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Title: Occupational Road Risk


1
HARROGATE DISTRICT HEALTH SAFETY
FORUM MANAGING OCCUPATIONAL ROAD RISK
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ROAD CASUALTIES G.B. 2008
  • Killed 2,538
  • Seriously Injured 26,029
  • Slightly Injured 202,317
  • All Casualties 230,884
  • LOWEST SINCE RECORDS BEGAN!
  • But still 7 deaths and over 70
  • serious injuries every day

3
ROAD CASUALTIES, 2008
  • Road User Deaths () Casualties ()
  • Car Users 1,257 (50) 149,169 (65)
  • Pedestrians 572 (22) 28,481 (12)
  • Motorcyclists 493 (19.5) 21,549 (9)
  • Pedal Cyclists 115 (4.5) 16,297 (6)
  • Goods vehicles 66 (2.5) 6,843 (3)
  • Bus/Coach 6 (0.5) 6,929 (3)
  • Other 29 (1) 1,616 (0.5)
  • Total 2,538 230,884

4
SOME MAIN FACTORS
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WHERE IS THE GREATEST DANGER?
4 of Crashes 6 of Deaths
34 of Crashes 62 of Deaths
62 of Crashes 32 of Deaths
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25 - 33 of road deaths (800 1,000
deaths)30 of miles driven are for work
purposesMillions of people exposed to risk
Work Related Road Accidents
7
WHO USES THE ROAD FOR WORK?
  • Commercial vehicle drivers
  • Sales staff
  • service engineers
  • Delivery workers
  • Social workers
  • Emergency services
  • Local authority staff
  • Bus and coach drivers and passengers
  • Voluntary workers
  • Motorcycle couriers
  • Pizza delivery riders
  • Police
  • Paramedics
  • Government officials
  • Teachers
  • Vehicle recovery staff
  • Delivery drivers
  • At-work pedestrians
  • Anyone on the road as part of their job
  • Everybody in this room!!!!

8
DRIVING FOR WORK HIGHER RISK
  • 20 people killed and 220 seriously injured a week
    in work-related road crashes (HSE/DfT)
  • Company car drivers 49 more likely to crash
    (TRL)
  • Drivers with high of work-related driving 53
    more crashes (TRL)
  • Company car, van, truck and lorry drivers have
    high blameworthiness ratio (DfT)
  • At-work drivers higher levels of risk-taking (DfT)

9
HS ROAD TRAFFIC LAW APPLIES
  • Corporate Manslaughter Act
  • Health Safety Offences Act

10
THREATS TO THE BUSINESS
  • Hidden accident costs
  • Lost business opportunities
  • Lost staff time
  • Higher fleet premia
  • Loss of morale
  • Threat to corporate reputation
  • Notices and/or prosecutions
  • Common law claims
  • Prosecution (corporate manslaughter?)

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LOWER FUEL COSTSLOWER CARBON FOOTPRINT
  • ECO-DRIVING
  • Saves the company money
  • Saves the driver money
  • Causes less environmental harm
  • DSA Trials
  • ECO-drivers used 5 17 less fuel
  • (av 8.5 less)
  • DfT Act on CO2 (www.dft.gov.uk/ActOnCO2/)
  • Smarter driving could reduce CO2 emissions by 8
  • Eco-driving safer driving ( vice versa)

12
BUT, WHERE DO WE START?
Identify the risks and priorities first in order
to develop and implement a plan which will
deliver results.
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THREE KEY STEPS
  • 1) Where are we now?
  • Vehicles, drivers, miles, crashes, causes, costs?
  • Management system (policy, organisation,
    planning, monitoring, review)?
  • 2) Set up a team (HS, HR, Fleet, Safety Reps )
  • develop management system,
  • Seek external partners
  • 3) Develop an action plan to
  • assess risks, prioritise interventions
  • set standards, targets, timescales etc
  • implement
  • monitor, review and feed back lessons learned

14
DRIVING FOR WORK SAFER JOURNEYS
  • Free as pdf
  • www.rospa.com/roadsafety/info/worksafejourney.pdf
  • Advice for Managers
  • Facts
  • Use Safer Alternatives
  • Reduce distances driving hours per driver
  • Overnight stays
  • Shift Arrangements
  • Adverse Conditions
  • Journey Planner

15
DRIVING FOR WORK SAFER SPEED
  • Free as pdf
  • www.rospa.com/roadsafety/info/workspeed.pdf.
  • Advice for Managers
  • Facts
  • No inappropriate speed
  • Respect speed limits
  • Managers lead by example
  • Safe journey plans
  • Avoid incentives to speed
  • Vehicle performance
  • Monitor licences
  • Investigate crashes

