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driving

  • How many people are killed while driving at work?  more...
  • Who is at risk from at-work road injury?  more...
  • Is driving at work dangerous?  more...
  • What is “occupational road risk”?  more...
  • What is the government doing?  more...
  • Is my employer responsible for at-work road safety?  more...
  • Who investigates at-work road deaths now?  more...
  • What is road risk assessment?  more...
  • What are the chances of falling asleep at the wheel?  more...
  • When do sleep-related road crashes occur?  more...
  • What are the danger signs of sleepiness at the wheel?  more...
  • What is the best way to deal with sleepiness at the wheel?  more...
  • Keeping awake at the wheel: What doesn't work?  more...
  • Can I use a mobile phone while driving?  more...
  • What about personal safety while driving?  more...
  • My employer's asked me to drive, but I don't have the correct licence. Am I within my rights to say no?   more...
  • I drive a lot. How can I protect my back?  more...

further information

Occupational Road Safety Alliance www.orsa.org.uk

The Suzy Lamplugh Trust: www.suzylamplugh.org.uk, tel 020 7091 0014

Meeting without moving www.meetingwithoutmoving.com

Health and Safety Executive paper, Driving at work, available at www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg382.pdf

books:

Managing Occupational Road Risk: The RoSPA guide, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, price £20, tel: 0121 248 2222; www.rospa.org.uk

Preventing At-work Road Traffic Accidents, available from HSE Books, tel: 01787 881165, or to download the document: www.hse.gov.uk/disdocs

Guidelines on Safer Driving in the Workplace, available from IPMS trade union, tel: 020 7902 6600.

Road Safety Management: Self-audit, available from Brake, tel: 01484 559909.

Driven to Death: Managing occupational road risk, 2000, TUC, available from tel: 020 7467 1248.

HSC heads for the highway, a summary of proposals from the Government's Work-related Road Safety Task Force, Health and Safety Bulletin No. 310, July 2002, available from tel: 020 7354 6742, price on request.