A car and caravan have rolled on Queensland’s D’Aguilar Highway.
Emergency services were quickly on the scene of the crash just outside Blackbutt yesterday.
A Queensland Fire and Emergency spokeswoman said all people involved were able to free themselves from the car.
One person was being assessed by paramedics.
Emergency services removed two gas bottles from the caravan.
It is still too early to establish what the cause of this latest caravan accident was, and there will be an investigation.
As travel restrictions across the country ease and the Christmas holidays arrive, there is expected to be a surge in the number of caravanners out on the road.
And there has been a renewed push by various authorities to urge all caravanners to stay safe.
In New South Wales, the Wagga Wagga City Council Road Safety Officer Emma Reynolds said the popularity of caravanning has grown 30% since the pandemic started, a statistic which has also increased potential for more unsafe vehicles on the roads.
“Towing a caravan takes more concentration than driving your car as your vehicle becomes much heavier, wider, longer and taller,” Mrs Reynolds said. “It’s harder to move and much harder to stop – so allow extra time and space for all manoeuvres, including overtaking and turning corners.”
She said issues with speed and load are common causes of crashes, which often start with a swaying vehicle and that could end with a rollover.
Hope they didnt have therehitch locked on like many do , i know ofany killed due to this as the car goes with the caravan ,hope are all okky
Not sure what you mean by “locked on”
We were travelling to North Qld and I was driving, all of a sudden the van got the death wobbles. The springs broke on passenger side. I have a dexter sway control which corrected the van and there was no issue except for getting the springs replaced – both sides and continued to the Cape. Highly recommend a sway control on the van especially if you are doing a lot of country roads with road trains.
Yes the should just be made mandatory similar to how seatbelts were first introduced
I have had the sways start many years ago and was always told to put both fee flat om the floor and let it slow down. So being young and clever used to it it for the fun