M6 crash case puts employers in the firing line

An employer was partly to blame for injuries suffered in a crash caused by a badly fitted tyre, the Appeal Court has ruled.

The case is the most important ruling so far on corporate responsibility for occupational road risks, writes Essential Risk Consultancy director and legal expert, David Faithful.

The case concerned a crash on the M6 motorway, in which one of the front tyres on a Land Rover partially deflated and the vehicle overturned. The crash injured a rear-seat passenger, leading... (1472 more words)

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