Lord Digby Jones will be the guest speaker at a major road safety event aimed at encouraging the business world in Shropshire to contribute towards the campaign to cut workplace road deaths and injuries.
The former trade Minister, who often speaks about the changing face of business in the 21st century, will talk about how company bosses can still protect “the bottom line” while helping to save lives at the same time.
The candid cross bench peer, a former Director-General of the Confederation of Business and Industry (CBI), is the headline speaker at the business road safety awareness session on September 17 hosted by the TTC Group which educates 320,000 road users each year to cut casualties.
The event will launch and showcase TTC DriverProtect, an innovative solution for companies to manage workplace road safety that provides online risk profiling and management tools supported by eLearning modules to ensure organisations maximise financial benefits and minimise business risk.
The easy to use software allows management to carry out a complete “end to end” risk profile of employees so that companies can take steps to improve driver awareness and performance, reduce fleet management costs and meet health and safety legal requirements.
Road safety experts will be on hand to demonstrate TTC DriverProtect and provide advice on how to manage workplace road risk which accounts for a third of all UK vehicle crashes.
Firefighters and other members of the emergency services will be at the event at the TTC Group HQ in Hadley Park, Telford, when a driver will be cut out of a car to show the human implications of a car crash.
“There are 20 deaths and 250 serious injuries on UK roads every week which involve somebody driving for work. It costs companies millions. The human cost is incalculable,” said TTC Group director Alan Prosser.
“At the TTC Group we are passionate about educating all road users to give them the skills to stay safe. Businesses can play their part and adopt simple measures to minimise the dangers on the road while reducing their business costs.
“Collisions cost money and by taking simple precautions, many can be prevented. It’s a win win situation for companies and that is the message we want to get across.”
He praised organisations that had successfully implemented fleet management practices such as a major UK telecoms provider which successfully slashed its monthly injury and damage collision rate by half from 60 per 1,000 vehicles in 2001 to less than 30 per 1,000 in 2014 saving £12m a year by managing workplace road safety.
“Companies big or small can do the same,” he added.
Managers interested in attending the event should contact the TTC Group team on 03330 113 113 contactus@ttc-uk.com or visit www.ttcgroup-uk.com