Checklist for road safety-related corporate culture

Your engagement towards a safer workplace

Use the checklists for “Companies and Businesses” to assess the current state of your prevention culture. The resulting measures will enable you to systematically and sustainably create conditions that ensure work-related travel and commuting to and from work can take place safely.

Health and safety at work and in road traffic are important to me, I set examples myself and am a role model for my employees

1 / 3
The statement is correctYesPartiallyNot yetN/A
  1. The safe participation of my employees in road traffic is a very high priority for me.
  2. I know that I also have a responsibility to ensure that my employees can partake in road traffic safely.
  3. Safe participation in road traffic is important to me. I am a role model for my employees.
  4. I am sure that I can also influence the behaviour of my employees outside the company.
  5. If I see unsafe or risky behaviour, I try to promptly seek a personal conversation with the person concerned.
  6. I have set the objective of maintaining safe road traffic participation of my employees as a guiding principle (mission statement / principles / declaration).
  7. I personally attend further training courses in which safe participation in road traffic is discussed.
Evaluation is available after all statements have been assessed.

Excellent! You make safety a priority and demonstrate that preventing accidents on the road is important to you. Please take a closer look at any specific areas on the check list that do not yet apply to you. You can also seek individual advice from the German Road Safety Council (DVR) to work together on identifying helpful actions and opportunities for your company. 

You are on a good way towards establishing road safety as a priority within your company. Take a closer look at those aspects on the check list that do not yet apply to your company. The German Road Safety Council (DVR) and the German Social Accident Insurance Institutions offer many opportunities to establish road safety in your company. 

 

You can also seek individual advice from the DVR to identify useful actions and opportunities for your company. By giving occupational health and safety in the workplace and on the road high priority, you demonstrate that you care about the well-being of your employees and lead by example.

You are still in the early stages to set up occupational health and safety within your company. The German Road Safety Council (DVR) and the German Social Accident Insurance Institutions offer many opportunities to establish road safety in your company. Therefore, take a close look at those aspects on the check list that you have given little or no consideration to so far. This might help you to identify initial approaches. For this purpose, you can find tailored support for companies and trainings to prevent work related road accidents on this website. 

 

You can also seek advice from the DVR to identify useful actions and opportunities for your company. By giving occupational health and safety in the workplace and on the road high priority, you demonstrate that the well-being of your employees is important to you. 

The German Road Safety Council (DVR) and the German Social Accident Insurance Institutions offer many opportunities to establish road safety in your company. Therefore, take a close look at those aspects on the check list that you have given little or no consideration to so far. This might help you to identify initial approaches. For this purpose, you can find tailored support for companies and trainings to prevent work related road accidents on this website. 

You can also seek advice from the DVR to identify useful actions and opportunities for your company. By giving occupational health and safety in the workplace and on the road high priority, you demonstrate that the well-being of your employees is important to you. 

We have openly communicated road safety as a principle

2 / 3
The statement is correctYesPartiallyNot yetN/A
  1. We have rules for safe behaviour at the workplace. These also refer to routes and journeys required for business purposes.
  2. Care is taken to ensure that all employees are aware of these rules.
  3. There is a company agreement, for example, on the minimum safety equipment of vehicles used for business purposes.
  4. There are service instructions, e.g. for the planning and execution of business trips under secure conditions.
  5. There are service instructions for the safe use of information and communication systems while in road traffic on work duty.
  6. Safe participation in road traffic is a regular agenda item at service meetings.
  7. Observed misconduct in road traffic is openly addressed and questioned. Connection with, among other things, operational conditions, are analysed.
  8. Open communication, e.g. a good error culture, is encouraged by us. Errors should be openly communicated in order to jointly find solutions to avoid them.
  9. Training on safe behaviour in road traffix is a matter of course (instruction/briefing).
Evaluation is available after all statements have been assessed.

Great! Your company is already well-positioned and provides good conditions for occupational road safety. We encourage you to take a closer look at the areas on the check list where you have given little or no consideration to so far. The German Road Safety Council (DVR) also offers helpful courses, such as the “Seminar for Senior Managers” or the “Seminar to Qualify Safety Specialists”. 

