint

Severe Substantial


Vehicle unit inspections, Notices and compliance by Sector Vehicle Unit Inspections notices issued, and compliance by Sector for the last five quarters from April 2019

to June 2020.

Number of vehicle units are consistent over the past five quarters.

The northern Sector had experienced the highest compliance rate of 89.3 per cent with 35,235 vehicle units

inspected and 4,679 notices issued as at 2020 Quarter (Q) 2.

The compliance rate for Sydney sector is 60.8 per cent with 16,784 vehicle units inspected and 7,711

notices issued as at 2020 Quarter (Q) 2.

35,235

22,62916,784

30,100

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20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Vehicle units inspected per quarter

Northern Sector Southern Sector Sydney Sector Western Sector

4,679

7,1167,711

4,163

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Total notices issued per quarter


89.3%

72.6%

60.8%

86.2%

0.0%

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%

100.0%

2019 Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1

Compliance per quarter



Defect notices issued by Enforcement Operations Sector

The majority of the defect notices are issued within the Sydney sector. Over 64.5 per cent of defect notices

are issued in Sydney and Southern sectors.

Notice Type Northern Sector Western Sector Southern Sector Sydney Sector

Minor Defect 2,518 2,174 3,694 5,266

Self Clearing Defect 609 756 1,368 1,193

Formal Warning Defect 18 18 14 118

Major Defect 460 304 533 448

Major Grounded Defect 6 5 10 19

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

Western Sector

Northern Sector

Southern Sector

Sydney Sector

Western Sector Northern Sector Southern Sector Sydney Sector

Minor Defect 11.13% 12.89% 18.91% 26.96%

Self Clearing Defect 3.87% 3.12% 7.00% 6.11%

Formal Warning Defect 0.09% 0.09% 0.07% 0.60%

Major Defect 1.56% 2.36% 2.73% 2.29%

Major Grounded Defect 0.03% 0.03% 0.05% 0.10%

Defect Notice type by sector - Apr 2020 to Jun 2020


Number of driver directions Driver direction relates to fatigue offences where drivers are directed to take a mandatory rest break.

Driver direction notices are issued through the TfNSW enforcement compliance programs - Heavy Vehicle

Safety Stations, On-Road Enforcement and Special Operations.

The proportion of Driver direction notices for Heavy Vehicle Safety Station and On Road Enforcement have

increased respectively by 17.6 per cent, 8.0 per cent and for Special operation had reduced by 25.5 per

cent in quarter 2, 2020 compared to the previous quarter.

However, the total number of Driver direction notices issued were 17 (24.3%) lower in quarter 2, 2020

compared to the previous quarter.

Program 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Heavy Vehicle Safety Station 44 45 36 26 29

Special Operation 44 43 46 39 16

On Road Enforcement 13 9 3 5 8

Note: 2020 Q2 data includes from April 2020 to June 2020

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

Heavy Vehicle Safety Station 43.6% 46.4% 42.4% 37.1% 54.7%

Special Operation 43.6% 44.3% 54.1% 55.7% 30.2%

On Road Enforcement 12.9% 9.3% 3.5% 7.1% 15.1%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

Driver Direction


Inspection Checks vs fail rate

Electronic Control Module (ECM) fail rate has reduced by 0.6% in 2020 Q2 compared to the previous

quarter.

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

ECM check 3,046 903 950 829 441

ECM fail 239 75 80 78 39

Roller Brake Test (RBT) fail rate has reduced by 0.8% in 2020 Q2 compared to the same time in the

previous year’s quarter 2019 Q2.

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

RBT check 29,582 34,930 27,707 30,072 30,865

RBT fail 7,095 8,064 6,471 6,328 7,157

7.8%8.3% 8.4%

9.4% 8.8%

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

ECM Fail rate

24.0% 23.1%23.4%

21.0%

23.2%

2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2

RBT Fail Rate


Notes: Quarter 2 (Q2) 2020 includes data from 01 April 2020 to 30 June 2020.

Adding percentage results may give a rounding error of ±0.1% on the total.

Adding average results may give a rounding error of ±1 on the total.

Intercepts: refers to the number of vehicle combinations intercepted and can have more than one

vehicle units.

Vehicle unit inspected: Refers to an individually registered vehicle unit.

Notice to vehicle unit: the number of vehicle units that are issued one or more notices.

Total notices: are total notices issued to vehicle units, noting that one vehicle unit can be issued

more than one notice.

Compliance rate: percentage of vehicle units inspected that are compliant.

One vehicle combination can have more than one vehicle unit, and a vehicle unit can be issued with

multiple defect and offence notices during an intercept, i.e. a major defect notice, a minor defect

notice and a Traffic Infringement Notice.

A defect notice can be issued for multiple defect fault types requiring attention/repairs, i.e. Brakes,

Wheels/Tyres and Oil/Fuel Leaks.

An offence notice can be issued for multiple offence categories, i.e. breach, load restraint or fatigue.

An offence category can be issued for more than one severity, i.e. critical, severe or minor.

Other State includes - ACT, NT, SA, WA, and TAS.

This analysis is based on data retrieved from the Vehicle Regulation Operation (VROP) database

on 03 July 2020.

The data included in this report may differ to front-end system reporting due to extraction time.

The Mass/Weight breach severity applying to heavy vehicles:

1. Severe: a mass equalling 120% of the maximum mass permitted

2. Substantial: a mass equalling 105% of the maximum mass permitted or 0.5 tons higher than the

maximum mass permitted

3. Minor: a mass less than the substantial risk breach lower limit.

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