Trucks

Too many over-height incidents have paralysed Sydney's road network at peak times, the NSW Government said.

The truck became stuck in the airport tunnel heading north on General Homes Drive just before 4pm.

Thirteen trucks were caught over-height around the city in the last month, which often leads to accidents or long traffic delays.

Truck drivers are about to get hit with a steep tax rise, in what they say will create a 'domino effect' that could bring the already-strained industry to its knees.

The receivers of Scott's Refrigerated Logistics are desperately trying to find alternative locations for about 114,000 pallets of food.

Dramatic vision has emerged of the heart-stopping moment a truck ploughed through a busy intersection in Adelaide earlier in the week.

Skyrocketing fuel costs and a shortage of qualified staff has brought the industry to its knees, with almost 200 companies becoming insolvent just last year.

Deliveries to major supermarkets such as Coles and Woolworths will continue in the immediate term, receivers said.

It can be extremely tough, dirty and dangerous work. Factor in long hours, stress and potentially fatal levels of fatigue, and it's a recipe for serious health risks.

Shoppers will face more shortages of critical items if there is an exodus of truck drivers, an industry group warns.

A convoy of about 100 tip truck drivers have caused major traffic delays in Melbourne amid morning peak hour to try to send a message to the government about fuel costs.

Police are warning motorists to be extra careful with the loads they are carrying after two incidences in Queensland.

Transport for NSW is urgently trying to fix a mystery IT bug which slugged 78,000 Sydney motorists with incorrect road toll charges, just days after it emerged the same glitch hit 45,000 drivers with double charges.

The first truck of 2022 has crashed into Melbourne's notoriously low bridge, following the unfortunate fate of hundreds of trucks, buses and vans.

Protesters have eased their blockade of one of the world's most vital trade routes.

Businesses are being discouraged from stockpiling Adblue, amid a shortage of the vital fuel additive.

Australia is facing a holiday trucking crisis, with warnings shelf prices could rise on a number of goods.

NSW emergency fire services have been bolstered by a range of new technological advances that will give crews more information about the blazes they're fighting.

Another truck driver has tested positive to COVID-19 in South Australia, after having recently returned from NSW.

Truck drivers taking shortcuts through Melbourne's quiet residential streets are leaving trees damaged and residents fearing for their health and safety.

Supermarket supplies are under strain as both COVID-19 isolation orders and industrial action hit the supermarket industry.

A truck driver was forced to dump his rubbish load in Adelaide's CBD when the back of the vehicle erupted in flames earlier today.

A fundraiser has raised thousands of dollars for a young Melbourne man critically injured in the Southbank truck smash last week.

The driver suffered critical head injuries after being trapped in the cabin of his vehicle.

A Sydney driver was cruising along the M7 to work as he does every morning, when the truck in front lost a chunk of its load letting it come flying toward his car.

A truck driver is lucky to be alive after his vehicle carrying a load of hazardous material crashed through a barricade and burst into flames on Sydney's M1 this morning.

Massive mining equipment has come off a truck, blocking an entire road in Queensland and will require a crane to remove it.

Two members of an international people-smuggling gang have been convicted of manslaughter over the deaths of 39 people who were found in the back of a container truck in southeastern England.

Truck drivers shipping critical supplies across New South Wales are being hit with astronomical toll bills, with some businesses racking up $1 million a year.

George Kyriakidis, 45, was accused of hitting the 16-year-old boy as he crossed a Bankstown intersection in September 2018.

The truck, loaded with aerosol spray cans, had stopped at Uncle Leo's Roadhouse petrol station in Sydney when the driver stepped out to fill it with petrol.

The Melbourne mother who was driving a car that became stuck in front of a truck has spoken exclusively to Nine News.

A woman has died, and a man is seriously injured after a crash at a notorious intersection north of Adelaide.

British authorities are investigating a suspected people smuggling ring after 39 people were found dead in a truck in an industrial park in Essex, England.

As darkness fell over Essex, there was a sense of gloom and despair at a day this county will never forget. 

A busy industrial area in the UK's south-east has been devastated by an unthinkable human tragedy after 39 bodies were discovered in a truck.

Traffic police say it was only down to luck that nobody was hurt or killed by a B-double truck which swerved on and off the wrong side of a NSW road at 100km/h.

The Queensland driver has lost his licence for six months after his out-of-control rig slammed into six cars and a cyclist on South Australia's South Eastern Freeway.

Two truck drivers have died in a shocking head-on crash after their B-doubles collided and burst into flames in the Barossa.

Truck driver Timothy Walsh, 36, has been released by police. His 22-year-old passenger, Teigan Hall, has been charged with a number of drug related offences. The crash killed 60-year-old bus driver Emil Pich.

The driver of a road train and his cattle have escaped a major truck fire unharmed after his vehicle burst into flames in the NT desert.

A Melbourne motorist had a narrow escape after a truck spilled its load when it hit a restricted height bridge.

A South Australian mother has wept outside court after finding out the truck driver who killed her 22-year-old son could be free from jail in less than three years.

The 33-year-old pedestrian was unable to be saved after being hit by the vehicle outside a Red Rooster in Bathurst.

The truck driver had swerved to avoid a crash with another vehicle when the faecal matter it had been carrying sprayed over the Toowoomba intersection.

NSW Fire and Rescue crews rushed to the New England Highway at Beresfield following reports a truck near Anderson Drive was well alight.

A trapped person has been cut free from wreckage and airlifted to hospital with leg injuries following the fatal multi-truck crash at Wilton in Sydney's south-west.

Emergency services have brought the fire under control but it remains unclear whether the vehicle’s driver was injured.

Officers are raiding Owens Transport at Banksmeadow in the city's south after one of the company's vehicles shut down the motorway on Wednesday.

A coroner is looking at the safety of the way police pull vehicles over, after the death of a father of seven who stumbled into traffic.