Advanced School of Motoring - Fleet Training

Driving at work can be a high-risk activity. When things go wrong the costs can be substantial in both time and money. Driving as part of a job is the most dangerous work-related activity performed by most employees in the UK. 95% of all road accidents are caused by human error and it is estimated that a third of accidents in the UK involve someone driving whilst at work.

UK Driving Laws & Corporate Manslaughter

- The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require every employer to carry out an assessment of the risks to the health and safety of their employees, or themselves, whilst they are at work, and to other people who may be affected by their work activities. This includes any driving activity on the road. The regulations require the risk assessment to be reviewed periodically to ensure that it remains valid. Employers should consider the risks to employees on the road in the same way as for those in a workplace.

- Corporate manslaughter is a crime committed by a company in relation to a work-related death as set out in the Corporate Manslaughter Bill which became law on the 6th April 2008 and affects companies of all sizes. The new law means that organisations can be prosecuted where a safety failure is the cause of a work-related death which includes death or causing death on the road.

If found guilty an organisation could be ordered to:

• Pay an unlimited fine (in some cases where the offence is so serious an order may be made to close the business down)
• Take remedial action within a specified period
• Publicise nationally full details of their conviction (at the organisation’s cost) including the size of the fine and the remedial action required

   Advance instructors are qualified to assess your employees.