Brake's policy positions on fleet safety
Reporting serious road incidents to RIDDOR
Brake believes companies should be required, by law, to report fatal or injury collisions to the Health and Safety Executive through RIDDOR (the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations) and face prosecution and stiff penalties if poor safety management is found to be at fault. Such a move would provide a greater ability to monitor and track a specific organisation’s performance on road safety. Additionally, the very fact of a requirement to report such incidents would likely provide a boost in awareness and perceived importance of road safety for organisations.
At present, HSE have expressed no intentions to include such incidents within RIDDOR, due to the view that other existing protections are already in place:
"It has been the policy of successive Government's that we should not generally seek to enforce health and safety at work legislation where public and worker safety is adequately protected by more specific and detailed law enforced by another authority."
HSE's role in the investigation of work-related road incidents
www.hse.gov.ukCommercial vehicle enforcement
Brake supports greater investment in commercial vehicle roads policing and enforcement, to ensure a safe standard of fleet vehicles on the road and to punish those who flout the rules.
Commercial vehicle drivers can be stopped by the police or by DVSA officers. Both have the power to carry out spot checks on commercial vehicle, issue prohibitions which can prevent a vehicle being driven until a problem is fixed, and issue fixed penalties if an offence has been committed.
Roadside vehicle checks for commercial drivers
www.gov.ukGlobal Fleet Champions
Global Fleet Champions provides:
- Free and low-cost events for anyone interested in safe and healthy mobility for fleets
- Resources to help you manage occupational road risk, whatever your budget, fleet size or vehicle type
- Tools to help you shout out for safety and sustainability where you work, or campaign for government action
- Prestigious awards programmes to celebrate the achievements of organisations and individuals across the world working to reduce crashes and prevent pollution caused by work vehicles
Global Fleet Champions is free to join. It’s a partnership initiative, overseen by academic and practitioner experts working in the field of occupational road risk and administered by Brake.
Join today at www.globalfleetchampions.org
Read a quick overview of the campaign
Find out how Global Fleet Champions can help stop crashes and pollution caused by work vehicles
Learn more about the Safe System approach
The Safe System and road safetyFind out the latest statistics on UK road safety
UK collision and casualty statisticsBrake advocates for a Vision Zero approach to road safety management. This approach is based on the belief that no death or serious injury is acceptable on roads and follows the principles of the Safe System, where the five pillars of the road environment work together to minimise risk.
Brake also believes that an effective road safety system is reliant upon robust enforcement and criminal justice and that the fleet sector has a significant role to play in helping improve the safety of our roads.