RoadSafe Magazine on line
However, RoadSafe believes that such data, which was recorded by the police for the first time in 2005 and published by the Department for Transport earlier this year, is only the tip of the iceberg and, in reality, the 15% of vehicles involved in collisions and recorded as being “at work” is much higher.
RoadSafe will shortly be launching an outreach programme to support the champions as part of a major “Driving for Work” campaign to be launched in March.
Read more and use articles in www.roadsafe.com/magazine/winter2006
Related news, events and information
Worked to death?
25 March 2013 – 200 people are injured in road crashes each day while driving for work. Previously unpublished data from the...
New speed camera rules to improve transparency
1 January 2011 – RoadSafe welcomes the news that local authorities and the police will have to publish full information about...
Car occupant safety improving
17 November 2010 – The number of people killed and seriously injured (KSI) in cars has fallen by 9%, according to the latest...
Report from the UN Road Safety Collaboration and NGO Alliance meetings
19 April 2019 – Recently, two parallel meetings were held in Chania, Crete. The Sixth Global meeting of the NGO Alliance and...
Business plan
28 April 2015 – Mission Statement To reduce road deaths and injuries by supporting and encouraging partnerships between the...
Motorists continue to flout mobile phone laws
19 January 2009 – More than a third of motorists (36%) still admit to using a handheld mobile phone while driving their car, with...
10 per cent of MOT failures due to tyre issues
28 January 2016 – The latest Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) figures show that 10 per cent of MOT failures were due to...
Business champion fleet Hermes wins top training award
27 July 2010 – Safety-focused Hermes, Europe's leading home delivery company, has won a top award for training initiatives run...
TNT Express management drive towards zero fatal accident rate worldwide
7 January 2011 – TNT Express is focusing on achieving a zero fatal accident rate worldwide by taking road risk management...