16
DRIVING FOR WORK MOBILE PHONES
  • Free as pdf
  • www.rospa.com/roadsafety/info/workmobiles.pdf
  • Advice for Managers
  • Facts the Law
  • Raise awareness
  • Managers lead by example
  • Do not expect staff to answer while driving
  • No mobiles while driving (hand-held or
    hands-free)
  • Plan journeys
  • Investigate crashes

17
Mobile Phones Reaction Times
18
DRIVING FOR WORK DRINK DRUGS
  • Free as hard copy or pdf
  • www.rospa.com/roadsafety/info/workdrinkdrugs.pdf.
  • Advice for Managers
  • The Law
  • How alcohol effects driving,
  • including the morning after
  • Levels of alcohol in drinks
  • How medicines drugs affect
  • driving
  • What to do if impaired by medicines
  • Staff with drink/drug problems
  • Education training

19
DRIVING FOR WORK FITNESS TO DRIVE
  • Free as hard copy or pdf
  • www.rospa.com/roadsafety/info/workfitness.pdf
  • Advice for Managers
  • The Law
  • How different types of illness affect driving
  • Eyesight issues
  • Stress and mental health
  • Occupational health policies
  • What to do if not be fit to drive
  • Pregnant drivers
  • Vehicle ergonomics
  • Education training

20
DRIVING FOR WORK OWN VEHICLES
  • Free as hard copy or pdf
  • www.rospa.com/roadsafety/info/ownvehicle.pdf
  • Advice for Managers
  • If, when how staff may use their own vehicle
    for work
  • Cash for Cars v Company cars.
  • Minimum safety features
  • Vehicle safety checks
  • Document checks
  • Carrying passengers goods
  • Safety equipment (seat belts, head restraints,
    etc)

21
DRIVING FOR WORK VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
  • Free as hard copy or pdf
  • www.rospa.com/roadsafety/info/vehicletech.pdf
  • Advice for Managers
  • More fleets fitted with technology
  • PUWER applies
  • Different types of technology
  • Assess costs benefits first
  • Set Criteria
  • Locate equipment safely
  • Train staff
  • Monitor effect

22
DRIVING FOR WORK DRIVER ASSESSMENT TRAINING
  • Free as hard copy or pdf
  • www.rospa.com/roadsafety/info/drivertraining.pdf
  • Advice for Managers
  • Duty to assess, train, inform supervise
  • Role of driving standards
  • Options for driver assessment
  • Identifying training needs
  • Prioritising training
  • Options for types of training
  • Training providers

23
MORR A GUIDE FOR SMES
  • Free pdf
  • www.rospa.com/roadsafety/info/morr_sme.pdf
  • Advice for Managers, Directors and owners of
    SMEs
  • Plan
  • Do
  • Check
  • Act
  • A Guide for Micro Business being developed

24
LEADERSHIP
  • Managing Director, CEO, Board
  • Department Heads
  • Line Managers
  • Regular agenda item
  • High level Reporting
  • Feedback

25
WORKFORCE INVOLVEMENT
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COMMUNICATION
  • Consult staff
  • See what other firms are doing
  • Seek outside help
  • Make sure staff know their responsibilities
  • Focus on team leaders
  • Develop action plan

27
MONITOR/REVIEW
  • Check licences periodically
  • Track points/crashes/incidents
  • Ensure accidents/incidents reported
  • Investigate and learn
  • Do vehicle safety checks
  • Talk to drivers
  • Review progress at least annually

28
RISK MANAGEMENT
  • Dont just jump into driver training
  • But
  • Do identify drivers with the greatest risk
  • Change driving tasks
  • Provide training

29
DRIVER ASSESSMENT
RoSPAs Driver profiler is an online Psychometric
assessment tool, which measures attitude and
behaviour while driving.
30
DRIVER ASSESSMENT TRAINING
  • Workshops
  • In-vehicle Training
  • E Learning
  • In-house
  • Assessors
  • Driving Test
  • Awards

31
SPREAD THE WORD
Conferences Seminars Staff Meetings Appraisals Int
ernal Comms
Board Meetings Education Materials Staff Intranet
32
CELEBRATE RESULTS
Internally Externally
33
RoSPA MORR AWARD WINNERS
  • Continuous, comprehensive systematic approach
    to MORR
  • Wide ranging management approach, not just driver
    training
  • Senior leadership, involving several levels
  • Work hard to get active involvement of staff
  • Extensive monitoring and reporting
  • Pro-active accident investigation systems
  •  
  • Ban hands-free phones, not just hand-held

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WWW.ORSA.ORG.UK
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www.drivingforbetterbusiness.com
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www.rospa.com/roadsafety
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