Driving for Work – corporate driving standards: 10-point plan

Over the last 5 years 14,012 vehicles have been involved in collisions in Sheffield.

3,021 (22%) of these were on a journey as part of their work, and 1,692 (56%) of these were cars, motorcycles, pedal cycles and goods vehicles.

This reports focuses on the collisions that these types of vehicle were involved in and excludes buses/coaches, trams and taxis, which are covered in separate reports.

Please be aware that there is an issue with the recording of journey purpose in the STATS19 data; often a commuting journey is recorded as a journey as part of work.

Summary
• Over the last 5 years the number of vehicles involved in collisions which were being used for work purposes has declined by 10%.

• These collisions peaks in June and October/November. The least collisions take place in August and at the beginning of the year in February, March and April.

• The number of collisions steadily rises throughout the weekdays, peaking on a Friday.

• There is a peak in the number of collisions during the morning rush hour period; however there is no peak during the evening rush hour.

• 28% of the drivers/riders who were on a journey as part of work when they were involved in a collision were aged 33-40 years.

• Overall, males account for 81% of drivers/riders involved.

• Cars make up 60% of the vehicles involved in work related collisions.

• Of those that were involved in collisions, 63% live in Sheffield, 15% elsewhere in South Yorkshire and 22% came from outside of South Yorkshire.

• Overall the driver/rider on a journey as part of work was to blame in 61% of the collisions.

• The main cause of collisions was a failure to give way.