Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Wellbeing
    • Occupational Health
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise

Personnel Today

Register
Log in
Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Wellbeing
    • Occupational Health
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise

Health and safetyLatest NewsWellbeing

Train staff about safe driving, employers urged

by Greg Pitcher 20 Dec 2006
by Greg Pitcher 20 Dec 2006

Employers have been urged to educate their staff about safe driving after government figures revealed that one in four road deaths involves a driver on work duty.

The Department of Transport figures revealed that 850 people died and more than 6,000 were seriously injured as a result of crashes involving at-work drivers in 2005.

This means 16 people die and 117 are seriously hurt every week in work-related road accidents.

Road safety charity Brake said the figures were a wake-up call to employers to make sure they have risk-management practices in place.

Jools Townsend, Brake head of education, said: “These figures demonstrate how important it is that all employers take the life-savings steps of educating employees about safe driving and effectively managing their road risk.”

Brake provides free training and has produced a DVD featuring interviews with bereaved families for company drivers to watch.

The charity has also called for a law to require companies to report all at-work crashes to the Health and Safety Executive for investigation. Currently, firms only have to report crashes that happen on-site.

Stephen Ladyman, minister of state for transport, said: “The Department of Transport is very much committed to preventing work-related road crashes, and as part of this commitment we are pleased to provide funding to Brake to produce its Busy Enough To Kill DVD.”

Sign up to our weekly round-up of HR news and guidance

Receive the Personnel Today Direct e-newsletter every Wednesday

OptOut
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Meanwhile, workplace drug and alcohol policy specialist Grendonstar said employers should ensure their staff were in a fit state to drive.

Grendonstar consultant Simon Truelove said: “We are very saddened by the results of this Department of Transport data. We sincerely hope that this will now encourage more employers and employees to consider their suitability to drive or operate machinery at work.”

Greg Pitcher

previous post
Warehouse worker injured in fall wins over £3m compensation
next post
T&G union delegates vote for merger with Amicus – full ballot to follow

You may also like

August lull in recruitment as business gets set...

18 Sep 2025

Social mobility: Privately educated elite still leads UK...

18 Sep 2025

‘Flawed system’ blocking apprenticeships from young people

18 Sep 2025

Met Police staff in strike ballot over London...

18 Sep 2025

Personnel Today Awards 2025 shortlist: Workplace culture (smaller...

18 Sep 2025

Trainee GP who displayed Palestine flag sues for...

17 Sep 2025

Graduates face ‘white-collar’ recession in jobs market

17 Sep 2025

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder quits over Unilever’s social...

17 Sep 2025

Inflation unchanged at 3.8% in August

17 Sep 2025

Tech firms to plough £30bn into ‘AI Growth...

17 Sep 2025

  • Workplace health benefits need to be simplified SPONSORED | Long-term sickness...Read more
  • Work smart – stay well: Avoid unnecessary pain with centred ergonomics SPONSORED | If you often notice...Read more
  • Elevate your L&D strategy at the World of Learning 2025 SPONSORED | This October...Read more
  • How to employ a global workforce from the UK (webinar) WEBINAR | With an unpredictable...Read more

Personnel Today Jobs
 

Search Jobs

PERSONNEL TODAY

About us
Contact us
Browse all HR topics
Email newsletters
Content feeds
Cookies policy
Privacy policy
Terms and conditions

JOBS

Personnel Today Jobs
Post a job
Why advertise with us?

EVENTS & PRODUCTS

The Personnel Today Awards
The RAD Awards
Employee Benefits Live
Employee Benefits
Forum for Expatriate Management
Whatmedia

ADVERTISING & PR

Advertising opportunities
Features list 2025

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin


© 2011 - 2025 DVV Media International Ltd

Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Wellbeing
    • Occupational Health
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise