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The report authors interviewed both industry stakeholders representing organisations taking an overview or advisory role in the field of work-related road safety, and fleet managers at companies largely drawn from the list of safety organisation Roadsafe's Driving for Better Business champions, in an attempt to research those firms with existing best practice in place. The authors found there was an appetite for "the consistency of approach a national standard could bring", so looked into how such a standard could operate. Crucial is emphasis of the business case involved in setting up a serious work-related road-safety programme, as it helps the much-needed buy-in from senior executives. Other components include vehicle maintenance, driver licence checks and data collection to monitor performance (also see 'Report recommendations').
"The awareness of work-related road risk has improved in recent years, largely thanks to the efforts of organisations including Brake and Driving for Better Business," says BVRLA chief executive John Lewis. "A national standard would help focus attention on a single, well-understood framework that would be easier for fleet managers to implement."
As the report identified small and medium-sized fleets as the ones least likely to have effective road-safety programmes, it stated the focus should be on "simple solutions that require little outside help to administer". TRL has pinpointed the Driving for Better Business programme as being in the ideal position to "galvanise action to move a standard forward, if its resources and funding status permit", given its "previous experience in outreach activities of this type".
"We'd contributed to the report quite extensively and I think the position in many ways is unchanged than what it was eight to 10 years ago," says Adrian Walsh, director of Roadsafe, a partnership of transport companies, the Government and road safety professionals. "We have no requirement in place to manage people that drive - there are no standards in place below 7.5t, and a very strict regime above that.
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