Road Driving for a Safer Railway - The Road Risk Charter

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Topics in this episode include:

• Steve describes his current position and railway career, and the sectors he worked in before joining the railway.  [1:30]
• Steve describes what's in the Charter, who he wants to sign it, and the benefits that it will bring.  [2:06]
• Steve explains why signing the charter and working collaboratively will bring greater benefits than going it alone.  And about how we are all interconnected in our geographical areas of work.  [3:30]
• Steve talks about the numbers involved in road accidents and how road driving risk touches the whole of our industry and society.  [5:05]
• Steve answers a question about why companies should commit to the Charter when the future is uncertain and employees and resources are already stretched.  [6:42]
• Steve answers a question about how road risk impacts even those companies that don't, or don't appear to, run vehicle fleets.  [7:03]
• Steve puts forward the case for signing the Charter and engaging with road risk.  He outlines some of the benefits that may come from looking more closely a road risk, including cost savings and reputational benefit. [8:09]
• Close.  [9:47]

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Leading Health and Safety on Britain's Railway: Occupational Road Risk Management page
• Driving for Better Business website
• Road Risk Group web page
• Association for Road Risk Management
• National Freight Safety Group webpage.

Related resources:

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