Drivers driving for work are involved in a substantial proportion of all accidents – almost 20% of accidents in Cambridgeshire in 2005 and 2006 involved drivers driving for work.

That’s why Cambridgeshire County Council have recently introduced their “Road Safety: We Mean Business” training course. Available free to Cambridgeshire businesses, it helps them develop work-related road safety policies and awards a “Road Safety: We Mean Business” certificate to those companies whose road safety policies meet the required standard.

Fittingly enough, the first business in Cambridge to be awarded the “Road Safety: We Mean Business” certificate was a van hire company – Cambridge Car and Van Rental. The company, based on Newmarket Road, offer a wide range of cars and vans for hire in the Cambridge area.

For businesses, these road safety seminars offer several potential benefits, not least their being able to demonstrate that they are taking road safety seriously. This will become an increasingly important issue following the introduction of the Corporate Manslaughter Act in April, under which businesses can be prosecuted for gross breaches of health and safety resulting in the death of an employee.

“Road Safety: We Mean Business” seminars are open and free to all businesses in the Cambridge and Peterborough areas – visit the County Council’s website for more details and a booking form.