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TT Club joins truck parking group

[ May 8, 2024   //   ]

Freight insurer TT Club has joined the Department for Transport (DfT) Task and Finish Group (TFG) to raise standards and increase capacity of truck parking in the UK. The TFG’s brief includes mapping of highest crime locations across the last four years including violent crimes against drivers and exploring greater use of ANPR/CCTV equipment.

TT has ramped up its campaign to increase awareness of the risks around overnight parking of trucks, in the UK and across Europe. In a recent joint report with BSI it found that over 70% of cargo thefts in 2023 around the world were from trucks.

It says the TFG is an opportunity for industry bodies, truck park and motorway service operators, Police, standards organisations, insurers and users to explore, identify and understand the blockers to, and opportunities for better security and safer rest facilities.

In April the DfT announced HGV parking and driver welfare grants for a number of sites across England. 

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