The National Road Safety Partnership Program (NRSPP) and NTI have announced the formation of a new collaborative partnership – NTARC 2.0.
For over two decades, the National Truck Accident Research Centre (NTARC) Major Accident Report has provided an independent snapshot for industry and policy makers based on their claims data.
As a heavy vehicle insurance specialist, NTI is in a unique market position to produce the NTARC report which has continuously evolved over the past five years.
According to a media release issued today, the NTARC 2.0 partnership represents an evolutionary step for the report that will look beyond the annual reporting on incidents.
Not only will it broaden its reach, but there will be development of supporting resources and deeper insights on heavy vehicle incidents through the partnership said the media release.
The new iteration of the NTARC report will be developed in collaboration through NRSPP’s partnership host – Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) – and will involve direct sponsorship funding of the report and the in-kind secondment of NTI’s Transport Research Manager Adam Gibson to the partnership.
Gibson is the current author of the NTARC reports and is the lead on NTI’s dairy tanker safety program — a national crash reduction initiative.
Gibson will take an active role in mentoring the MUARC research team who will take on the role of evolving the report.
The new partnership will open the door for an important new research theme for MUARC and for other potential research institutions to draw on the NTI incident data.
The research initiative will be approved, delivered and governed through the NRSPP and a newly created Research Governance Council.
“The new NTARC 2.0 partnership represents an exciting opportunity to improve safety in the heavy vehicle sector providing deeper insights on trends identified within the incident data and expanding the Report’s reach and impact,” said the NRSPP Independent Chair Emeritus Professor Jude Charlton.
“This new partnership with NTI is industry leadership at its best, as we like to say there is no competitive advantage in road safety, it’s a shared advantage that we achieve together,” said Charlton.
“Our aim with NTARC 2.0 will be delivering greater insights to drive policy and research but also enhance its industry reach and impact.”
Chris Hogarty, NTI’s Executive General Manager – Strategy & Supply Chain, said NTARC is a point of pride given both government and the transport industry draw from it.
“Our aim is for NTARC to continuously evolve, to keep it relevant, independent, and its insights improving safety within the heavy vehicle sector,” said Hogarty.
“NTI looks forward to partnering with NRSPP in driving the NTARC 2.0 reach and supporting resources, and with MUARC’s inclusion we hope to attract new leading researchers into the sector as they analyse the safety of the transport sector through our data.
“By also including Adam, he will be able to provide the practical guidance for researchers in truly understanding the data and what it means.”
The new partnership will release the next NTARC report in April 2024.
“To support and expand the reach of NTARC, the partnership will also generate new resources and insights for industry and government to draw on,” said Charlton.
“We want to start a continuing conversation on safety within the transport sector, anchored around NTARC 2.0.”
