The ScORSA Statement

'Managing Occupational Road Safety: an Opportunity for your Business'

A picture of a lorry.We believe that employers should manage at-work road risk within the framework that they should already have in place for managing all other occupational health and safety risks.

Reducing work-related road accidents makes real economic sense, reducing costs in both time and money in terms of absent staff, lost production and damage to commercial reputation. There can also be benefits such as reduced insurance costs. An accident at work can also affect an employee’s own car insurance premium.

We believe that all employers, large or small, private or public, should seek to develop a systematic approach to managing occupational road risk that is appropriate to their business, for example by:

  • Increasing employee awareness
  • Complying with legal duties
  • Assessing risk
  • Having safe systems in place
  • Ensuring appropriate training has been undertaken
  • Giving practical advice
  • Providing appropriate support
  • Encouraging full reporting
  • Near miss recording / record keeping

By joining ScORSA organisations commit to achieving a cycle of continuous improvement in occupational road safety performance, ensuring that this approach is underpinned by a proactive, positive work related road safety culture lead by all senior managers with full workforce consultations and participation.

ScORSA urges all employers to sign up to the ScORSA Statement to improve safety on Scotland’s roads and to share their good practice with all other organisations that share the same vision.