MORE than 100 notices for vehicle defects including brake failure and steering faults have been handed to the company linked to a fatal tanker crash on Sydney's northern beaches.
An investigation has been launched after a fuel tanker went out of control on Mona Vale Road on Tuesday, ploughing into a power pole and four cars before erupting in a fireball.
Two men died in the blaze and six other people were taken to hospital.
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell said the number of braking problems identified so far in trucks owned by Cootes Transport was unacceptable.
"As of a few minutes ago, more than half of the fleet that's based in NSW has been inspected," he told reporters in Sydney on Thursday.
"More than 100 defect notices have been issued.
"I was concerned last night to see that ... 51 of those defects related to brakes and braking systems."
The number of defect notices was alarming, assistant police commissioner Ian Hartley said.
"We could lose many more lives on the roads due to trucking companies not complying with safety regulations," he said.
Cootes has been ordered to get all its vehicles to a station or risk being grounded, Roads and Maritime Services customer and compliance director Peter Wells said.
The premier said Cootes trucks stationed outside NSW are also likely to be inspected.
"My advice is that this checking regime is about to go national because of the concerns identified through the checks currently being carried out by police and RMS," he said.
"I'm told that one truck in Newcastle for instance had severe issues around brakes.
"How anyone allows a truck in that condition to get on the road is beyond my imagination."
A Cootes spokesperson said the company was working closely with road services and police to undertake a rigorous inspection of its NSW fleet.
Investigators say it's still unclear what caused the truck in Tuesday's crash to go out of control, overturn, then explode into flames.
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