Safety Culture

Managing work related road safety is not simply a matter of having formal ‘systems’ in place to achieve continuous improvement in performance. ‘Systems’ need to be underpinned by what has become known as a ‘health and safety culture – that is a shared view within all parts of the organisation of the seriousness of health and safety problems to be addressed and the efficacy of systems and control measures necessary to tackle them.

Organisations seeking to tackle safety on the road while at work need to develop a ‘corporate road safety culture’ as part of their overall health and safety culture. They need to seek to reinforce positive attitudes to road safety, for example by recognising good performance and positive suggestions and ensuring that work related road safety becomes a common talking point and is taken seriously by every employee.

For information of measuring health and safety culture, view the HSE’s HSE "Health and Safety Climate Tool".

In July 2004 the Department for Transport published "Safety Culture and Work-Related Road Accidents" ( PDF format 1.08mb)

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