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Driving For Work
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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.
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Driving For Work
95%
95% of all accidents are attributable to human error alone
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Driving For Work
1/3
It is estimated that between 25% and 33% of road traffic collisions involve somebody who was using the road for work purposes.
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Driving For Work
31%
of top Irish companies surveyed in 'Driver Wellbeing' advised they 'never' provide driver training to employees
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Driving For Work
72%
of top Irish companies surveyed in 'Driver Wellbeing' expressed an interest in using CBT to either train or proritise training of their drivers
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Work-Related Transport Safety
63%
According to the HSA, almost two-thirds of work-related fatalities in Ireland in 2008 involved workplace transport,
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Driving For Work
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
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Driving 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
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Driving 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
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Driving for Work Resources for Employers
Approximately 1 in 3 road traffic collisions in Ireland involve drivers who are using their vehicles for work. Studies show that those who drive company cars have 30-40% more collisions than not at-work drivers and this risk increases for those who drive more than 40,000 km per annum
Research in Ireland commissioned by DriverFocus in December 2007 (see 'Driver Wellbeing' for full report), indicated that up to 42% of leading Irish business did not have driving for work policies as part of their Health and Safety management system and alarmingly, the same study showed that 31% of companies never provided driver training to their employees.
Responsibility for safe Driving for Work rests both with employers and drivers.
Health and safety law applies to all on-the-road work activities. It is vital that the risks associated with the three elements of work related road safety:
• The Driver
• The Vehicle
• The Journey
are properly managed within a workplace health and safety management system.
This Section of our website is aimed at employers, managers and supervisors whose staff drive vehicles (including company cars, vans or private cars), ride motorcycles or even cycle for work. It also applies to self-employed people, people whose main job is driving, and those who drive occasionally for the purpose of their work.
