Transurban reveals which days Brisbane drivers are more likely to crash on the city’s toll roads

The organisation behind Brisbane’s toll roads has revealed which days motorists are most at risk of being in a crash and where they are more likely to happen.

Traffic along the Gateway Motorway, where Transurban revealed 52 per cent of crashes on Brisbane toll roads happen.

The organisation behind Brisbane’s toll roads has revealed which days motorists could be more at risk of being involved in a crash, as Queensland Road Safety Week starts.

Transurban says more than 40 per cent of all crashes on the city’s toll roads in the past 18 months happened on a Tuesday or Thursday (20 per cent each).

Queensland Road Safety Week runs from today until August 30.

Transurban road safety manager, Dr Karen Stephan, said the trend correlated with higher traffic volumes during the middle of the week.

“Mondays and Fridays seem to be the days of the week that people are more likely to work a day or two from home, which may account for the peaks in incidents we are seeing on Tuesdays and Thursdays,” she said.

“While serious incidents on Transurban roads and tunnels are rare, this data is an important reminder to drivers to remain alert and focused, avoid distractions, be courteous, don’t tailgate or cut other drivers off and observe signage particularly in relation to speeds.”

Sunday was revealed as the day with the least number of incidents, with less than seven per cent of crashes over the past year.

Transurban also revealed rear end crashes (39 per cent) were the most common type of accidents followed by merging or lane changes at 20 per cent and loss of control at 19 per cent.

More than 50 per cent of toll road crashes happened on the Gateway Motorway, with 29 per cent on the Logan Motorway and 10 per cent happening on the Inner City Bypass.

Dr Stephan also said Transurban saw spikes in incidents during specific times of the day.

“We are seeing nearly 50 per cent of incidents across our network occur during the morning and afternoon peak hours, between 6am to 9am and 3pm to 6pm, when traffic volumes are higher,” she said.

“Reduced visibility in the early mornings and evenings, fatigue after a long day at work or increased congestion due to more cars on the road could also be contributing factors.

“This is true for every day of the week except Fridays when we see more people travelling earlier to beat the peak.”

Transurban’s traffic control room operators and incident response team respond to more than 1000 incidents each month across Brisbane’s toll roads, including crashes, lost loads, broken down vehicles, out of fuel and even lost animals.