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This blind spot information leaflets is aimed at car drivers, encouraging better awareness and safe driving around commercial vehicles.

Official DVSA guide to what you need to check inside and outside of the vehicle when you do a lorry or other heavy goods vehicle (HGV) daily walkaround check.

Driving behaviours are clear indicators of heightened risk exposure of drivers being involved in adverse traffic incidents. This paper summarises the findings from a number of recent research studies.

If you see a red X on a motorway, this means that you should not use that lane. This could be due to an incident, roadworks or a breakdown. It’s there for your safety and the that of others on our network.

Road traffic signage in Great Britain, including information on the signing system, regulatory signs, speed limit signs and all other signs.

This session was recorded at The Health & Safety Event 2021 and features Andrew Drewary - Managing Director, Road Safety Smart

Good practice to follow when securing loads

Roles and responsibilities in the transport chain for securing loads.

This guide provides operators from different sectors of industry with useful information on how DVSA and other regulators expect loads to be secured when in transit.

This guide provides operators from different sectors of industry with useful information on how DVSA and other regulators expect loads to be secured when in transit.

Poor load securing can lead to death or serious injury.

How the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency enforces the rules on securing loads.

The old ways aren’t always the best ways. They are just the way things have always been done and it’s time to make a shift. It is not an easy one. We aren’t just talking about technology and equipment, or conducting ‘behavioural safety training. The Big Shift is about embracing human...

Safety messages need to be effective for people to understand, to remember and to comply. If you really hit the jackpot with your messaging, you can also make your audience into advocates. In this three-part blog on messaging we look at what you say – and how you say it. How we frame those...

Vehicle related incidents and collisions on private sites such as distribution centres, construction sites and haulage depots are common and can be extremely serious, leading to intrusive and public investigations and prosecutions. Chis will be looking in detail at common scenarios, consequences...

We presented three days of expert opinion, good practice and thought leadership in the Driver Safety Zone 2024. It was a vital update for safety professionals. The videos of all sessions are now available - including the Mock Trial of an employer. Watch what happens when a serious incident...

On a day that started out just like any other, Bob Adams, a van driver very similar to many of those that work for you, begins his day’s work schedule. Some very common examples of poor driver safety management align and result in a serious incident involving a cyclist – but was it the...

Are you actually able to contrate fully on driving while also talking the phone, whether handheld or handsfree. We have the answer.

Summary of business benefits achieved by National Highways with the support of the Driving for Better Business programme. Including lower emissions and improvements in the resilience of the fleet.

Three plain white HGV tractor units have been loaned out to police forces by National Highways to help improve safety for drivers on the strategic road network in England.

This session was recorded at The Health & Safety Event 2021 and features Stephen Dethick, Driver Hire; Tony Greenidge, IAM RoadSmart; Dr Julie Gandolfi - DriverMetrics and is chaired by Simon Turner, Driving for Better Business

Commercially operated vehicles – Framework for mitigating security risks from malicious use - specification

There has been a staggering 400% rise in drug driving since March 2020, compared with 250% for drink driving in the same period. Drug driving includes those on prescription drugs. Companies should: Educate directors and managers about drugs and alcohol misuse. Learn how to recognise...