Operators secure operators in very busy quarter

Friday 17 August 2018
In the second quarter of 2018, IM recovery operators were deployed on 1,206 occasions as backup security for their own work. This was twice as often as in the previous quarter. This rise coincided with a quarter in which recovery companies achieved record-breaking workloads. The National Central Reporting Point of the Stichting IMN processed 29,106 incident reports on trunk roads, 23% more than in the same quarter in 2017. This growth was caused by a huge rise in the number of breakdown removals: from 12,947 last year to 16,645 this year (plus 30%). IM recovery operators dealt with 5,726 accidents, 2% more than in the spring of 2017.


Bergnet securing an incident on the A2 near Holendrecht on 18 May 2018.

Bergnet securing an incident on the A2 near Holendrecht on 18 May 2018.

The heavy workload had no noticeable consequences for the performance of the national IM network. IM recovery operators achieved an average arrival time of 13:27 minutes for the total of 22,873 recovery assignments. Following correction for delays due to traffic congestion, the timer recorded 11:43 minutes, just six seconds slower than in the first quarter of 2018.

IM recovery operators with 100% performance

Recovery operator District Area (km) Recovery operations
StouwdamGL235, GL236, GL23860,298
DriesprongL35356,136
HeiltjesGL268, NB33047,256
BroekmansL35540,935
DeltaGL23932,750
CollewijnG3532,264
KrimpenerwaardZH17131,012
KuzeeZ28530,935
SprankenisNB33826,215
HauloNH11324,211
JonkNH12823,910
HoutermanGL25118,316
FruitemaG3814,110
PaijmansNB31412,816
LogicxU2216,318
KooijmanGL2583,410
 
Total460,4492
National total8.730,022.873
Share 100%5,3%2,2%

In 19 districts, an arrival time within the contractual standard times of 20 minutes during the daytime and 25 minutes at night (23:00 - 05:00 hours) was achieved for all recovery operations. Kraanbedrijf W. Stouwdam in Oldebroek stood out from the rest by achieving this level of performance in three districts, in the same quarter. Stouwdam in fact achieved this level of star performance on three previous occasions in the current contract period.


Yoran van der Haar, Mark Ravestein and Mark Kuzee, all from Auto Kuzee, on the promenade in Flushing on 15 August 2018

Yoran van der Haar, Mark Ravestein and Mark Kuzee, all from Auto Kuzee, on the promenade in Flushing on 15 August 2018

In 25 districts, recovery operators achieved an average arrival time of below ten minutes. This list is as usual headed by Takel-, Berging- en Transportbedrijf A. Barendregt in Rhoon. A company that appears on both lists was Auto Kuzee from Flushing. Kuzee also achieved a 100% score in three quarters in 2017, and scored one of the lowest average arrival times in the country in the quarter just ended.

IM recovery operators with average arrival time below 10 minutes

Recovery operator District Area (km) Recovery operations
Barendregt*194,51.634
DongenL36497,4347
HooikammerO7281,6154
SchoenmakerNH12378,3122
VlietNH13676,2510
HoogwoutNH12672,2278
AmerongenGL24959,3123
GraafZH16357,7858
DriesprongL35356,136
VreugdenhilZH15654,7534
HeiltjesGL26847,256
QuartelZH163a33,2337
DeltaGL23932,750
CollewijnG3532,264
KuzeeZ28530,935
JonkNH12728,885
EijckNB30428,7142
HoutermanGL26725,533
SprankenisNB33724,354
FruitemaG3814,110
KooijmanU22011,074
 
Total1.136,65.536
National total8.730,022.873
Number of districts with ART below 10 minutes13,0%24,2%

The tables only show those districts for which a complete quarterly report was issued in the last quarter. These are districts in which ten or more recovery operations were carried out, and districts for which the last quarter was the most recent in a series of quarters in which the minimum of ten recovery operations required for drawing up a report was exceeded. Average arrival times are reported following correction for delays due to traffic congestion. In determining the kilometres of road in each district, the two carriageways on roads with divided carriageways are counted as separate roads. No rights may be derived from the information in the tables.

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