Caravan Towing Safety
Towing a caravan adds significant weight to your vehicle, requires careful planning and loading, and puts additional responsibilities on a driver to manage safety.
Between 2016 and 2020, there were 215 casualty crashes involving a vehicle towing a caravan on NSW roads. These crashes resulted in 17 fatalities and 116 serious injuries.
Making sure you know how to load and weigh your caravan, and safely drive while towing one, can reduce your risk of being involved in a crash. It can also affect your caravan insurance cover and by complying with safe loading laws, you won’t run the risk of fines from police enforced Roadside Caravan Safety Inspections.