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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to 'Reduce Work-Related Road Risks'. More details
Submitted by Graham King of prestonworkers – Deadline to sign up by: 11 April 2008 – Signatures: 2,694
20 people on average are killed weekly by work-related road crashes (UK Government statistics). Employers often cause or contribute to these deaths by excluding driving from their Health & Safety arrangements, placing responsibility on individual drivers' behaviour, not satisfying legal duties to assess/mitigate risk, pressurising by unreasonable targets, occupational hazards - long hours, stress, bullying, and not recognising driving is integral to many peoples’ work.
Health and Safety Executive annual work-related accidents/deaths statistics are wrong, as work-related road incidents are excluded & do not count towards any Health & Safety improvements.
The Government must act immediately to: make reportable under RIDDOR all injuries and deaths to workers/members of the public from work-related traffic incidents, improve enforcement by HSE, local authorities & police of employers’ statutory duties under existing legislation and enable the prosecution of negligent employers for corporate killing.
Petition nationally endorsed by all UK trade unions representing members who drive whilst at work.
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