Work Related Road Safety

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Work Related Road Safety

• Robert Gifford
• Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport
  Safety

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What is PACTS?

• Registered charity to protect human life through
  the promotion of transport safety
• Associate Parliamentary group
• Multi-modal
• Membership organisation

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Does Work Related Road Safety Matter?

• One in three road deaths 600 per year
• HGVs, LGVs, Buses/coaches
• What about cars? Private, fleet and grey fleet

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Why Do Anything?

• Cost of repair
• Social conscience
• Reputation
• Cost of staffing

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How Much of a Burden?

• Risk assessment already in place
• Identify hazards, assess who might be harmed,
  evaluate risk, record, review
• Just include driving

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What to Think About

• Human
• Vehicle
• Journey

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Resources Available

• Driving for Better Business
• IOSH
• ORSA
• HSE

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And if it goes wrong?

• Corporate manslaughter
• FORS in London
• Police analysis of management failure

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Zero Harm

• Get it on the board agenda
• Personnel
• Fleet manager
• Insurance cost

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Want to know more?

• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Web www.pacts.org.uk
• E-mail admin_at_pacts.org.uk