Vehicles roll

• Even heavy loads shift.
• Vehicles can roll over, in serious cases of load shift the vehicle can become unstable and overturn.
• HGVs are vulnerable to rollover because they have a higher centre of gravity than a car.
• Loads often shift under braking or turning, because the forces exerted can be surprisingly high even at low speed.
• Curtains and box sided vehicles may stop the load falling out during transport but without the proper restraint the load can move inside the trailer.

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Unsafe loads on vehicles injure more than 1,200 people a year and cost UK businesses millions of pounds in damaged goods.