RoSPA Launches Occupational Road Risk Guidance

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has launched a new document to cut accidents involving company car and van drivers. 'Managing Occupational Road Risk – The RoSPA Guide' is intended to help businesses and organisations adapt to recent guidance from the HSE and the Department for Transport on driving for work.

Roger Bibbings, RoSPA’s Occupational Safety Adviser, said: “It has been estimated that between 800 and 1,000 road deaths a year are in some way work-related. Many bosses have ignored this problem in the past, but the HSE has now made it clear that employers have duties under health and safety law to manage the risks faced by their workers on the road."

The document covers the problems facing businesses with employees who drive for work. Topics explained in detail include benefits to be gained from introducing a policy for managing occupational road risk (MORR), the law, developing a risk management approach, risk assessment and control measures.

Copies of the RoSPA guide, priced £25 plus p+p, can be obtained by ringing 0870 777 2090, e-mailing sales@rospa.com or visiting RoSPA’s on-line shop at www.rospa.com.

'Driving at Work Policy and Management Guide, Version 1.0' (ISBN 1-900648-29-6, £74.99) is available as an electronic download from the Workplacelaw Network online - www.workplacelaw.net/policies - or by calling 0870 777 8881. 10% discount available to members of the Workplacelaw Network, BIFM, RICS, IFMA or RIBA. Please quote ref. 1319 when ordering.
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