Road Risk Group

It is my vision that the Road Risk Group will support the Industry ambition as described in LHSBR and continue the collaboration already undertaken with key stakeholders.

Namely that Industry will reduce road risk exposure across the rail industry.  We will maximise the potential for cooperation and collaboration across industry sector groups; introduce the ‘rail industry’s management of occupational road risk charter’; and create opportunities to improve reporting and analysis. 

In the last 10 years road traffic accidents have emerged as the biggest contributor to workforce fatalities in the industry. As the railway has become a safer work environment, it has begun to expose the significance of work-related road risk.  During the period 2009/10 – 2018/19 there were 20 workforce fatalities.  Ten of these were work-related road deaths, 50% of all workforce fatalities. 

During the last two years RSSB has formed a collaborative partnership with Highways England to share knowledge, expertise and resources to help the rail industry realise its vision.