RoadSafe News – May 2009

Praising Best Practice in Road Safety ‘At’ Work and ‘To’ Work

Mobilising knowledge to create work-related road safety leadership It is estimated that in Europe six out of ten work accidents resulting in death are road crashes, including both crashes while driving for work and...  Read more...

International Conference on Road Safety at Work

We were delighted to play a leading role in the International Conference on Road Safety at Work held earlier this year. The full range of presentations and videos together with the Conference White Paper are now...  Read more...

Arco introduces a safer way to keep in touch

Arco, the UKs leading supplier of safety clothing and equipment, have banned the use of mobile phones and all hands free technology while driving. The move comes after the HSE survey which revealed that one in three...  Read more...

Northgate wins second award

Northgate, the UKs largest vehicle rental business with over 65,000 vehicles nationwide, has had its reputation for promoting health and safety to employees and customers further underlined with its second prestigious...  Read more...

Alphabet offers new help to tackle ‘grey’ fleet management

Fleet funding company Alphabet has launched a free package designed to help employers to stay focused on safety in spite of the recession. The package includes a management briefing on grey fleet drivers - staff who...  Read more...

Staff that fail to provide personal safe-driving data could face legal action

Employees who fail to comply with their employers best practice approach to occupational road risk management could find themselves in court, says a legal expert and adviser to Driving for Better Business campaign backer...  Read more...

Leading construction firm joins campaign

The Bethell Group, one of the UKs leading independent construction, power and rail group based in Kearsley, Greater Manchester has joined the Governments campaign to improve the safety of at work drivers. Bethell prides...  Read more...

Greene King strikes gold

Business champion Greene King was awarded its third successive gold by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) last month for its approach to work-related road safety. This year's RoSPA award follows...  Read more...

CGGVeritas sets standard

Since January 2007 CCGVeritas has ensured that all company vehicles have Electronic Stability Control (ESC) fitted as standard. This standard has also been applied to its grey fleet vehicles, which will all be expected...  Read more...

Employers needed for RoSPA Young Drivers at Work workshop

RoSPA are looking for several employers who would like their young drivers (17-24) to take part in free workshops between July and October. If you would like more information on how to take part please contact Duncan...  Read more...

Knowledge Resource Centres

RoadSafe is a founder of The global Transport Knowledge Partnership is an innovative partnership of global organisations, local policy-makers, experts and interested users working to make effective use of international...  Read more...

Motorists warned of the dangers of texting at the wheel

The dangers of texting while driving are highlighted in a new hard-hitting THINK! campaign launched today after research showed that 30% of young drivers admitted to texting at the wheel. Using a mobile phone at the...  Read more...

New Cartoon to Help Reduce Motorcycle Casualties

Many European roads have poor safety engineering features and are the cause of crashes. ACEMs campaign intends to encourage riders to identify road infrastructure shortcomings and adapt their behaviour...  Read more...

Safety top of the agenda for new riders

As thousands of riders take to the roads for their first ride of the spring, TyreSafe and the Motorcycle Industry Association (MCI) are advising motorcycling newcomers to boost their knowledge of tyre safety. Click here...  Read more...

Safety in Numbers

CTC proposes a New Vision for Cycling: Cycling gets safer the more cyclists there are. The UKs National Cyclists Organisation - CTC' has recently launched its Safety in Numbers campaign which shows that that the...  Read more...

Concerns over Child and Cyclist Safety

A report issued on 8 May by the National Audit Office highlights the overall fall in the number of deaths among both pedestrians and cyclists since the mid-1990s despite a worrying recent rise of 11 per cent rise...  Read more...

Transport Business on - line

The latest edition of Transport Business is available on-line with useful and interesting features. Articles include ITS; Parking; Safety etc. There is a valuable piece from RoadSafe advisory Panel member Graham Feest of...  Read more...

Launch of Road Safety GB

RoadSafe welcomes the launch of Road Safety GB - the national road safety organisation that represents local government road safety teams across the country and will continue to support the excellent work done by its...  Read more...

Call for a Decade of Action

RoadSafe stands behind the latest Make Roads Safe report, issued by the Commission for Global Road Safety in Rome on 5 May. Endorsed by the world's leading road safety experts, it urges UN governments attending the...  Read more...

Awards hat-trick for 'drving for better business' campaign and two of its 'champion' fleets

Two of Britains safest fleets that are supporters of the Driving for Better Business campaign have won national awards along with the programme itself, which is managed by RoadSafe on behalf of the Government. The...  Read more...