Tyre health survey 2020

15 October 2020 | See disclaimer

• Compared to last year a third of surveyed Australians (36.35%) identified they have been driving at least half as much as they would normally
• Men are more aware of tyre health than women
• Australians will opt to change a tyre themselves instead of calling for roadside assistance.

Answers varied greatly according to each participant’s age group.

15.75% of younger Australians aged 18 -24 years old checked their tyres every week while 20.17% of 25-34-year old’s checked their tyres once every 3-6 months.

15.44% of Australians aged 35-44 years of age only checked their tyres once every 6-12 months.

20.18% of older Australians aged 45-54 years of age checked their tyres every two to four weeks; 20.29% of Australians aged 55-64 years of age and 15.94% of Australians aged 65+ both checked their tyres once every 1-3 months.

Overall women check their tyres less frequently then men.

Across all states 14.18% of Australians checked their tyres once every 6-12 months.

(The small sample sizes in the ACT, Tasmania and the Northern Territory make the statistics over time not comparable.)

More than a third of participants (36.35%) identified that they have been driving at least half as much as they would normally.

No – over half (51.38%) of Australians surveyed across all states, age groups and genders did not have to replace any tyres in the last six months.

43.01% of Australians prefer to get their tyres professionally fitted.

Across all ages 32.54% of Australians prefer to get four tyres replaced at one time.

58.19% of men are in favour of getting four tyres replaced at one time while 37.96% of women only opt to replace two tyres at one time.

In all age groups and states a majority (20.84%) of Australians surveyed plan to purchase new tyres in 1-2 years.

51.14% of men and 32.88% of women plan to purchase new tyres in 1-2 years.

No – overwhelmingly 72.98% of participants surveyed had not heard of the 20-cent tyre check test. This test uses a 20c coin to check whether your tyre tread depths are safe and legal.

54.23% of the people who answered yes were men compared to the 29.93% who were women.

One third (31.21%) of all Australians thought the minimum legal tyre-tread depth in Australia was 1.6mm while a third (31.11%) though that it was 2.4mm. The minimum tread depth is 1.6mm.

46.04% of men knew the correct answer compared to 39.33% of women.

Yes – nearly half (49%) of all Australians surveyed did know what the tyre pressure for their car should be.

35.38% of people across all ages and states surveyed will opt to change the tyre themselves.

This is closely followed by 20.36% of people calling for roadside assistance.

66.40% of the people who would opt to change the tyre themselves were men while 47.66% of the people who would call for roadside assistance were women.

For any questions or additional details on the survey and its data, please contact [email protected].