The Occupational Road Risk Management Charter

This Charter sets out a series of commitments to reduce road risk. This risk relates to the likelihood of being killed or injured while driving, or being driven, for work purposes. These commitments, which also extend to your supply chain, help ensure the effective management of occupational road risk.

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The Occupational Road Risk Management Charter is a leadership statement. By signing it, the Chief Executive or Managing Director is making a commitment to their organisation to embed road risk management tools in line with the Rail Health and Safety Strategy for the management of road risk.*

Each company committing to this Charter should appoint an internal road risk ‘Champion’. This person will have a responsibility to communicate the Charter requirements throughout the company.

The Charter provides an opportunity for rail sector leaders to work together. It is a common framework to work with the Rail Health and Safety Strategy and Occupational Road Risk Management collaboration arrangements.

Each rail sector should appoint a road risk rep. Also, some rail sectors have set up their own road risk groups. These forums are already delivering increased awareness of the need to share good practice and to participate in collaboration programmes that provide mutual benefit for all.

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You can download a copy of the Charter to print and display at work here.

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*This is available through the Driving for Better Business Programme and RSSB.

The rail industry Occupational Road Risk Management Charter

We acknowledge the following legal responsibilities to manage risk:

It is the legal responsibility of all employers to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of their employees, their contractors, and those affected by their operations.
It is the legal responsibility of all employers to ensure that they do not harm or endanger the public, passengers, or others.

We note that:

Within the rail industry, we are aware that people—including our employees—are seriously harmed through road risk activities.

We believe that road risk can best be mitigated by:

having a structured approach to controlling road risk
having written processes and procedures that are assured
independent monitoring of the application of these processes and procedures to ensure they are applied diligently and consistently
engaging with colleagues and contractors to raise awareness and influence safe behaviours and driving techniques.

We will therefore:

support commitment to the National Highways Driving for Better Business programme
support commitment to the Network Rail Drive Safe programme where applicable
encourage our suppliers and subcontractors to also register with this programme
undertake independent annual assessments against this programme
contribute to the further development of the programme by actively engaging with risk groups.

What is Driving for Better Business?

Driving for Better Business is a National Highways programme. Backed by the ORR, it helps employers reduce road risk through good practice management of staff who drive as part of their job. It’s completely free to access. And it contains useful online tools and resources to help employers:

evaluate practices
strengthen culture
enhance performance
show leadership in the management of work-related road risk.

Key tools and resources include:

templates for a typical 'good practice' driving for work policy document
road risk management gap analysis
safety information and toolbox talk resources to share with drivers.

The vision is 'a world where those who drive for work do so safely, effeciently, and sustainably'.