Fitness to Drive

April 2025

Driver Managers – improve your understanding

Our monthly fleet focus delves deeper into some of the key road safety topics to improve your understanding, with free resources for you to share with your drivers.

Each month’s topic sits in a library so, as the library grows each month, you can access a bank of resources at any time to help you improve driver safety in your organisation.

Your Drivers – Your Responsibility

Your Call to Action:

  • Ensure you have the driving for work policies you need in place to manage your drivers’ fitness to drive  – check our policy template here
  • Ensure everyone involved – managers, supervisors as well as your drivers – are aware of their responsibilities
  • Don’t be afraid to challenge your drivers about any concerns on their fitness to drive

Fitness to Drive & Medical Conditions 

Driving is for the most people the most dangerous activity they can do.

We know that in the great majority of cases the initial cause of a crash is around driver behaviour with distraction, drug, alcohol and substance impairment, fatigue and medical conditions at the root of most crashes.

It’s vital therefore that as an organisation and as a manager or owner you are confident that your drivers are fit to drive.

So, how confident are you that your drivers aren’t carrying any medical conditions which could affect their driving? How confident are you that they aren’t dangerously fatigued or impaired?

safe loading - driving for work policies

Your Legal Insights: Fitness to Drive

Does your driver handbook & driving for work policy specify clearly your rules on Fitness to Drive?

For many fleet managers and owners of commercial vehicle companies, one of their most valuable assets, if not the most valuable, is their staff.

However, keeping employees safe while driving on the road is a difficult challenge, and a constant worry for many managers and owners. This includes in relation to their employees’ fitness to drive.

Get this month’s  legal insights on fitness to drive and check your responsibilities here.

Driver Resources – Fitness to Drive

What’s in the Resource Download

Download a zip file with additional resources to share with your drivers including:

  • An article to share with your drivers on their Fitness to Drive
  • Short safety messages on Fitness to Drive and Medical Conditions to send to your drivers on their devices
  • Posters for your staff noticeboards
  • Information sheets from our Van Driver Toolkit

DOWNLOAD THE FILE

Resources include:

medical conditions drivers poster - driving policies

Driver Poster – Listen

Pill to swallow fitness to drive poster - driving policies

Driver Poster – Bitter Pill to Swallow

Medical conditions drivers poster - driving policies

Driver Poster – Conditions

Van driver toolkit eyesight and medical conditions information for drivers & driving policies

Van Driver Toolkit – Medical Conditions

Other Useful Resources

Driving for Work Policy Builder

What is a driving for work policy? Driving for Better Business Driving for Work Policy Experts

Create a new policy or check your existing wording on speed limits using our free templates to ensure you’ve covered all your risks.

Van Driver Toolkit

Over 35 safety topics featuring downloadable safety sheets, good practice tips and pre-recorded toolbox talks to share with your drivers.

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