MORR™ : Product/Services Suite
Developing a Risk Management Approach
- Between 25–30 per cent of the 3,500 fatalities occurring on Britain’s roads annually are work related;
Car and van drivers who cover 25,000 miles a year as part of their job are at virtually the same risk of being killed at work as coal miners! - Employers have moral as well as legal duties to assess these risks and take ‘reasonably practicable measures’ to ensure ‘safe systems of work’ for their drivers.
- Companies which take action to promote the safety of their staff while driving can reduce accident costs, make efficiency savings, improve their image (a company’s drivers are its ambassadors on the road!) and make a significant contribution to meeting UK road safety targets.
These are just some of the reasons why RoSPA has been campaigning for the last six years for organisations to adopt a proactive risk management approach to reducing the risks connected with ‘at work’ vehicle use, tackling this issue within the framework which they will already have in place for managing health and safety at work.
As a member of the Government’s Work Related Road Safety Task Group, RoSPA has been helping to establish a national strategy on MORR™, including the development of forthcoming HSE guidance for employers on their duties to manage risk on the road under the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations.
The RoSPA Road Risk Solutions Product Suite
Additional information can be found in the Driver and Fleet Solutions section.
The Society has developed a suite of products to help organisations develop a ‘risk management system’ approach to MORR™ and to make specific interventions to improve their fleet safety performance. These are described in summary below:
Guidance
- ‘Managing Risk on the Road: the RoSPA guide’
Guidance publication on the case for MORR™ with practical guidance on how to establish a ‘joined up management system’. 
Minibus Safety Code of Practice (PDF format 495kb)
Guidance on safe standards in mini-bus driving.- Choosing Safer Vehicles (PDF format 492kb)
Simple guidance on vehicle safety specifications. - Safer Journey Planner (PDF format 162kb)
How to plan safer routes, schedules etc. - Ten Point Code on ‘Speed’, ‘Fatigue’ and ‘Driver Competence’
- MORR Resource Pack : including MORR™ guidance, video and other tools
- Greener Motoring, the RoSPA guide : guidance on how to reduce environmental impact of fleet operations and reduce costs.
Review/ Audit Services
Initial Status Review
An initial review of fleet status, policies, people and procedures already in place and recommendations for developing a coherent risk management system.
Periodic Audit
More in-depth examination or MORR™ within an organisation
Risk Management Skills
Managing Risk on the Road
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one-day course aimed at managers and safety professionals.
Accident Investigation Skills
a one-day course to enhance understanding of post crash data collection and analysis, establishment of immediate underlying causes, and recommendations for action.
Driver Development
In-vehicle risk assessment: Assessing driver competence.
Defensive driving courses: Focusing on driver attitudes and teaching the ‘system’ of driving by classroom and in-car tuition.
Minibus Driver Training: Similarly a one-day course for those required to drive minibuses.
Chauffeurs’ Courses: A specialised course focusing on driver skills and security issues.
Assessor’s Course: For those undertaking in-company driver assessment.
Skid Control: Developing vehicle control skills.
Contact RoSPA’s Driver and Fleet Solutions for details of these and other courses on 0121 248 2105 and 0131 449 9379 for courses in Scotland.
Driver Achievement Recognition
RoSPA Advanced Test: for both car drivers and motorcyclists, BTEC accredited.
RoSPA National Minibus test: assessing minibus driver competence.
National Safe Driving Awards scheme: rewarding accident free driving.
RoSPA MORR™ Award: recognising company wide excellence in MORR™.
Instructor Training
RoSPA National Diploma in Advanced Driving Instruction:
Nationally recognised qualification for advanced driver trainers – BTEC accredited.
RoSPA National Diploma in Advanced Riding Instruction:
Nationally recognised standard for advanced rider trainers. BTEC accredited.
Other
Behavioural aspects of driving: explaining factors influencing driver attitudes and performance impairment.
Banksman’s course: essential skills for those directing vehicle movements.
Personal safety: awareness and skills course to help protect vehicles and drivers.
Videos: ‘Kings of the Road’, award winning video now available through RoSPA challenging attitudes to driving.
Posters: designed to raise awareness.
Accident report kit: a Halfords product with a RoSPA safe driving leaflet.
RoSPA Road Risk Solutions (RRS)
RoSPA staff are available to talk through organisations’ MORR™ problems and development needs and, where appropriate, to give briefing presentations in-company to key decision makers.
Organisations using RoSPA RRS are also encouraged to become members of RoSPA (both its ‘occupational’ and ‘road safety sections’) and to attend RoSPA events such as occupational road safety congresses.
Additional information can be found within the Driver and Fleet Solutions section of this web site.
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