Health & Safety for Fleet Drivers

Businesses are estimated to lose £2.7 Billion every year in ‘at work’ road traffic collisions  Every business that employs drivers has a minimum legal obligation to manage Health and Safety on the road, as well as the office. Risks faced and created by employees while driving as part of their work represent the biggest single safety issue to be managed in most organisations.

The Health and Safety Commission and the Department for Transport have published guidance on employers’ duties under health and safety law to manage at-work road risk as a mainstream health and safety issue.

All organisations, large or small, private or public, are being expected to develop a systematic approach to managing occupational road risk (MORR) that is appropriate to their business. To be successful, this approach will need to be underpinned by a proactive, positive road safety culture led by all senior managers, with full workforce consultation and participation.

Adopting such an approach will not only help to meet road casualty reduction targets, but it makes real economic sense for businesses as road crashes cost time and money in terms of absent staff, lost production and damage to commercial reputation.

Besides highlighting the legal, safety and business cases for action, other issues are:

•    integration of MORR within health and safety management systems;
•    options for assessing and controlling risks;
•    developing and motivating drivers and line managers;
•    monitoring driver behaviours and attitudes;
•    learning from accidents and incidents; and
•    periodic performance review.


The topics covered will be of particular interest to:

•    Fleet Managers
•    Transport Operators
•    Safety Managers/advisers
•    Safety Representatives
•    CEO’s
•    HR Managers
•    Emergency Services/Investigators
•    Insurance Brokers
•    Solicitors