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You Are Here » Home » Fleet Driver Training
Fleet Training & Risk Assessment
Your Company’s Driving Risks
Driving For Work not only carries an obligation to drive safely and within the law, but is also a high risk occupation in its own right.
- Business drives are 30–40% more likely to be involved in a collision than a domestic driver.
- The number of road deaths in Britain is the equivalent of one World Trade Centre 9⁄11 tragedy occuring every year.
- Driving For Work related road collisions are the biggest cause of work related accidents related deaths. Between 800–1000 people are killed annually in work–related collisions compared to approximately 250 fatalities due to accidents notified annually under the Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Ocurrances Regulations (RIDDOR).
- About 300 people are killed each year as a result of drivers falling asleep at the wheel. About 4 in 10 tiredness–related crashes involved someone in a commercial vehicle Driving For Work.
- More than 95% of traffic collisions involve human error.
- You are 4 times more likely to be involved in a collision while Driving and Using a Mobile Phone.
With 3 Million Company Vehicle drivers, and over 5 Million who use their own vehicles when Driving For Work, do you understand your corporate responsibility?
Seven people die every day on our roads and a further seventy are seriously injured. Around a third of them are people who are on work related business. 95% of collisions are human error. Taking the right action now can help drive this risk down.
With the recent revisions to corporate manslaughter bill, the ‘duty of care’ that companies have to their employees should now be high on your agenda. If it isn’t on your list of priorities you may need to ask yourself why? Too many companies are choosing to act after the event. The costs then turn into more than just driver training.
This applies not just to company vehicle drivers, but also to car allowance and own vehicle casual users. However, only a few organisations have already:
- Undertaken a comprehensive health & safety assessment to minimise occupational road risk – even though Health and Safety Legislation requires it.
- Put occupational road risk issues on the board agenda – even though board members themselves may be personally liable.
- Have a road risk reduction programme – even though their staff are at risk every day and the existing costs are often substantial
THE CORPORATE MANSLAUGTHER ACT 2007
- Should someone who is driving on your behalf be involved in a fatal road traffic crash, managers as well as the company could be investigated by the Health and Safety Executive and⁄or the Police for not only a breach of health and safety, but possibly a conviction for Corporate Manslaughter.
- This could include a heavy fine of up to 10% of the company’s annual turnover and possibly even a prison sentence.
"If you thought driver training was expensive, try having a crash!"
However…
THE SAVINGS ATTRIBUTABLE TO A RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
- A reduction in insurance premiums of at least 15% depending on previous claims record, fleet size and composition at a time when insurance premiums are escalating at the rate of 20–30% annually.
- Fuel consumption improvements of at least 7–10%
- Reductions of around 6% in wear and tear on tyres, brakes and clutches etc.
- Improved vehicle residual value if a trained driver drives the car.
- Driver training can typically reduce fleet costs by up to 20% in the first year.
Your Legal Responsibility
- The Health and Safety At Work Act 1974 requires you to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of all employees while at work.
- You need to carry out a Health and Safety Risk Assessment of your employees, while they are at work.
- The HSE has defined that the vehicle is a workplace if used in the course of an employee’s working day.
- The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 states you have a responsibility to manage health and safety effectively.
Whether you choose targeted, or all employee business driver training, the benefits are clear:
- Demonstrates your conformance with current health and safety legislation and your organisation’s commitment to road safety.
- Encourages the continuous improvement of driving skills and safety awareness both in and outside the work environment.
- Fewer traffic incidents, therefore less ‘down time’ for vehicles and their drivers.
- Reduced missed orders⁄sales opportunities.
- Less requirement for work rescheduling.
- Reduced administration with fewer incident reports and insurance claims.
- Less need for investigations.
- Reduced fuel and maintenance costs.
- Protection from prosecution.
- Contribution to making a reduction in carbon emissions
BUSINESS DRIVER PROGRAMME
Providing Fleet Driver Training for all sizes of business. We take pride in our ability to make driving safer for everyone and drive your road risk down. We can provide:
- Fleet Analysis
- Online driver risk assessment
- Driving Licence Checks
- Road Risk Workshops
- Presentation & On Road Training
- Driver Evaluation
Don’t leave your risk assessments and training until it’s too late. Being pro–active can actually save you more than a few pounds! Call 07889 186100 or 07736 668769, or:
Email for a FREE risk assessment form.
Driving For Work Risk Assessors
Bucks and Oxon Driver Training is commissioned as official assessors on behalf of Buckinghamshire County Council Road Safety team, providing on road assessments and driver training. This programme is available to all Buckinghamshire based companies. See Bucks County Council website for more information.
This page was last updated
Thursday, 10-Feb-2011
Do You Know?
You are twice as likely to kill a pedestrian if you drive at 35mph rather than 30mph.
