RoSPA Press Office : Press Release
May 17, 2002
FIVE LEAD THE FIELD IN FLEET SAFETY
Five companies are celebrating winning prestigious RoSPA awards for the way they manage the safety of their fleets.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Award for Managing Occupational Road Risk covers fleets of all types, including company cars, trucks, vans and motorcycles.
Winners of gold awards were: Esso Petroleum Company Ltd, Southampton; Permabond, Eastleigh, Hampshire; Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd, Northampton LDS; and Palmer & Harvey McLane Ltd, Hove, East Sussex. A silver award went to npower Yorkshire Metering Services, Birstall, West Yorkshire.
They provided evidence of: a road risk management policy, staff organisation, standard setting, monitoring and measuring performance (including accident records) and review and audit procedures.
They also demonstrated a consistently good or continuously improving road risk management performance over a given period. All showed a reduction in road accidents.
Kevin Birch, RoSPA Head of Road and Fleet Solutions, said: “These companies must be congratulated on the high quality of their presentations, which showed how seriously they take this issue. We hope to see many more businesses and organisations following their lead and joining them at the awards ceremony next year.
“As well as reducing the pain and misery caused by road accidents, they have seen the economic benefits of managing occupational road risk and have saved money.
“They all had simple, easily understood safety management systems, strongly supported by their employees.”
The awards were presented by Lord Brougham and Vaux, RoSPA vice-president, at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel at the NEC on Thursday (May16).
Kevin Birch said: “RoSPA has proved that one of the best ways to raise health and safety standards is to encourage and reward those who head the field and lead by example. It is now widely accepted that fleet managers have a key role to play in reducing deaths and injuries on Britain’s roads, as it is estimated that between 800 and 1,000 deaths a year are linked in some way with people driving for work.”
