title: Workplace road safety risk management: An investigation into Australian practices.
abstract: In Australia, more than 30% of the traffic volume can be attributed to work-related vehicles. Although work-related driver safety has been given increasing attention in the scientific literature, it is uncertain how well this knowledge has been translated into practice in industry. It is also unclear how current practice in industry can inform scientific knowledge. The aim of the research was to use a benchmarking tool developed by the National Road Safety Partnership Program to assess industry maturity in relation to risk management practices. A total of 83 managers from a range of small, medium and large organisations were recruited through the Victorian Work Authority. Semi-structured interviews aimed at eliciting information on current organisational practices, as well as policy and procedures around work-related driving were conducted and the data mapped onto the benchmarking tool. Overall, the results demonstrated varying levels of maturity of risk management practices across organisations, highlighting the need to build accountability within organisations, improve communication practices, improve journey management, reduce vehicle-related risk, improve driver competency through an effective workplace road safety management program and review organisational incident and infringement management. The findings of the study have important implications for industry and highlight the need to review current risk management practices.
authors.affiliation: Monash Accident Research Centre Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia. Electronic address: amanda.warmerdam@monash.edu.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Warmerdam
authors.affiliation: Monash Accident Research Centre Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Newnam
authors.affiliation: Monash Accident Research Centre Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
authors.forename: Dianne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sheppard
authors.affiliation: The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.affiliation: Transport, Health and Urban Design, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stevenson
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001315:Australia; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology*; D019985:Benchmarking; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D015397:Program Evaluation; D017751:Safety Management; D017132:Workplace
keywords: Benchmarking; Driver risk management; Driver safety; Fleet management; Risk management practices; Work-related drivers