RoSPA - Company details

Fleet management company Arval has announced that a road safety video that the company produced in 2007 is going to be used by Royal Mail. The video was so realistic of a crash event that postal giant Royal Mail has confirmed that it will be using the video to support their own safety training with 190,000 of their employees. Arval’s mock crash event saw the reconstruction of a car and cyclist colliding at 35mph demonstrating the serious consequences of poor driving. A crash on this scale ... read more

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has launched a major research study aimed at helping young drivers to stay safe when they are on the road as part of their job. RoSPA’s Young Drivers at Work project is seeking the views of managers who employ 17-24-year-old drivers. It will lead to a better understanding of the safety issues involved in these employees getting behind the wheel for tasks such as making deliveries, going to meetings or travelling between sites. A ... read more

RoSPA has announced that Elizabeth Lumsden will be taking on the new role of Community Safety Manager for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents in Scotland. This will see Lumsden combine her previous post of Home Safety Manager for Scotland with representing RoSPA on road safety issues in Scotland as well. Lumsden has been with RoSPA for 14 years and was at one time Road Safety Manager for Scotland for three years. Elizabeth Lumsden: “Road and home safety are now very closely ... read more

A major RoSPA conference will explore how the lessons learned through previous approaches to road safety can be taken forward to further reduce road deaths and injuries in the UK and around the world. The safety charity’s 74th Road Safety Congress will hear that significant progress has been made in reducing the number of lives lost and injuries suffered on the UK’s roads, despite massive increases in traffic. But it will also be told that, on average, eight people are still ... read more

In this time of doom and gloom for motorists – at last we all have something to smile about, it has been announced that UK roads are getting safer. Figures published from the DfT has confirmed that this year is a record low for road deaths. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has welcomed the news that the number of deaths on Britain’s roads had fallen below 3,000 for the first time since records began more than 80 years ago. The seven per cent fall in roads deaths ... read more

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has launched an improved version of its psychometric risk assessment Driver Profiler tool. According to the charity, the improved version will bring new benefits to organisations wishing to gauge the strengths and weaknesses of their employees’ driving. Driver Profiler 2 is an online software package that assesses the risks associated with an employee’s use of the road, enabling informed decisions to be taken about training that ... read more

To help fleets deal with the latest legislation in Corporate Manslaugher, RoSPA has announced that it will hold free road safety seminars. The four road safety seminars will be staged in association with the Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives. RoSPA has confirmed that the events will be free to organisations based in Scotland and will be held in June in four Scottish cities. Focussing on driver training and motivation, the events will feature Willie Wills, RoSPA’s road safety manager ... read more

At the recent ACFO conference, members have been warned that driver training without implementing systematic changes to a business’s safety policy have only a short term impact. This was according to motoring safety expert Tim Marsh. Marsh, a qualified psychologist and safety expert stated further, “Even the best safety training speeches only had an impact for two weeks, after which time drivers returned to their normal habits.” There are many driver-training programmes to ... read more

 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 ... read more

ScottishPower Fleet Business has won RoSPA’s top award for managing occupational road risk. The company was named best of 20 businesses and organisations who were honoured by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents for the way they tackle work-related road safety. Last year’s winner Tesco.com – Home Shopping Deliveries Vans was highly commended while Arriva North East Ltd of Sunderland was commended. ScottishPower Fleet Business is responsible for supplying and maintaining ... read more

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) announced today that drivers who passed their prestigious advanced driving test for “at-work” motorists now have the opportunity to upgrade their qualification free of charge. For the first time, successful candidates who have carried out three days of RoADTest training with the safety charity can apply to Edexcel to have their qualification recognised at BTEC Level Three at no extra cost. The opportunity is available to candidates ... read more

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a stark warning to companies to make sure they comply with Health and Safety law and take into account the new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, which comes into force from 6 April 2008. Driving is the most dangerous activity that most employees undertake as part of their working day. According to The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) around 20 people are killed and 220 seriously injured every week in ... read more