RSSB National Programmes Projects
Road Driving Risk - Project Steering Group
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Governance and Arrangements
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Reports directly to System Safety Review Group (SSRG)
Oversight by RSSB Board
Meets every 12 weeks at RSSB or members offices
Elect the Chairman
Introduction
In common with many employers and industries, road driving presents a significant risk to
workers across the rail industry:
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Major systematic underreporting of Road Traffic Collisions (RTCs) and personal injuries
across the main-line rail industry.
A lack of awareness and understanding by rail companies of the consequential impact
and costs that Road Traffic Collisions have on their business and workforce.
Organisations often need to be persuaded that taking action to prevent ‘at work’ road traffic
incidents is likely to be ‘cost effective’. Few organisations know what their road accidents are
costing them. Unless they have adequate RTC data and costing systems in place, their
estimates are very likely to be over optimistic: The true costs of RTCs on business are nearly
always higher than the insured costs, and are never sufficient to cover the human cost.
Purpose
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Engage with the rail industry (Groups, Sectors and Companies) and increase
awareness and understanding of the implication of road driving risk to workers and
the business
Increase awareness of the risks to workers and provide guidance to improve driving
behaviour
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Objectives – 2014/15
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Develop reliable arrangements for reporting and analysing ROAD Traffic Collision
(RTC) events
Provide a resource centre on road driving risk to help rail managers to understand and
share good practice and continually raise awareness
Evaluate and develop work related road driving principles for measuring SMS
performance across the rail industry
Project Scope
1. The scope of the project includes:
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All Workers of rail duty holders, contractors and subcontractors
The consequences of their actions (3rd parties and damage)
All travel including commuting
All modes of transport including cycling
‘Door to Door’ taxi provision (e.g. Eurostar business class)
Bus or taxi replacement services
NOT passenger journeys to and from stations where not provided by a duty holder
2. Final agreement on proposed project deliverables and project actions are subject to
agreement by the RDR Project Steering Group
3. Attend Railway selected Exhibitions, Seminars & Events to promote the activities of
the RDR Steering Group and published Road Driving Risk literature
4. Review periodically and consider significant developments in Road Driving
management standards and schemes that have potential benefits to the rail industry
Agenda
The meeting agenda will be agreed by the Chair approximately two weeks in advance of the
meeting and will be issued a minimum of one week in advance of the meeting by the RDR
meeting manager.
The Chair
The Chair is selected on a rotating basis. The tenure of the Chair is two meetings (approx.
6mths). The Chair will be selected by way of a vote to be undertaken by the project steering
group membership. See Appendix A for information on the election process. The Chair is
expected to work closely with the RSSB RDR project manager to ensure each meeting is
planned, actions are closed etc. in a timely manner. The Chair is responsible for opening and
closing the main meeting. In the event the appointed Chair is not in attendance, the RSSB
RDR programme manager will chair the meeting.
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RDR PSG – Terms of Reference – 005 – Jan 2015
Interface with industry groups
The project steering group membership includes representation from specific Industry
Groups. Each Industry Group representative is expected to provide an effective interface
between their industry group and the RDR project steering group:
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Raise awareness of the Road Driving Risk project objectives across industry group
Lead work related road driving project task coordination activities across industry
group
Provide a summary review of actions and progress on work related road driving
initiatives conducted by their industry group at each project steering group meeting
Where necessary collaborate and cooperate with other industry groups on work
related road driving initiatives that benefit the overall rail industry as a whole
Communicate good practice and wider intelligence
RSSB – Block 2, Angel Square, 1 Torrens St, London, EC1V 1NY
RDR PSG – Terms of Reference – 005 – Jan 2015
Appendix A
Election of Chair
a) Only RDR steering group members who are representatives from industry groups are
entitled to stand for the Chair.
b) An email will be sent to all RDR steering group members seeking their vote in order
of preference.
c) The person with the greatest number of 1st preference votes will be invited to be the
Chair for a period of 2 meetings.
d) In the event of a tie, 2nd then 3rd etc. preference votes will be taken into account. In
the event that there is a tie after all preferential votes have been accounted for, then
the RDR programme manager has the casting vote.
e) The declaration of the vote shall be emailed to all RDR steering group members
following the vote.
RSSB – Block 2, Angel Square, 1 Torrens St, London, EC1V 1NY
RDR PSG – Terms of Reference – 005 – Jan 2015
RSSB – Block 2, Angel Square, 1 Torrens St, London, EC1V 1NY
Raising Awareness
Objectives
Task 5
Developing RDR
Management Principles
Task 4
Managing Contracted
Road Services
Task 3
Evolving the RSSB RDR
Website content + Links
Task 2
Contractors RTC
Reporting Process
Task 1
Modifications to SMIS
reporting process
IOSH Annual safety
Award – (WRRD)
Work Related Road
Driving – IOSH
Sponsored Conference
Planning Phase
Delivery Phase
July/Aug/Sept Oct/Nov/Dec Jan/Feb/Mar Apr/May/Jun July/Aug/Sept Oct/Nov/Dec
RSSB Road Driving Risk project
programme
2014
2015
Appendix B
RDR project programme – 2014/2015
RDR PSG – Terms of Reference – 005 – Jan 2015