How to get started?

Work Related Road Safety can only be effectively managed if it is integrated into your arrangements for managing health and safety at work. You should look at your health and safety systems and consider whether they adequately cover this area of work. The main areas you need to address are, policy, responsibility, organisation, systems and monitoring.

Policy
Does your health and safety policy statement cover work related road safety?

Responsibility
Is there top-level commitment to Work Related Road Safety in your organisation and is responsibility clearly defined. Does the person responsible for it have sufficient authority to exert influence and does everyone understand what is expected of them?

Organisation and Structure
In larger organisations, your aim is to ensure that you have an integrated organisational structure that allows co-operation across departments with different responsibilities for WRRS.

Systems
Do you have adequate systems to allow you to manage Work Related Road Safety effectively? For example, are you confident that your vehicles are regularly inspected and serviced in accordance with manufacturers recommendations?

Monitoring
Do you monitor performance to ensure that your work related safety policy is effective? Are your employees encouraged to report all work related road incidents without fear that punitive action will be taken against them? Do you collect sufficient information to allow you to make informed decisions about the effectiveness of the existing policy and the need for changes?

Review
Driving Services can carry out a review of your existing systems and procedures and recommend interventions. We can work with you to produce a suitable Work Related Road Safety Policy and procedures and assist you with any driver training requirements.