Many bosses are ignorant of the new "Driving At Work" Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance, warned vehicle risk management company Risk Answers.
Risk Answers said a survey it conducted of 200 delegates at a recent fleet industry conference revealed that only one person would have felt comfortable if police officers investigating a road accident asked to see the company's risk management strategy.
The warning comes after the HSE published its guidance on driving at work, outlining issues such as companies' legal responsibilities, the benefits of managing work-related road safety, how road safety should be managed, and how road risks should be assessed.
Jeremy Hay, chief executive of risk answers said: "The fact that just one person out of 200 believes that their company has in place an at-work risk management strategy that would stand up to police scrutiny in the event of one of their members of staff being involved in a serious accident is a staggering indictment of British business."
