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Work-related road accidents are much more expensive than many employers realise. The estimated full cost can be €8 to €36 for every euro claimed on insurance.

95%

95% of all accidents are attributable to human error alone

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It is estimated that between 25% and 33% of road traffic collisions involve somebody who was using the road for work purposes.

31%

of top Irish companies surveyed in 'Driver Wellbeing' advised they 'never' provide driver training to employees

72%

of top Irish companies surveyed in 'Driver Wellbeing' expressed an interest in using CBT to either train or proritise training of their drivers

63%

According to the HSA, almost two-thirds of work-related fatalities in Ireland in 2008 involved workplace transport,

 61%

of at-work drivers also admit to regularly leaving less than a two-second gap, compared to 40% of drivers who don’t drive for work

74%

of at-work drivers admit to travelling at least 10mph (16kph) faster on motorways, compared to 47% of drivers who don’t drive for work

45%

In a 2008 survey of 1,506 people by Nationwide Mutual Insurance in the USA, 81% of drivers acknowledged that they talk on phones while driving.  98% considered themselves safe drivers and 45% said they had been hit or nearly hit by a driver talking on a phone!

Source: New York Times July 19, 2009