Occupational Road Risks
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Driving at Work
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Occupational Road Risks
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The Penalties for non-compliance
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Health and Safety Legislation
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Your Business and the Law
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Will this affect my business?
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Improving Road Safety
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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
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Your Organisation
Occupational Road Risks
• 8 million people drive on company business every day
• 250 of them are seriously injured every week
• 20 employees die every week
Out of some 3,400 fatal road casualties occurring in Great Britain every year, between 800 and 1,000 involve people or vehicles which are on the road for work purposes, that’s to say around 1 in 3 people injured or killed on the roads each year were ‘at work’ at the time. This makes work related road accidents the biggest single safety issue for most UK businesses. In fact, car and van drivers who cover 25,000 miles a year as part of their job are at greater risk of being killed at work than those working in construction or agriculture. The number of work related fatalities in 2005/06 amounted to 1214.
• 250 of them are seriously injured every week
• 20 employees die every week
Out of some 3,400 fatal road casualties occurring in Great Britain every year, between 800 and 1,000 involve people or vehicles which are on the road for work purposes, that’s to say around 1 in 3 people injured or killed on the roads each year were ‘at work’ at the time. This makes work related road accidents the biggest single safety issue for most UK businesses. In fact, car and van drivers who cover 25,000 miles a year as part of their job are at greater risk of being killed at work than those working in construction or agriculture. The number of work related fatalities in 2005/06 amounted to 1214.
To reflect this situation, there are fundimental changes being made by the Health and Saftey Executive. In simple terms these are:
The Old
In the past, if an employee caused death or injury whilst driving on company business they were personally prosecuted
The New
If an employer hasn't taken adequate 'duty of care', the individual ultimately responsible, usually a director, or line manager, can also be prosecuted and imprisoned for corporate manslaughter.
Your drivers may be hundreds of miles away, but duty of care remains with you.
