Coroners findings relating to the use of Super Single Steer Tyres
On the 26th of August 2024 three people were killed when a truck fitted with super single steer tyres that was travelling south on the southern motorway in Auckland experienced a blow out of the front right steer tyre that resulted in the truck crossing through the central median barriers and into the side of a van travelling in the northbound lane.
Coroner AJ Mills has made the following recommendations directed at the trucking industry and tyre service industry at large: