ESTA to pilot heavy transport incident-sharing scheme

The European Association of Abnormal Road Transport and Mobile Cranes (ESTA) is getting ready to launch an industry-wide initiative on sharing incident data with the aim of lifting safety standards across the heavy transport and lifting sector.

Led by ESTA‘s Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) commission, the pilot urges companies, clients and manufacturers to share details of accidents, near-misses and other safety incidents to identify common risks, spread best practices and prevent recurring incidents. Furthermore, ESTA stressed the intention is to make use of the information shared to improve safety, without apportioning blame.

ESTA said the pilot’s development follows an industry-wide safety survey published in February 2026. The survey gathered input from 175 respondents, which showed strong support for ESTA to collect and share data as a neutral party. According to the survey, almost two-thirds of respondents indicated their organisations would be willing to share incident reports.

Iffet Türken, president of ESTA’s section transport, chair of ESTA’s HSE commission and executive board member of Kässbohrer, said, “The survey also confirmed that our sector already has a mature and strongly embedded safety culture. Therefore, this initiative is not about introducing more rules. It is about connecting the valuable experiences and learnings that already exist within individual organisations.”

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