Driving is the most dangerous work activity that most people do.Research indicates that about 20 people are killed and 250 seriously injured every week in crashes involving someone who was driving, riding or otherwise using the road for work purposes. HSE Guidelines, `Driving at Work',state that `health and safety law applies to on-the-road work activities as to all work activities and the risks should be effectively managed within a health and safety system'. Therefore, employers must assess the risks involved in their staff's use of the road for work and put in place all `reasonably practicable' measures to manage those risks. This leaflet gives simple advice on how employers and line managers can help to ensure that the organisation's road journeys are properly planned and safely completed.This applies to all at-work drivers (e.g. sales staff, managers driving to meetings) and not just professional LGV and PCV drivers. (Author/publisher)
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