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Champions Presentation
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Background
• The Driving for Better Business programme is part of the Department for Transport’s ‘Driving for Work’ strategy.
• The programme is based on recommendations from the Motorists Forum.
• The messages are supported by the Think! road safety campaigns.
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Aim
To expand the network of employers and business champions nationwide, to promote good practice in order to catalyse a reduction in deaths and injuries caused by vans and cars used for business purposes.
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Issue
• More than 150 vehicles driven on company business crash every day.
• Every year there are 14,000 road deaths and serious injuries involving people driving for work.
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Driver Risk• Business drivers have 29-50% higher
collision rates than private drivers. (TRL)
• 15% of company car drivers have a collision every year. (Association of British Insurers)
• 1/3 of all crashes involve an ‘at-work’ driver. (Department for Transport)
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Where is the risk?• Lack of safety culture• Minimal control measures • 4 key areas:
– Vehicle safety specifications– Maintenance schedules– Journeys and scheduling– Driver selection and standards
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Message
Effective work related road safety policies benefit business. Safer business travel makes for more efficiency; leads to greater profits and demonstrates a business’ investment in its staff, their safety and welfare.
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• Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 makes the issue of health and safety in the workplace – the business vehicle – something employers can no longer ignore.
• Employers are responsible for their employees when they drive for work.
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• Allows the prosecution of the company as well as the prosecution of individuals.
• Routes to prosecution will be easier.
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• HSE ‘Driving at Work’ should be treated as a code of practice.
• Police can now use this guidance to prove negligence and to prosecute.
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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
• The offence – Will focus on failures within the management of the
company for which the company will be accountable– Will require the organisation to owe a duty of care to
the victim which is obvious in a driving scenario– Will require evidence that the management failure
amounts to a gross breach of duty to take reasonable care
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• When will a duty be owed?– As an employer to employees, i.e. fleet operator to
its drivers.– As an employer to the victims of their employees, i.e.
passengers, other drivers or pedestrians.– As occupiers of land, for example an employee’s
place of work or somewhere to which the public has access.
– When supplying goods or when engaged in a commercial activity.
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• Management Failure Criteria– The test is the way in which a particular activity is
being managed or in reality mismanaged.– Responsibility will fall on senior directors and
managers.– If a middle manager was undertaking a senior role
then his or her actions will be relevant.– Responsibility of individuals who have a `significant
role` - where management responsibilities bear on the organisation as a whole or a substantial part of it, this will include health and safety or fleet managers.
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Business loses £2.7 Billion every year in ‘at work’road traffic accidents.
The Business Case
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For every £1 of costs recovered through insurance, between £8 and £36 may be lost through uninsured costs.
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Vehicle DamageProperty Damage
Legal Fees
Personal Injury
CompensationRecovery & Storage
Inconvenience
Fines
Re-delivery
Investigation Time
Damaged / Lost Stock
Management time
Image/Reputation/PR
Repair of vehicle
New Vehicle
Increased insurance premium
Administration time
Increased insurance excess
Compensation
What about the hidden
costs?
Diagram: LARSOA
Do you know your costs?
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The HSE and the The HSE and the DfT issued DfT issued guidance for guidance for employers in employers in September 2003 September 2003 to help employers to help employers manage road riskmanage road risk
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Business Champions
• Driving for Better Business is expanding its networks into the public, private and voluntary sectors.
• Some of the employers in the network are selected to act as Business Champions – sharing best practice with their peers in industry.
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Business Champions
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The Case Study
Company Profile / Overview of Operation:Industry sector:Main operation:No. of company vehicles:No. of privately owned vehicles:No. of LGVs:No. of HGVs:
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Outline of Accident History, prior to putting WRRS measures in place:
Cost to the company:
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Details of WRRS Policies and Procedures:
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Benefits of managing WRRS:
Accident reduction:
Cost reduction:
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Quote from the MD / C.E.O:
Reasons why you are championing WRRS as part of the Driving for Better Business programme:
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