Core Risk Manager Tools

Driving for Work Policy Builder

The law says all companies must have policies and procedures in place to minimise risk – that includes the risks in driving for work. Use our online policy builder & check what to include in your driving for work policy.

Gap Analysis

Our driver risk management gap analysis tool will help you evaluate your current performance and to understand where you may have gaps in your work related road risk management. You’ll be signposted to our free resources to help plug any gaps you find.

Collision Rate Benchmarking

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Reduce costs, improve operating conditions and ensure safe and legal vehicles and wellbeing for your drivers. Check understanding of best practice, and share with your drivers to reinforce your driving for work policies.
Management Awareness

Risk and Policy E-book

Work related road risk is the risk that someone driving a vehicle on the roads as part of their job may be involved in a collision. Government road traffic collision and casualty statistics have consistently shown that around a third of all fatalities and injury collisions involve at least one person who was driving for work.

Management Awareness Videos

Be The Change video series from National Highways Driving for Better Business programme
We hear about car, van & truck crashes every day.
But vehicles don’t crash. People crash. They just happen to be in a car, van or truck at the time. These 3 training videos are for both managers and drivers. We witness a fictitious collision, examine the consequences, & look at how it could have been avoided.

Incident Investigation Guide

Developed with industry experts to assist employers investigate vehicle related incidents. Having an incident investigation process will help employers manage the risk of work-related driving, helping them to understand underlying issues and root causes, share learning and put in place measures to reduce future occurrences.

Grey Fleet Guide

Your grey fleet consists of any employees that use their own vehicle for business journeys – however infrequently. A business journey is any journey that wouldn’t have been made, had that employee not worked for you. Find out more in our free guide for employers.

Podcasts

A chance to listen in to our conversations to help you manage driver safety. Our podcast features expert contributors sharing their insight – invaluable for those who manage drivers and their vehicles, and want to reduce work-related road risk in their organisation. Signposting resources to help ensure your Driving for Work Policy is up to date and follows best practice.

Articles

Advice and information to support driver managers and safety managers in improving work-related road safety. Our articles cover various topics from a range of industry experts and contributors – how to improve management of driver safety & reduce work-related road risk, and the business benefits that can be achieved as a result.
Driver Communication

Fleet Safety Focus

Published monthly on a different safety-related topic. Driver Managers and Fleet Operators can register for updates, and download the posters and information sheets to share with their drivers.

Van Driver Toolkit

Reduce costs, improve operating conditions and ensure safe and legal vehicles and wellbeing for your drivers. Share best practice info with your drivers to reinforce your driving for work policies.

Car Driver Toolkit

The Car Driver Toolkit is for people driving cars for work purposes, with a range of driver information topics for driver managers and fleet operators to share with their employees.
Driver Health and Wellbeing

Driver Roadworthiness Guide

Managing physical and mental health and wellbeing in at-work drivers – explains the importance of not only ensuring vehicle roadworthiness but also the fitness of drivers. Driver health, mental state, and physical fitness significantly impact driving safety. The guide provides strategies for assessing and maintaining driver roadworthiness.

Managing Driver Mental Wellbeing

Managing Driver Health. FITNESS TO DRIVE -Driver Wellbeing. Driving for Better Business Programme
A free self-guided online learning course, duration 45 mins. This toolkit is aimed at owners, directors, fleet managers, health and safety professionals, human resources professionals and anyone else involved in the management of drivers.

CALM Driver

Driving can be a solitary & stressful job and those conditions can add to the potential for poor mental health. Working with the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), we developed this free resource to help start the conversation about driver mental health.
National Highways Resources

Driving on England’s motorways 

This leaflet seeks to aid overseas commercial drivers to use the network safely. It aims to help in reducing the frequency and severity of incidents on the strategic road network and is available in 15 languages.

Diesel Spillages – Best Practice  

This best practice guide is aimed at commercial vehicle drivers and operators to increase awareness of the impact of diesel spillages. It provides guidance for drivers and operators about what can be done to help prevent diesel spills. It also explains what actions should be taken in the case of a diesel spillage incident.

Road User Safety Campaigns & Advice

This range of resources includes current Road User Safety Campaigns & advice from a number of bodies and organisations.
External Resources

DVSA

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Access a range of resources from DVSA (Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency)

HSE 

HSE
Access a range of resources from HSE (Health & Safety Executive)

Interested in learning more about managing driver safety?