Who investigates at-work road deaths now?

No one has clear responsibility. An artificial 'bureaucratic divide' separates the way we care for those injured or killed at work:

• Workplace fatalities or serious incidents are investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Employers have to report serious injuries or fatalities at work to the HSE, under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR).
• Road accidents are investigated by the police, to see if there has been a breach of the Road Traffic Acts – was the vehicle roadworthy, and was the driver speeding? Whether the driver was at work or not is irrelevant to the police.
• But employers do not have to report at-work road deaths or injuries to the HSC. And the HSC does not have to investigate them.

So, although the HSE plays a crucial role in, for example, investigating train crashes, so far it has not played a similar role in investigating the management failures behind road accidents.