2. (Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers)
Graham Feest
Secretary
AIRSO
(Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers)

3. What should be included? How much will it cost?
Managing The Risk
What do we mean?
What is involved?
Where do we start?
What should be included?
How much will it cost?

4. Probably the most dangerous activity transport employees,
Managing The Risk
Probably the most dangerous
activity transport employees,
family members and local people
face is using the road

5. Managing The Risk
It is estimated that between 25% and 33% of road traffic crashes
involve somebody who was using the road for work purposes
This means that in Great Britain between 850 and 1,100 people are killed and 8,000 to 10,500 are seriously injured, in work-related road incidents each year.

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11. Driving Forces
Tomorrow’s Roads
Safer for Everyone
Health & Safety Executive Guidelines
Corporate Manslaughter Legislation
Road Death Investigation Manual

12. Why Does It Matter?
Corporate Social Responsibility
Profitability
Efficiency
Reputation

13. Avoiding Disaster Taking responsibility as an organisation
Identifying an appropriate person(s)
Giving the time
Research
Driver checks
Vehicle checks
Including driving in a general risk policy
Audit trail
Communication
Create good practices & policies

14. Managing The Risk
The Risk Assessment Process ideally falls into four categories
People Related
Fitness to drive
Fatigue
Substance abuse
Driving skills
Work Related
Journey (mileage/time limitations)
Flexibility (hours, meals, breaks, etc)
People & Work Related
Workplace culture
Mobile communications
Crash/collision reports and data
Vehicle-Related
Regular maintenance
Suitability of vehicle for job

15. Managing The Risk
Bingo

16. Managing The Risk What is your policy/position on? Alcohol Drugs
Illness
Fatigue
Stress

17. Managing The Risk What is your policy/position on? Mobile Phones
Driving Assessments
Speed
Carrying of Goods
Use of the Vehicle for non-official business

18. Managing The Risk What is your policy/position on?
Carrying of Passengers
Non-Authority People Driving Authority Vehicles
Use of Private Cars on Authority Business
Checking of Driving Documents
Age for Driving Authority Vehicles

19. Managing The Risk
What is your policy/position on?
Alcohol

20. Managing The Risk - Alcohol
What is your policy/strategy –
Can you answer these questions?
Is it sufficient to say to staff that they must not drink if they intend or are driving?
Do you need to consider random breath testing as part of your company policy?
What is the company policy with regard to official functions and entertaining?
What is the company policy with regard to alcohol on the premises?
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How are you going to introduce the policies to the existing workforce?
How are you intending to enforce your policies?
What sanctions are you intending to introduce for non – compliance?

21. Managing The Risk
What is your policy/position on?
Drugs

22. Managing The Risk - Drugs
RELATED FACTS
Illegal drugs
(We are gathering evidence as to the overall effects and impairment)
Prescribed medicines
(The doctor may tell you that the drugs he prescribes could make you
fell drowsy)
Over the counter remedies
(The Chemists may say something about the effects but it is unlikely)

23. Managing The Risk - Drugs
What is your policy/strategy –
Can you answer these questions?
How are you going to deal with a Member of staff who is taking an illegal
substance?
Have you got measures in place to manage those on Long Term or short
prescribed drugs?
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How are you going to introduce the policies to the existing workforce?
How are you intending to enforce your policies?
What sanctions are you intending to introduce for non – compliance?

24. Managing The Risk
What is your policy/position on?
Illness

25. Managing The Risk - Illness
RELATED FACTS
Illness may be of a short or long term duration
It could be of a more serious nature involving a medical practitioner and
short or prolonged periods of absence
People with cold and flu type symptoms often feel better in the
morning than they do by the end of the day
Illness can lead to falling asleep at the wheel and/or reduced levels of
concentration, anticipation, observation, tolerance and patience etc

26. Managing The Risk - Illness
What is your policy/strategy –
Can you answer these questions?
What is the organisations policy and attitude towards people who are unwell?
How does a member of your staff get home if they fall ill during the day?
Is the organisation aware of the staff who are on permanent medication?
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How are you going to introduce the policies to the existing workforce?
How are you intending to enforce your policies?
What sanctions are you intending to introduce for non – compliance?

27. Managing The Risk
What is your policy/position on?
Fatigue

28. Managing The Risk - Fatigue
RELATED FACTS
Driving for long periods without adequate and regular breaks is a
potentially dangerous strategy
Insufficient food and drink will increase the risk of falling asleep
Falling asleep at the wheel is a lot more common than we all believe
HOWEVER
The fatigue experienced whilst driving can be symptomatic of other
working pressures or domestic circumstances

29. Managing The Risk - Fatigue
What is your policy/strategy –
Can you answer these questions?
Is there a daily mileage/distance limit?
Is there a recommended driving period/distance before a break?
What is the policy for staff travelling and overnight accommodation?
Is there a policy regarding alternative modes of transport?
What arrangements/flexible working times are in place to compensate
staff who work long hours on a particular day/period
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How are you going to introduce the policies to the existing workforce?
How are you intending to enforce your policies?
What sanctions are you intending to introduce for non – compliance?

30. Managing The Risk
What is your policy/position on?
Stress

31. Managing The Risk - Stress
RELATED FACTS
Stress has many origins but in context we need to recognise that stress is related to:
Personal circumstances and pressures
Working circumstances and pressures
and
The stress of driving itself
Together they make a lethal combination!

32. Managing The Risk - Stress
What is your policy/strategy –
Can you answer these questions?
Does the organisation have a Stress Management Policy?
Do the demands and expectations of the organisation generally increase
the stress levels of the management and employees?
What is the attitude to staff who are late due to travelling problems?
How sympathetic is the management to domestic problems & issues?
Do all staff take their appropriate holiday entitlement?
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1. How are you going to introduce the policies to the existing workforce?
2. How are you intending to enforce your policies?
3. What sanctions are you intending to introduce for non – compliance?

33. Ten Challenges for the next month
Report back to Chief Officers, and Human Resources Officer as appropriate and get it on the agenda.
2. Identify the person to take responsibility and/or a
Champion. (Maybe your Head of Driver Training)
3. Set up a procedure to collect and record travel, transport, and crash/collision data
4. Draw together existing practices and understandings and adopt them as written policy

34. Ten Challenges for the next month
5. Put in place and implement with an appropriate recording system an annual drivers document check
6. Develop, implement and document a policy with regard to the use of mobile phones and other such communication equipment.
7. Develop, implement and document policies aimed at dealing with the issues relating to fatigue.

35. Ten Challenges for the next month
8. Develop, implement and document a policy with regard to Drinking and Driving.
9. Undertake one risk assessment relating to your authority’s operation where using the road is prevalent and develop, implement and document a policy aimed at reducing/controlling the risk.
10. Consider the content of a Drivers Handbook

36. Graham Feest Secretary AIRSO
(Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers)
68 The Boulevard, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 1LA