Work-related road safety in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America: an overview of regulatory approaches and recommendations to enhance strategy and practice

Work-related travel and transport by road is fundamental for industry, government and organisations. Traditionally, road safety interventions at societal level have focussed on improving road and vehicle engineering and changing road-user behaviour through transport laws and safety campaigns. Crash data indicate that significant numbers of road-user fatalities occur while driving to or for work. Therefore, workplace initiatives can improve both road and worker safety. This paper reviews regulatory approaches to work-related road safety (WRRS) in Australia, the United Kingdom and United States, identifying significant and consistent gaps in policy, management and research. In all three countries,responsibility for managing and regulating WRRS is spread across government agencies, without a single coordinating body. This paper makes the case that integrating management of WRRS into regulatory and nonregulatory occupational health and safety (OHS) initiatives would foster and support collaboration between research and practice communities, ensuring a comprehensive evidence base for future programs.

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  http://acrs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/ACRSjournalVol24No3aug13WEB.pdf
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• Authors:
  • Stuckey, R
  • Pratt, S G
  • Murray, W
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10-20
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Australasian College of Road Safety
  • ISSN: 1832-9497

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway safety; Occupational safety; Policy, legislation and regulation; Trip purpose; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (road users)
• Geographic Terms: Australia; United Kingdom
• ATRI Terms: Journey purpose; Journey to work; Occupational health; Road safety; Transport regulation
• ITRD Terms: 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01495527
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 17 2013 10:01AM