Employers have a legal duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to ensure the safety of workers, as far as is reasonably practicable. This law also applies to work activities on the road in the same way it does to other work activities. Organisations need to manage the risks to drivers as a part of their health and safety arrangements.
Online occupational driver training can help organisations minimise the rate of work-related road accidents by encouraging drivers to adopt safer driving habits.
Why Is Driving For Work – Speed Important?
More than one quarter of all road traffic accidents involve a person who is driving as a part of their job, according to the Department for Transport. Each of these accidents result in significant costs to the organisations they work for, the employees and anyone else involved in these accidents.
Providing adequate training is an essential risk control in helping to prevent such accidents.