Driving at work risk assessment
A driving-at-work risk assessment should consider the driver, vehicle and journey together, including privately owned vehicles used for business. Licence and competence, fitness, fatigue, mobile-phone distraction, vehicle condition, load security, scheduling, weather, lone travel and breakdown response all matter. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and Management Regulations apply to occupational road risk even though road-traffic law also governs driving. Challenge schedules that encourage speeding, long hours or driving in unsafe weather; a policy is ineffective if workload contradicts it. Verify appropriate licence, insurance and vehicle checks, plan rest and overnight stops for longer journeys, prohibit handheld phone use, and give drivers authority to postpone travel when conditions or fatigue make it unsafe.
- ✓Hazards and controls drawn from HSE guidance
- ✓Scored 5x5 risk matrix
- ✓Editable Word and PDF
In short
A risk assessment identifies what could cause harm in your work, who could be harmed and how, and what you do to control the risk. Every employer must make a suitable and sufficient assessment; with five or more employees the significant findings must be recorded.
What it must include
- ✓The hazards in the activity or workplace
- ✓Who might be harmed and how
- ✓Existing controls and further action needed
- ✓Risk rating (e.g. 5x5 likelihood x severity)
- ✓Who does what by when
- ✓Review date and when to review sooner
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