Occupational Road Risk

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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

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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

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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
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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!!!!

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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)

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HS ROAD TRAFFIC LAW APPLIES

• Corporate Manslaughter Act
• Health Safety Offences Act

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Mobile Phones Reaction Times
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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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LEADERSHIP

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

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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

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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

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RISK MANAGEMENT

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

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DRIVER ASSESSMENT
RoSPAs Driver profiler is an online Psychometric
assessment tool, which measures attitude and
behaviour while driving.
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DRIVER ASSESSMENT TRAINING

• Workshops
• In-vehicle Training
• E Learning
• In-house
• Assessors
• Driving Test
• Awards

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SPREAD THE WORD
Conferences Seminars Staff Meetings Appraisals Int
ernal Comms
Board Meetings Education Materials Staff Intranet
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CELEBRATE RESULTS
Internally Externally
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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
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• 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