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Health & Safety Executive (Driving at work) - Managing work-related road safety

Some employers believe, incorrectly, that provided they comply with certain road traffic law requirements, eg company vehicles have a valid MOT certificate, and that drivers hold a valid licence, this is enough to ensure the safety of their employees, and others, when they are on the road. However, health and safety law applies to on-the-road work activities as to all work activities, and the risks should be effectively managed within a health and safety management system...

Driving for Better Business champions' ten steps to a safer fleet.

Caroline Scurr, Campaign Director of the Driving for Better Business campaign, sets out the top 10 key issues to be tackled when aiming for a safe fleet. Each one is based on Health and Safety Executive guidance and the experience of the Driving for Better Business champions.

Masterlease's check list for taking a company vehicle abroad.

Leasing and fleet management company Masterlease, has compiled a checklist for people wishing to take company vehicles abroad.

The Business Case

Dr Will Murray, on Behalf of Driving for Better Business, sets out the Business Case for the manangement of work related road safety in this report. He explains the business benefits that can be achieved through the application of appropriate management principles, as well as highlighting the costs incurred through failure to do so...

Highways Agency - Customer First Tool Kit

The Highways Agency is working to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on England’s motorways and major A roads.

It has already made progress towards its casualty reduction target through engineering interventions to improve locations with a poor safety record.

Alongside this, it recognises that it cannot “engineer out” all incidents and needs to work directly with our customers to encourage more responsible driver behaviour.

The agency is working with various groups of road users, industry and emergency services to develop Driver Information Programmes (DIPs) aimed at specific road users and looking at key issues on our roads. All these DIPs form the Customers First Toolkit, the contents of which can be seen by by clicking on the logo. The DVDs are available from the Highways Agency.

THINK! on Work Related Road Safety: Driving at Work

To support this issue the THINK! campaign has produced a poster, leaflet and mobile exhibition display panel. The materials aim to raise awareness amongst employers of their responsibility to their staff whilst they are driving at work. The supporting materials will also be a tool for Road Safety Officers when running seminars and presentations to promote and educate this issue to employers...

Health & Safety Executive - Work Related Work Safety Task Group Report, 2001

In this report, the Work-related Road Safety Task Group recommends that Government and the Health and Safety Commission take measures to reduce at-work road traffic incidents. Their key proposal is that existing health and safety law should be applied to on-the-road work activities and that employers should manage road risk in the same way as they manage other occupational health and safety risks...

Health & Safety Executive Case Studies

17 case studies which employers may find helpful when developing, or reviewing their own occupational road safety policies and procedures...

Vehicles at work - the Route Map

Help prevent accidents - assess and manage vehicle and driver safety - wherever you work...

Summary report from the Fleet Safety Benchmarking Seminar - London, 16 January 2008

With support from the Department for Transport, Brake, Interactive Driving Systems and British Telecom have been running an online Fleet Safety Benchmarking project for the past 12 months, which to date has involved well in excess of 400 organisations. This report provides a summary of the outcomes from a Fleet Safety Benchmarking Seminar held in London during January 2008. More details about the project, and how to participate, are show at www.fleetsafetybenchmarking.net

Bosch White Book

Employees are a company’s most valuable asset and those who drive for work purposes have a crucial role in the company’s performance. Statistics in Britain show that between 800 and 1000 people are killed annually whilst driving at work. Work-related road safety and the careful management of its risk are now a vital issue that no company can afford to ignore...

Norwich Union's 10 Essential Elements - We thought you should know...

Employers are legally responsible for employees who drive whilst at work. The following 10 Essential Elements are designed to assist Companies to meet this duty of care...

Unison - Safer Driving at Work

Because road safety is enforced by the police, few employers see it as being a health and safety issue. It is because of that attitude that the death and injury rate is so high. Driving at work is more dangerous than working in construction, mining or agriculture...

Motorist's Forum Report: Improving Work Related Road Safety

The Motorists' Forum initiated this study in response to a request from the Secretary of State for Transport because it appeared that this is an area of road safety which is often overlooked both in workplace health and safety processes and public road safety initiatives. Indeed surveys suggest that some 79% of companies have not even recognised this as a risk area. Yet it is an area where some organisations have achieved remarkable reductions in accidents through relatively simple measures.

Profit Through Safety

Study produced by the Centre for Automotive Industries Management in conjunction with Nottingham Business School - A Boardroom Plan for Action...

Fleetworld - Essential Fleet Management Tips (2007)

Whilst this guide is primarily aimed towards the day-to-day management of the vehicles and drivers, it should be remembered that if the day-to-day policies and procedures are correctly in place, the compliance with the Duty of Care legislation will take care of itself...
(This guide has been produced by Fleetworld in Association with Audi)

SaFED Van Case Studies

As part of the demonstration phase of the SAFED for Vans programme, a range of case studies (PDF format) have been developed that illustrate the potential savings that can be achieved by seizing the opportunity of SAFED training...

Department for Transport Resources:

DfT Driving for Work Pages

DfT Work Related Road Safety Policy Guidance 1

DfT Work Related Road Safety Policy Guidance 2

DfT Case Studies:

CORGI

Transport Energy Best Practice Study - CORGI is responsible for maintaining the UK register of gas installers. The company's 145 inspectors monitor gas installations throughout the UK. This case study examines how CORGI has used its health and safety policy to assist with the efficient management of its company fleet and to provide a framework for introducing environmental improvements..

Office Depot

Freight Best Practice Study - Office Depot take the training of their drivers and staff seriously. They have developed a number of short, medium and long-term strategic training objectives, all based around their vision of becoming the best UK-wide transport fleet..
International Resources

Geo Library Road Safety at Work Library of Training Materials and Practice Tools

Geolibrary.org is an electronic library of occupational and environmental health training materials, including information about driving for work. This library contains training materials which are in the public domain and which are available to the user free of charge. The training materials contained in this library come from a wide variety of sources, including international organizations, governmental institutes and agencies, academic institutions, corporations, unions, and non-governmental organizations...

Research Document Links:

Baughan C, Broughton J, Pearce L, Smith L and Buckle G. (2004) Work-related road safety. Department for Transport Research Report

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