Road Driving for a Safer Railway - The Hidden Problem

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Topics in this episode include:

• Anne-Marie describes how she came to be working in the field of road safety and then with the rail industry.  [1:26]
• Tavid describes how he came to work in the rail industry, and particularly on road driving risk.  [2:08]
• Tavid talks about the work that RSSB has done, including road risk as a priority topic in Leading Health and Safety on Britain's Railway, and forming the Road Risk Group.  [3:04]
• Anne-Marie talks about the Driving for Better Business (DfBB) programme, its vision, and what it aims to do. She also talks about the accident statistics for people driving for business.  [4:05]
• Tavid talks about how DfBB provides a common framework for our industry and about the need for a collaborative approach to managing road risk.  [6:42]
• Anne-Marie describes the resources that DfBB delivers and the value that Highways England has seen from collaborating with RSSB and the rail industry. She also touches on the benefits that organisations that sign up to the DfBB programme can realise. [7:35]
• Tavid talks about the benefits that he has seen from working with DfBB and those that he envisages for the rail industry in the future. He also talks about the collaborative work that is already in place.  [9:16]
• Tavid describes the challenges that the rail industry faces in managing road risk. He talks about the Charter that has been developed for industry, to sign up to the DfBB programme, the plan for a gateway to the resources available to the industry and its supply chain.  [10:15]
• Anne-Marie talks about how the Charter's obligations are no more that meeting existing legal requirements, and the seven simple steps of the DfBB programme that will lead to compliance and then on to a strengthened culture for road safety. And about how Highways England is available to help those signed up to the DfBB programme to better manage road risk.  [11:47]
• Close.  [13:28]

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Leading Health and Safety on Britain's Railway: Occupational Road Risk Management page
• 'Managing occupational road risk associated with road driver fatigue' research project T997 
• Driving for Better Business website
• Road Risk Group web page: 
• Association for Road Risk Management.

Related resources:

• RoSPA, Management of Occupational Road Risk web page 
• Infrastructure Safety Leadership Group 
• RoadSafe website.
• Blog: Road Driving for a Safer Railway - The Road Risk Charter