Champions Presentation

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Champions Presentation
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Background

• The Driving for Better Business programme is part
  of the Department for Transports 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

• 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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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide
Act 2007

• Allows the prosecution of the company as well as
  the prosecution of individuals.
• Routes to prosecution will be easier.

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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide
Act 2007

• 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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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide
Act 2007

• 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 employees
  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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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide
Act 2007

• 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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The Business Case
Business loses 2.7 Billion every year in at
work road traffic accidents.
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Do you know your costs?
What about the hidden costs?
Diagram LARSOA
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The HSE and the DfT issued guidance for employers
in September 2003 to help employers manage 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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The Case Study

• Outline of Accident History, prior to putting
  WRRS measures in place
• Cost to the company

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The Case Study

• Details of WRRS Policies and Procedures

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The Case Study

• Benefits of managing WRRS
• Accident reduction
• Cost reduction

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The Case Study

• 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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