Drivers 'have responsibility' to cut transport deaths
February 20, 2008
A major safety training event planned for next week will aim to reduce the number of road deaths and injuries in UK industry.
Organised by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), Glasgow's Road Safety Congress will highlight the roles of drivers and local communities in making the nation's roads less hazardous.
Furthermore, specific presentations will focus on driver safety training and testing, as well as ways of engaging both young and older drivers.
Kevin Clinton, head of road safety for RoSPA, emphasised that both bosses and employees play an important part in ensuring the safety of other road users.
"We are now approaching the final few years of the government's current road safety strategy, which set key targets for reductions in the number of casualties on our roads by 2010," he stated.
Mr Clinton added: "We are doing very well against these targets, but could do even better."
Recent statistics revealed that 66 people died as a result of workplace transport accidents last year.
A spokesperson for RoSPA responded to the figures by pointing out that the need for effective transport management, as well as the management of occupational road risks, "cuts across industry boundaries".
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Organised by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), Glasgow's Road Safety Congress will highlight the roles of drivers and local communities in making the nation's roads less hazardous.
Furthermore, specific presentations will focus on driver safety training and testing, as well as ways of engaging both young and older drivers.
Kevin Clinton, head of road safety for RoSPA, emphasised that both bosses and employees play an important part in ensuring the safety of other road users.
"We are now approaching the final few years of the government's current road safety strategy, which set key targets for reductions in the number of casualties on our roads by 2010," he stated.
Mr Clinton added: "We are doing very well against these targets, but could do even better."
Recent statistics revealed that 66 people died as a result of workplace transport accidents last year.
A spokesperson for RoSPA responded to the figures by pointing out that the need for effective transport management, as well as the management of occupational road risks, "cuts across industry boundaries".
Find out more about health and safety at work
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