About this website - what is the 'Route Map'?

We have referred to this website as a 'Route Map'. All that this means is that this website will help you to find the areas of legislation, guidance and good practice that you are particularly interested in quickly and easily.  We have not introduced any new legislation, simply drawn together all the existing legislation, guidance and current information in one place.

Vehicles at work continue to be a major cause of fatal and major injuries. Since 1998/99 there has been an average of 61 fatalities each year as well as over 2150 major injuries and over 4270 injuries requiring the injured person to be off work for more than 3 days. Work related road deaths are estimated to be around 1000 each year.

HSE’s involvement with transport at work risks is covered by several sets of regulations, including the:

• Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
• Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
• Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
• Road Vehicle (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
• Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996
• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995

Stakeholders and duty holders had reported that with all these duties, along with those administered by the police and other agencies, it was often difficult to sort out everything that needed to be done. They wanted HSE to provide information on, and links to, good practice for transport safety. They asked for it to be:

• practical and easy to use:
• geared towards identifying problems and providing the duty holder with guidance on how to put them right
• flexible and adaptable to business needs
• generic (applicable to businesses across all sectors)

as a means of:

• providing individuals with necessary skills
• influencing attitudes and beliefs and
• helping to change culture in organizations

The aim of this website is to provide an easy to use one-stop shop for agreed good practice and current legislation covering both transport in the workplace and work related road risk.  

We hope that you will find it useful.