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Paper Title:
Fleet and Corporate Driving
Safety Education
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Authors:
Lori Mooren, Phil Sochon
Abstract:
In 1995, the then Federal
Office of Road Safety, together with the National Safety Council,
produced a Fleet Safety Manual. This document provides a useful
guide to approaching the task of establishing a work-related road
safety program. It also provides some accident reporting forms to
use as tools for organisations aiming to analyse crash risk factors.
Since then, the Queensland Department of Transport and New South
Wales Roads and Traffic Authority have produced documents that provide
frameworks to help organisations establish fleet safety programs.
Also, VicRoads is currently developing resources to assist organisations.
Some private insurance companies and brokers are also beginning
to offer their clients tools to assist with risk data collection
and analysis. Companies, like Lumleys, have also produced some brochures
and videos to educate drivers on driving risks and ways to avoid
risks.
Road and transport authorities in Australia have begun to examine
opportunities to support organisational driving safety for both
heavy and light vehicle fleets. This paper particularly focuses
on efforts in the light fleet area. Some States have included fleet
safety in their strategic plans.
Separately, a number
of commercial and non-commercial organisations have introduced fleet
safety and organisational driving safety programs. These programs
were instigated for a variety of reasons and take a variety of shapes.
This paper analyses results
from interviews with approximately 50 organisations with an interest
or involvement in corporate driving or fleet safety. The dimensions
of their programs or plans are defined. Similarities and differences
are examined.
Some lessons about the
evolution of these programs and ways to best support them will be
drawn out and discussed.
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