Toolkit launched to guide road safety advice for workplaces

Driving for Better Business (DfBB) has launched a new Local Road Safety Partner Toolkit, a free 45‑minute online masterclass designed specifically for local authority teams, police and fire and rescue services. 

The toolkit explains the scale of work‑related road risk, outlines employer responsibilities, and provides practical, ready‑to‑use resources to help local authorities engage businesses in their area.

It also identifies five immediate actions partnerships can take, supported by downloadable materials, to start reducing collisions involving at‑work drivers.

The toolkit is available to access via the DfBB website.

For local road safety professionals, understanding where collisions originate is essential to reducing casualties. A significant proportion of serious incidents on local roads involve someone driving for work, yet this risk is often hidden in plain sight.

National Highways’ DfBB programme highlights that at least a third of fatal and serious collisions involve at least one person who was driving for work. Van drivers, in particular, are involved in more road deaths per mile travelled than any other user group.