MORR Policies
As an organisation, you have a moral as well as a legal duty to manage your employees’ risk on the road in the same way as any other health and safety issue to protect them and non employees alike. You have a commitment to do all that is reasonably practicable to ensure high standards of health, safety and welfare for all employees using vehicles as part of their work. Risk assessments should be undertaken for all activities.
In line with other Health and Safety policies you should be promoting a positive safety culture throughout the organisation. With adequate policies in place covering the Driver, Vehicle and Journey Planning this will help:
- reduce the risk of accidents and casualties to your vehicles and staff
- reduce the costs of these to your company and other road users
- indicate your commitment to road safety and care of the environment
- encourage drivers to be aware of their own driving standards and to drive safely.
- As a result your employees should observe high standards of driving and respect their local environment when using vehicles in the course of their work. Any policies must be “top down” i.e. fully supported and understood by all management levels.
- The whole organisation needs to be part of policy development so they understand the why and wherefore. This gives employees some measure of ownership.
- Director/Senior Manager level must be responsible for overall implementation, compliance and auditing.
- Employees must be made aware of relevant policies and their individual responsibilities.
If you have 5 or more employees you are by law required to Manage Occupational Road Risks which includes documents and producers for:
- The Law and Road Safety
- Employers Responsibilities
- Legal Framework
- Vehicles and Safety
- Accidents and Risk Assessment
- Fatigue, Hazardous loads and Driver competency
- Planning journeys and breaks
- Adverse weather or Road Conditions
- Parking, Mobile phones & Breakdowns
- Effective vehicle Risk management
- Delegate Assessment of Understanding
What your policy must cover:
- Introduce a policy to manage occupational road risk
- Introduce procedures and monitoring systems to check the following are working effectively:
- Driving and vehicle documentation
- Vehicle and servicing schedules
- Reporting procedures following a road traffic collision
- Complaints procedure
- The use of mobile phones
- Consumption of alcohol and driving
- Tiredness and fatigue
- Driver training
- Eyesight
- Vehicle security
- Compliance with speed limits
- Internal procedures following a road traffic collision
- Procedures following a break down
- Coping with severe weather conditions
- Driving alone
- First aid
- Planning your journey
- Parking at night
Do not worry the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership will help you with everything you need for Managing Occupational Road Risks. From polices to driving skills
What do I need to do now?
Please post or email your details to the Lincolnshire road safety Partnership (See Contacts tab) and include:
- Name of Applicant
- Company Name
- Company Address
- Post code
- Telephone Number
- Email address
- Type of company
- The Employers charter
