Hackney becomes road safety Business Champion
Written by Fiona Birkwood.
The London Borough of Hackney has introduced a wide range of at-work driving safety initiatives that has seen the council become a Business Champion under the government-backed Driving for Better Business campaign, which is delivered by RoadSafe.
Hackney is the first local authority in London to achieve Business Champion status and is one of only four councils in the country among the now 29 organisations that have achieved Champion status and are therefore in the forefront of promoting occupational road risk management.
With an estimated 200 road deaths and serious injuries a week resulting from crashes involving at-work drivers, and more employees killed and seriously injured on Britain’s roads while driving on behalf of their employer than in any other work-related activity, the campaign aims to improve safety on the roads.
Replacing car headlight bulbs as soon as possible after they have gone out is one way of ensuring greater safety when driving at night.
According to the Highway Code, drivers must ensure all sidelights and rear registration plate lights are illuminated between sunset and sunrise.
