
Driving For Work
Key Facts:
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An estimated one third of road traffic collisions in Britain involve someone at work, excluding commuting journeys. The human and financial costs to families, businesses and the wider community are enormous.
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For the majority of people, the most dangerous thing they do while at work is drive on the public highway (Helman et al., 2014).
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The annual risk of dying in a road collision while driving for business reasons is greater than the risk of dying as a result of all other workplace accidents.
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In 2016, almost 6,000 people were killed or seriously injured in road traffic collisions involving someone driving for work (RRCGB DfT, 2016).
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Although vehicles over 7.5 tonnes operate in a strongly regulated environment, there remains a relatively high collision rate in this category (RRCGB, DfT, 2017).
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In 2016, 61 people were killed in known fatigue-related incidents and around 8% of fatigue-related collisions involve someone driving a vehicle over 7.5 tonnes (RRCGB DFT, 2017). Due to difficulties identifying fatigue as a contributory factor, the number of people involved in fatigue related road traffic collisions is likely to be higher.
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Over 50% of business drivers regularly use a phone when driving and 88% said they felt a conflict between driving for work and answering work calls (Hilsop, 2012).
- Date Added: 03 Apr 2012, 08:08 AM
- Last Update: 11 Dec 2017, 04:48 PM