Road Driving for a Safer Railway—The Hidden Problem

In this episode Tavid Dobson, Lead Safety Management Specialist at RSSB and Anne-Marie Penny, Senior Road Safety Policy Adviser at National Highways, talk about how collaboration between their organisations is working to better manage the risk that arises from driving for work.01:26 About Anne-Marie and how she came to work in road safety.02:08 About Tavid and how he came to work on road driving risk.03:04 RSSB's work on road risk, now a priority topic in Leading Health and Safety on Britain's Railway.04:05 The Driving for Better Business (DfBB) programme, its vision, its aims, and accident statistics for people driving for work.06:42 Using DfBB as a common framework and the need for a collaborative approach.07:35 Resources available from DfBB, and the value of collaboration with RSSB.09:16 The industry benefits from working with DfBB now and in the future.10:15 The challenges that the rail industry faces in managing road risk.11:47 The DfBB programme is no more than meeting existing legal requirements.Resources mentioned in this episode:Leading Health and Safety on Britain's Railway: Occupational Road Risk Management page: https://www.rssb.co.uk/safety-and-health/leading-health-and-safety-on-britains-railway/occupational-road-risk-management 'Managing occupational road risk associated with road driver fatigue' research project T997  https://www.sparkrail.org/pages/libraryresults.aspx?k=T997 Driving for Better Business website: https://www.drivingforbetterbusiness.com/ Road Risk Group web page:  https://www.rssb.co.uk/what-we-do/groups-and-committees/safety/ssrg/rrg Association for Road Risk Management: https://www.arrm.org.uk/  Related resources:RoSPA, Management of Occupational Road Risk web page:  https://www.rospa.com/occupational-safety/our-projects/morr Infrastructure Safety Leadership Group:  https://www.rssb.co.uk/what-we-do/groups-and-committees/safety/ssrg/islg RoadSafe website: https://www.roadsafe.com/