You have taken the first steps and are already focused on the occupational road safety of your employees. Take another closer look at those aspects on the check list that you have given little or no consideration to so far. It is important to establish principles for occupational road safety together with and for all employees. In addition, transparent communication and a positive culture of failure help employees become aware of the risks on their daily commutes, reflect on their own behavior, and adjust their actions accordingly. 

 

To support the implementation of effective communication and a culture of learning from mistakes, the German Road Safety Council (DVR) also offers helpful courses, such as the “Seminar for Senior Managers” or the “Seminar to Qualify Safety Specialists”. 

Your company still has room to improve occupational road safety. Take another closer look at those aspects on the check list that you have given little or no consideration to so far. 

 

It is important to establish principles for occupational road safety together with and for all employees. In addition, transparent communication and a positive culture of failure help employees become aware of the risks on their daily commutes, reflect on their own behavior, and adjust their actions accordingly. To support the implementation of effective communication and a culture of learning from mistakes, the German Road Safety Council (DVR) also offers helpful courses, such as the “Seminar for Senior Managers” or the “Seminar to Qualify Safety Specialists”. 

Take another closer look at those aspects on the check list that you have given little or no consideration to so far. It is important to establish principles for occupational road safety together with and for all employees. In addition, transparent communication and a positive culture of failure help employees become aware of the risks on their daily commutes, reflect on their own behavior, and adjust their actions accordingly.

 

To support the implementation of effective communication and a culture of learning from mistakes, the German Road Safety Council (DVR) also offers helpful courses, such as the Seminar for Senior Managers or the “Seminar to Qualify Safety Specialists”. 

Checklist for collecting and evaluating data

3 / 3
The statement is correctYesPartiallyNot yetN/A
  1. All sources are used: accident victims, inspection of the accident site, police, etc.
  2. Accidents in road traffic and on company premises, including commuting accidents, are recorded, evaluated and analysed.
  3. Near misses, both on the company premises and on public roads, are actively communicated by employees. These are recorded, evaluated and analysed.
  4. As part of the risk assessment, participation in road traffic (while on duty or on the way to or from work) is also considered.
  5. Employees have the opportunity to report things that in their view restrict safe behaviour on a daily basis.
  6. In the company or individual departements or divisions, accidents that occur are evaluated in detail.
  7. Based on all available data, an analysis is carried out regularly (e.g. semi-annually, annually, etc.) with regard to accident clusters and anomalies.
  8. To identify hazards, external advice is also included for support.
Evaluation is available after all statements have been assessed.

Your company is already conducting a comprehensive analysis of mobility patterns and occupational accidents. Now you can take advantage of the additional evaluation options in the handbook “practical guide” (p. 21 ff.) to derive targeted actions from your data. For example, driver training programs, such as Eco Safety Trainings and/or bicycle trainings could be relevant for your company. You can also seek individual advice from the German Road Safety Council (DVR) to identify helpful preventive actions and opportunities for your company.

You are already successfully analyzing some accident data. Now you can take advantage of the additional analysis options provided in the handbook “practical guide” (p. 21 ff.) to derive effective measures for your company. Collecting accident data and analyzing accidents and near-misses is an important step toward learning how to prevent occupational accidents in the future. To identify and assess potential hazards at an early stage, we recommend the free online tool GUROM.

So far, your company has done nearly no analysis of accident data. Collecting accident data and analyzing accidents and near-misses is an important step toward learning how to prevent accidents - and the resulting costly staff absences - in the future. 

 

Try to determine which accident data you can use to identify initial approaches for effective prevention of occupational accidents. You can seek individual advice from the German Road Safety Council (DVR) to find appropriate preventive actions and opportunities. To get started, we recommend using the free online tool GUROM. With the help of GUROM, you can easily identify mobility-related risks to avoid future accidents and increase the safety of your employees. 

Collecting accident data and analyzing accidents and near-misses is an important step toward learning how to prevent accidents - and the resulting costly staff absences - in the future. 

 

Try to determine which accident data you can use to identify initial approaches for effective prevention of occupational accidents. You can seek individual advice from the German Road Safety Council (DVR) to find appropriate preventive actions and opportunities. To get started, we recommend using the free online tool GUROM. With the help of GUROM, you can easily identify mobility-related risks to avoid future accidents and increase the safety of your employees.