EDITOR’S LETTER

Dear Reader, National Highways has the challenging ambition to significantly reduce casualties on our network and have the realisation that we can’t achieve this alone.

We need the help and support of all those using our roads, especially those using it for work.

I meet many excellent fleet managers working hard and effectively to make their own fleets safe but there’s another far-reaching angle to this. It’s about how businesses influence behaviours across their supply chain – Health & Safety legislation is very clear about organisations duty to manage risk well, including road risk, and is equally clear that responsibility extends to contractors.

That is why we ran our inaugural #drivingchange conference at the National Space Centre a few weeks ago and why we are delighted that Safer Highways have picked this up for this issue. The presentations from the day can be viewed at drivingchange.info

We all have a role to play.

We all have the power to influence road risk in our organisations and within our supply chains.

Manage your own fleets brilliantly but also be a demanding client. Leave your supply chain in no doubt of your expectation that they step up to the challenge and run their fleets equally brilliantly.

Mark Cartwright, Guest Editor Head of Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention, National Highways

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Mark CartwrightHead of Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention, National Highways

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