Following the Transport Select Committee’s evidence session on the new Road Safety Strategy this morning (3 June), the sector’s commitment to safety has been reaffirmed with data showing a drop in the number of people killed or seriously injured in collisions with HGVs1 – news welcomed by business group Logistics UK.
Logistics UK’s Chief Executive Ben Fletcher said: “The latest evidence from the Department for Transport shows that we are going in the right direction and safety is improving as a result of efforts made by the sector, but there is still much more work to do.
“Fatalities on UK roads must be avoided at all costs, and our members have made significant investments into technologies and driver training to continually improve safety standards, even amid challenging economic conditions.
“One such example would be the investment operators have made to comply with TfL’s Direct Vision Standard, where fatalities involving goods vehicles have reduced each year, alongside a 32% reduction in people killed or seriously injured in HGV collisions since 2015.
“Keeping our roads safe is a responsibility that the logistics sector takes very seriously, and to demonstrate this Logistics UK has been working closely with DfT to contribute to its National Work-related Road Safety Charter Stakeholder working group, which enables us to help shape road safety policy and have our say.”
Logistics UK is one of the UK’s biggest business groups, representing logistics businesses which are vital to keeping the UK trading, and more than seven million people directly employed in the making, selling and moving of goods. With decarbonisation, new technology and other disruptive forces driving change in the way goods move across borders and through the supply chain, logistics has never been more important to UK plc. Logistics UK supports, shapes and stands up for safe and efficient logistics, and is the only business group which represents the whole industry, with members from the road, rail, water and air industries, as well as the buyers of freight services such as retailers and manufacturers whose businesses depend on the efficient movement of goods. For more information about the organisation and its work, please visit logistics.org.uk
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