The Department for Transport’s British Road Safety Statement (2015) placed emphasis on improving occupational road safety by promoting good practice to employers. Specific Government priorities objectives include working towards a reduction in work-related road collisions and encouraging faster uptake of new vehicle safety technology such as Autonomous Emergency Braking systems (AEB) which have been
The Brake Fleet Safety Awards were held last night at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole near the NEC and, once again, our Business Champions were well represented. The fact that so many attended is testament to their commitment to promoting road safety and helping to sustain a thriving community of like-minded individuals. We had a
Amey and WJ Group recognised by Highways England for their achievements in managing work-related road risk. Amey reduce incidents by 38%, while WJ reduce incidents by 20% in 12 months. Both have also seen significant reductions in fuel use and emissions, as well as other key fleet management costs. Highways England calls on public
October is Tyre Safety Month and this year’s campaign has a musical theme – Tune into Tyre Safety. When did you last Get into the Groove to do a tyre tread depth check? Did you know 27% of tyres are already illegal by the time they are replaced? Are your tyres Under Pressure ?
Driving for Better Business has teamed up with Project EDWARD (European Day Without A Road Death) to create a simple 10 question quiz around some of the contributory factors for serious collisions. Business drivers are often unwittingly, or sometimes knowingly, putting other road users at risk in so many ways, often through a lack of
A large body of research demonstrates that the main contributor to work related road traffic crashes is the behaviour of individual drivers. That’s why an essential first step in any programme to reduce crashes is to understand the specific behaviours that place drivers at risk. Read the full story here
More work is needed to understand the impact of aggressive and ‘unusual’ driving events on vehicle emissions to avoid impacting on air quality goals. So says Emissions Analytics as its research find that emissions at high speed can peak at more than ten times typical levels of nitrogen oxides (NOx) pollutants. Read the full story in
The statistics around Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) - the condition where the walls of the throat relax and narrow during sleep, interrupting breathing and disturbing sleep, potentially triggering severe daytime sleepiness - make alarming reading. The OSA Partnership Group, a group of organisations with an interest in this common condition, recently reported that it
Highways England could allow drivers to travel at increased speed through motorway roadworks depending on the day of the week. It is also exploring if different speed limits could operate within one set of roadworks. Read the full story in Fleet News
M Group Services Plant and Fleet Solutions has achieved a Fleet Safety Gold in the RoSPA Health and Safety Awards. Read the full story in Fleet News
