managing occupational road risk (morr™) ni...rospa’s mission is to save lives and reduce...

Presented by: Ronnie Knox

Independent Fleet Driver Trainer

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)

Managing Occupational Road Risk(MORR™)

RoSPA’s Mission is to Save Lives and Reduce Injuries

Road safety in GB

Mid 1980s 5,500 deaths a year

75,000 serious injuries

Mid 1990s 3,500 deaths a year


2014 1,775 deaths



The business case (2014 figures)

� Killed 1,775

� Seriously Injured 22,807

� Slightly Injured 169,895

� All Casualties 194,477*

4% increase in deaths, 5% increase in serious injuries and 6% overall increase from 2013

� But almost 5 deaths and 60 serious injuries every day

* Casualties reported to the police only.

The ‘real’ total is estimated to be over 700,000 a year,

including 80,000 who are seriously injured.

RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries

Additional benefits

What should be in a MORR™ policy?

■ Speed (all staff to comply with limits)

■ Fatigue (preparation for driving, mileage limits, rest periods,

caff/napping etc)

■ Night/adverse weather driving (avoidance)

■ Vehicle selection/maintenance (fit for person/purpose etc)

■ Own vehicle use (minimum conditions)

■ Driver fitness (stress, ill health, eye sight)

■ Drugs/alcohol (including non-prescription medicines)

■ Mobile phones etc etc (‘no mobile when mobile!’)

■ Driver competence (higher grades for higher risk drivers?)

RoSPA's mission is to save lives and reduce injuries

Inappropriate speed

■ Reduces time and space

margins

■ Increases energy to be

dissipated in a crash

■ Increases safe vehicle

manoeuvring challenges

‘Never travel so fast that you

cannot stop safely on your

side of the road in the

distance you can see to be

clear.’


Fatigue...

■ Adequate good quality sleep

before driving

■ Rest not substitute for sleep

■ Sleep apnoea?

■ Age factors?

■ Medicines?

■ Caff-napping?

■ Over-nighting?

■ Pre-planning stops


Distractions

■ No mobile while mobile !

■ (Hands free just as bad)

■ Clear policy: set to voicemail

and check regularly

■ Satnavs?

■ Audio equipment

■ Consuming food/drink

■ Changing music etc

■ Complex conversations


5 risk assessment steps


1. Identify activities & relevant hazards

2. Decide who is at risk

3. Assess risks

Take account of existing control measures

Identify further controls &

Implement

4. Record

5. Review and Monitor

Keep it simple


Generic Risk Assessment Specific Risk Assessment

Driving experienceLess than 2 years driving/experience

RoutesUrban, Rural, Motorway, night driving

AgeYoung drivers

Type of driving activityReactive maintenance, meetings,

attending courses, banking, overseas

Miles driven per yearOver 25000

Type of vehicle Car, private car, van, MEWP, truck

Points on Driving LicenceSP20, SP30, DR10

CircumstanceLone drivers, gender, aging workforce

Crash historyIncident rates of driver

WeatherAdverse weather?

The journey


The journey


• Eliminate unnecessary journeys

• Consider other transport modes

• Controlling drivers hours

• Safest routes

• Optimising schedules and route

• Weather and road traffic conditions

• Compliance with speed limits

• Reducing night driving and high risk hours

The vehicle


The vehicle


• Selecting the best vehicle for the job

• Regular, planned vehicle servicing and

maintenance

• Vehicle safety checks performed by drivers

• Identified fault correction and defect reporting

process

• Vehicle not used until any road legal defects are

rectified


The driver


The driver

• Recruitment & selection (criminal records?)

• Awareness of lifestyle and culture

• Attitude

• Documentation

• Assessment and required standard

• Vehicle familiarisation (height, weight, length, power)

• Induction and training on policies and procedures

• Training needs and supervision

Monitoring safety performance

Plan

• Review vehicles,

mileages, incidents,

causes, costs

• Consult workers

• Develop short policy

statement

• Simple risk

assessments


Do

• Reduce road travel

• Assess drivers

• Deliver training

• Ensure journey

planning

• Control speeding

• Ensure driver

fitness

• Right vehicle for job

• Maintenance and

servicing

• Taxed and insured

• Safe parking

manoeuvring

• Emergency plans

• Prohibit mobile

phone use

• Managers to lead

by example


Check

• Licences/points

• Road traffic

offences

• Accidents/incidents

• Daily weekly vehicle

checks

• Insurance claims

• INVESTIGATE!


Act

• Review progress

• Share lessons learned

• Develop simple action

plan

• Celebrate/reward safe

driving

• Keep the topic live



Managing the risk

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Some key points to remember

Get to know your drivers, actively involve them in the creation of your MORR policy, systems, procedures and training

Ensure your organisation has a clear, defined and documented incident escalation and investigation process

Ensure business vehicles are regularly checked for defects and implement a robust defect reporting system

Provide driver training and/or risk assessments for those at risk, include the person, the vehicle and the journey within procedures. Keep up to date and documented records that demonstrate both compliance with internal policies and a desire to improve work related road safety

Plan road safety management reviews at least every 6 months to ensure continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness of your procedures. Have your systems audited by a third party for an unbiased review

Driver records should be up to date and readily available to the enforcement agencies upon request following a work related road incident

Train all management staff to develop knowledge and skills with respect to managing occupational road risk. Managers should be able to consider the impact of certain events which may increase road traffic accidents. Evaluation is Key

Simple guidance

■ Problem

■ Law

■ Business case

1. PLAN

2. DO

3. CHECK

4. ACT



Driving for Work: Drink and Drugs

Driving for Work: Own Vehicles

Driving for Work: Mobile Phones

Driving for Work: Safer Journey Planning

Driving for Work: Driver Assessment and Training

Driving for Work: Fitness to Drive

Driving for Work: Vehicle Technology

Driving for Work: Safer Speed

Driving for Work: Telematics

MORR: Advice for SMEs

Using Telematics to Improve Driving for Work

Young Drivers at Work Toolkit

DRIVING FOR WORK GUIDESwww.rospa.com/road-safety/resources/free/employers

HSE/DfT guidance‘Driving at Work’ – Revised 2014

• Confirms that H&S law does

apply on the road

• Suggests approaches to risk

assessment

• Suggests control

measures/performance review

• Signposts further information

• Highlights the ‘‘‘‘business case’’’’

for action


Accessible at http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg382.pdf

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