What is corporate driver training?
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65% of all road traffic accidents
involve a company driven vehicle. Drivers of
company cars are 40% more likely to be
involved in an accident than non-company car drivers.
Statistics like these have prompted the Government to refocus on company Duty of Care legislation, demanding that businesses of all sizes provide a safe working environment for their employees, right down to their car, even if they've bought or hired it themselves.
Fosse Corporate Driver Training is a tailored driver training programme which increases the driving awareness and safety of anyone driving on company business.
Fosse Corporate Driver Training will:
- Protect three of your most valuable assets - your brand, your staff and your vehicles
- Give a valuable personal benefit to your employees
- Help your business comply with new legislation quickly and easily
- Cutting your business costs dramatically by bringing in new techniques.
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How can it help your business?
The law made it clear over 30 years ago that companies have a Duty of Care to their employees. The 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act states that all employers have a’ Duty of Care’ for the safety of any full–time, part–time or temporary staff on at-work journeys, whether they are driving their own vehicle or a company owned one. However, it was road safety bills referred to in the Queen’s Speech at the Opening of Parliament in 2004 that clearly signaled the Government’s intention NOW to refocus on Duty of Care and on companies´ responsibilities to their employees.
Corporate Driver Training could help you meet your legal 'Duty of Care' obligations. At the same time, it may bring significant benefits to your bottom line, giving you:
- Lower insurance premiums, with improved claims history
- Huge savings on fuel consumption
- Lower absenteeism and down time costs
- Lower maintenance costs
- Better residual values on company vehicles
- Lower return costs on contract hire
Your Health & Safety record and your environmental credentials will improve, your company’s brand image will be enhanced - particularly if you have liveried vehicles on the road, and you’ll benefit from improved morale and motivation amongst staff who feel more valued and protected.
 What are your legal obligations?
In 2003, there were 3,508 fatal road traffic incidents in the UK, that is nearly 10 fatal accidents every day.
An estimated 33% of those involved company car drivers. This is just one of many statistics that prompted the Government's
new Road Safety Bill. The Bill aims to improve our driving standards and includes developments specifically targeted at companies and the 35 million plus company car drivers in the UK.
Add to that the Corporate Manslaughter Bill announced in October 2004 and the levels of responsibility on companies to ensure the safe use of vehicles for company business are now greater than ever.
Amongst the provisions of this proposed legislation businesses will need to:
- have comprehensive road safety policies in place
- employ road safety management procedures, including risk assessment
- implement practices to eradicate or minimise any risks identified
- give staff the information, training and supervision they need to be safe on the road
- audit where necessary
Fosse Corporate Driver Training can help your business comply with current and the forthcoming legislation, easily and cost-effectively.
Failure to comply
Failure to comply with the legislation could have severe consequences. Company directors and managers could face a jail sentence and an unlimited fine based on company turnover. Even if your company is not directly responsible for an offence, you could be judged 'vicariously liable' for endangering or causing harm through the negligence of an employee driving on company business. If one of your vehicles or an employee driving on company business is involved in a fatal accident, your company could face a charge of reckless killing, killing by gross carelessness or corporate killing.
How can Fosse help?
Understand your business
Fosse Corporate Driver Training is built on years of motoring knowledge, experience and expertise. Our consultants will work with you to define what is needed for your business. They’ll then design a tailor–made training course to meet all of your objectives.
We provide specialist, qualified training
We are an organisation who guarantee that all our instructors are fully qualified. That means they are all DSA–registered Approved Driving Instructors with specialist fleet driver training skills.
We offer flexible solutions
We’ll provide exactly what your business needs, whether its driver or vehicle assessments, individual or group training, new or experienced driver programmes. There is no fixed solution. All the businesses we work with are unique. That’s why they get a uniquely tailored recommendation.
You can have full or half day programmes to cover the different vehicles on your fleet and different levels of driver experience. You may prefer group training sessions – combining practical and CD-ROM theory-based exercises – or on the road 1:1 driver training to address specific individual needs.
Find out what we could do for you
For more information on Fosse Corporate Driver Training or to discuss what we could do for you and get a detailed quote, call us on
0800 0757 657
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