It has been one of the strongest supporters of the fleet sector over the last decade - and now the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has the award to prove it.

At the 2008 Fleet World Honours, RoSPA was presented with the Safety Award for promoting the management of occupational road risk. The reward is recognition for the society’s advice and guidance on the subject of duty of care.

Chairman of the judges George Emmerson commented: “As fleets continue to get to grips with ever increasing Duty of Care legislation, RoSPA is providing a huge amount of useful professional advice and guidance on the subject. RoSPA totally covers the issues of heath and safety at work and its guidance should be required reading for any company wishing to fully comply with the legislation as applying to the operation of company cars and their drivers.”

The trophy was presented to Errol Taylor, the safety charity’s deputy chief executive, who spoke of its ongoing commitment to enhancing road safety and the need for fleet operators to put their staff to the test through its ROADTest scheme.

Mr Taylor said: “This is a tremendous accolade, which helps to raise the profile of the work we do with fleets to improve road safety. As part of our ongoing fleet education programme, our new Driving for Work video helps drivers to recognise some of their own risky behaviours - which can then be addressed by RoSPA’s tailored package of risk assessments, online learning and maybe some in-car training.

“Ultimately, we would hope that every driver would feel equipped to take that ultimate challenge: ROADTest, RoSPA’s Occupational Advanced Driving Test. The proven benefits to fleet managers are reduced accident rates and better fuel efficiency.”

For further information visit the RoSPA website.